Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
The official and popular welcome of Pope John Paul II reflected Egyptian tolerance and acceptance of "the Other." The Pope’s apology came at the beginning of a new stage in East-West relations characterized by dialog and the pursuit of peace and development. The Pope’s visit also supports the...
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
The Egyptian government and people, Christians and Muslims alike, warmly welcomed Pope John Paul II ’s visit. This universal welcome reflected the tolerance and unity of the Egyptian people. After returning to the Vatican, he announced a historic apology for massacres his forefathers committed...
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2000
In this article, Youssef Sidhom wrote about "Unifying the rules that control building, expanding and restoring the worship places in order to achieve equality among all citizens in spite of their different religions." Sidhom wants equal rules for building mosques and churches.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
"Extremism Association" changes according to the circumstances. Extremism that creates terrorism cannot be destroyed from the first time because it aims at destroying the Egyptian society. This association wants the Egyptian people to go back to the stone age. This association gained strength from...
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
A new book is promoted which claims that the earth does not rotate and there is no gravity.
Date of source: Monday, April 3, 2000
A questionnaire distributed in Egypt more than two years ago, to carry out a study of Egyptian society, raised many questions about the purposes and objectives of its composers as it contains a suspected hidden agenda and the methods of research seem to be contradictory. The research is being...
Date of source: Monday, April 3, 2000
A lot of irregularities are have been taking place in the Egyptian Organization of Human Rights [EOHR] after the election of Hafez Abu-Saeda, who assumed responsibility (for leading the organization) after the fourth General Assembly of the organization in 1998...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 to Tuesday, April 4, 2000
This is a criticism of Pope John Paul’s visit to St. Catherine’s monastery. The author argues that this is a Jewish memorial monument and that it would have been better if the visit hadn’t happened.
Date of source: Thursday, March 30, 2000
"The Copts of Egypt should not pay the price of peace in the Middle East". This sentence made me stop for a while and ask myself several questions such as: What is the price, which the Egyptian Copts pay in return for peace? Do the Egyptian Copts really pay a price for peace in the Middle East?...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 to Tuesday, April 4, 2000
Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid , who was accused of unbelief, five years ago, and fled to Holland commented, in an interview with Al Ahaly, on the case of Dr. Abdel Sabour Shaheen’s book "My Father Adam" , which was demanded to be banned but the court refused.