Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The author
writes about the issue of Mahmoud
Salāh al-Dīn, who is accused of attacking three churches and going
on a stabbing spree that claimed
the life of one aging worshipper and the injury of others, and the replacement of
a medical commission
mandated to observe the alleged lunatic.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The clerical committee is different from the
administrative court, since it is not a
governmental or administrative entity; however it is only a committee that
consists of monks and priests.
Therefore, this committee has its own laws and provisions concerning the issues of
divorce and...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2000
According to the report of the Human Rights Watch on Egypt, the government of President Hosni Mubarak intensified its efforts to exercise control over civil society institutions, harassing and restricting the activities of political parties, human rights and other nongovernmental organizations (...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2000
The bishop wrote his letter immediately after a judge decided to release 87 suspects for the murder of 21 Christians and one Muslim in the village of Al-Kosheh. The bishop gives an overview of the events that took place in el-Kosheh and concludes "If the guilty is not punished, and the criminals...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
Mr. Alber Azer Bareh presented his second complaint against Mr. Youssef Sidhom, the editor-in-chief of "Watani" newspaper because the attitudes of Watani affect social peace and the patriotic unity. He said that all the Muslims and Christians are enjoying freedom in the age of President Mubarak. He...
Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2000
This statement was published on March 13 in Al-Ahram and the other local newspapers. It mentioned that 135 accused had been referred to Sohag Criminal Court on various charges including murder. No Muslim or Christian cleric was included among those charged. 20 Copts were listed as murdered in the...
Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2000
In the international conference "The Third Mediterranean Development Forum" that was inaugurated last week by Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, Queen Rania the Queen of Jordan, and Dr. Atef Ebeid the Prime Minister, the Ibn Khaldoun Center issued a bulletin and distributed it during the conference. The...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Attorney General, announced yesterday the results of the investigations in the cases of Al-Kosheh and Dar Al-Salaam... The investigations reached the conclusion that there are no people of religion, extremists, or supporters of a certain political movement among...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Public Prosecutor, emphasized that no one proved guilty in Al-Kosheh’s incidents would escape trial under any circumstances. He pointed out that investigations over Al-Kosheh’s incidents have not yet ended but they are on the right track. He added that the results...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
The full, published text of the EOHR’s Special Report on the Al-Kosheh incident.