Date of source: Friday, October 16, 1998
The Mufti says that the reason for Egypt’s defeat in the June 1967 war was due to its atheism and moving away from religion. However, the Mufti adds the victory of October 1973 was because of our strong faith and tight grasp on religion, which made God stand by Egypt’s side, and angels crossed the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 1998
"There is no such word like religious oppression in Egypt because it is the country of tolerance," said Ahmed Omar Hashem, chief of the prestigious Al-Azhar University.
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 1998
The new US Religious Oppression Law that is in the last stages of approval will allow the US to punish countries that it sees as violating religious freedoms. This law is seen by politicians and analysts as an attempt by the US to intervene in the domestic affairs of sovereign countries and a way...
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 1998
Pope Shenouda III affirmed his rejection of statements made by some US and Israeli bodies on the oppression of Egyptian Copts in Egypt. "These people are not responsible for us, for we are responsible for ourselves," said Pope Shenouda. He also rejected comparisons made between the situation of...
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 1998
The De La Salle School in Al-Dhahir, Cairo is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year by holding a number of seminars and intellectual fora aimed at confirming the role of education in instilling the principles of mutual respect and acceptance of others.
Date of source: Monday, October 5, 1998
An Egyptian family discovered that it has inheritance in the occupied Palestinian lands. This inheritance includes some of the Aqsa mosque courts and parts of the Wailing Wall.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 1998
Akhmim, the final stages of the restoration and reconstruction are being carried out on one of the smallest monastic sites in Egypt: the Monastery of Saint Tomas (Deir Al-Anba Tomas Al-Sa’ih) and its church.
Date of source: Monday, October 5, 1998
The issue of the divorce of Copts has become a problem with no solution. There are at least 144,000 pending cases waiting for approval.
Date of source: Sunday, October 4, 1998
A conflict between the police of Sohag and a local MP let to the opening of fire in Suhag’s police station. Sidhom compares the way the government dealt with that incident to al-Koshh.
Date of source: Saturday, October 3, 1998
British police swooped down and arrested seven Islamists, including six Egyptians, in a September 23 dawn raid in central London. The swoop came less than a month after Britain’s House of Lords approved the government’s new anti-terror law.