Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2000
An interview with Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin, author of the controversial book "My father Adam", after the recent rejection of the case to ban the publishing of his book. Here he talks about the comparison of the case to a similar case he brought against Dr. Nasr Abu-Zeid some years ago, and about...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
A responsible official source stated that the report of police intervention in the incidents at St. Catherine’s monastery and the arrest of 150 persons are completely untrue. He added that an individual illegally tried to transform a restaurant into "a place for conducting prayers" without [legal]...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
... The head of the St. Catherine’s monastery filed a complaint against Bishop Makari, the recently-appointed bishop of Sinai, and accused him of trying to deprecate the historical importance of the monastery, which produces most of the tourist traffic in the area. The head of the monastery, Bishop...
Date of source: Saturday, March 4, 2000
Al-Wafd asks why the Egyptian government neglect the publishing of news of incidents and crises that happen here and do not respond until only after the incidents or crises are reported by international media by which time it is too late. Al-Wafd here presents a detailed description of the recent...
Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2000 to Thursday, March 9, 2000
The beginning of the Pope’s visit was the monastery of Saint Catherine. At the mountain, where God spoke to Moses, everybody was surprised to see the Pope taking off his shoes, respecting the holy place. Through the whole three-and-a-half hours that the Pope spent in the monastery, his face...
Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2000
Although Christianity did not emerge from Egypt, Egypt was the nation that carried its message. Has Europe understood that lately? The recommendations of the Second Vatican Council called for the third time for dialogue between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 1, 2000
... Egypt welcomed the Catholic Pope of the world with all the principles of human hospitality. What kind of expression of thanks would be adequate to its great president and its noble policemen. They performed their work perfectly, in the most organized order and the noblest expressions... The...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
In its session of yesterday, Sohag’s Criminal Court decided to postpone hearing the case of the killing of the two Christian young men who were killed in the village of Al-Kosheh in August 1998 to the session of May 7 in order to add to the evidence the log books for August and September 1998 of...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
In its session of yesterday, Sohag’s Criminal Court decided to continue hearing the case of the killing of Samir Oueida Hakim and Karam Tamer, two Christian youths in the village of Al-Kosheh. Shayboub William Arsel is accused of intentionally killing them both. The incident dates back to August 14...
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2000
Today, the criminal court of Sohag will be viewing the case of Al-Kosheh (1) in which Shayboub William Arsel is accused of murdering Karam Tamer Arsel and Samir Oueida Hakim, which was the case the initiated the incidents of Al-Kosheh in 1998...