Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2000
Presidential decree number 456 in 1999 has been issued. This presidential decision permitted the rebuilding of Virgin Mary Church for the Coptic Orthodox in Al-Fayyoum. This church was damaged in the earthquake of 1992.
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2000
In this article, Dr. Michael discussed Coptic patriotic unity. It is an historical article in which he stated the honorable situations of the Copts throughout their whole history. In addition to this, he mentioned that the Copts have established a constitution in their dealings with Muslims and...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
On January 7th, the special warrior, Lieutenant General Fou’ad Aziz Ghali died. With his death, Egypt has lost one of its faithful sons who gave his life for the dignity and safety of this country. He was awarded 23 medals for his excellent performance in the October War.
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2000
The Vatican officially announced during a press conference the date and program of the visit of Pope John Paul II to Egypt. The 3-day visit will start on 25 February, during which the Pope will meet with President Hosni Mubarak ... The Pope will also meet with His Eminence the Grand Sheikh of the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
There are some six million Muslims living in the USA yet a "must-read" American columnist writes: "... it is sad and sorry at the same time that we rarely hear the voices of Muslim Americans protesting against terrorist actions taking place here and there, or declaring their protest against the...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
Yesterday, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Sheikh Al-Azhar met with Mr. Robin Cook, the British foreign affairs minister. He confirmed that Islam stresses the fact that all people came from one father and mother. God created us in order to know and coexist with each other...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
Some people may wonder why these lines are written?! The reason is simply something that happened during the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr. ... I have nothing to say to those who call themselves the Muslim Brotherhood but "Stop harming our good Islam! Because when you commit a crime, the Western...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
In the weekly seminar for Al-Nidaa’ Al-Gadid [The New Call] organization, the attendees attacked the scholars of Al-Azhar, saying that they adopt a kind of Fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] called "Fiqh Al-Nakad" [Fiqh of annoyance]. The attendees said that they [the Azhar scholars] aim by it to defend...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The statement that was issued by a group of Al-Azhar scholars about the draft of the Personal Status Law says: God has ordered his prophet in the Holy Qur’an to follow him and to obey his orders. The pure Shari’a is an order from God and we have to obey his orders! ...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The statement issued by 31 scholars of the Azhar Scholars Front rejecting the Personal Status Law raised many questions about the identity of these scholars and to what extent they belong to the Azhar, especially since Sheikh Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, and The Islamic Research Council...