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4. The lawyer of terrorism confesses! I defend the Islamic groups, but I am not their formal representative!
Date of source: 3 Feb 1999
By Zakariya Abu Haram
The lawyer Montasser Al- Zayat is defending himself in this interview. He said that he is the lawyer of the Islamic groups, but this does not mean that he cooperates with them or approves everything they do. He is now preparing for a conference for Ramsey Clark, the lawyer of Dr. Omar Abd Al-...
5. Dr. Abd Al- Sabour Shahin: I deserve to be honored and not accused of being an unbeliever
Date of source: 3 Feb 1999
By No Author Mentioned
The book " My Father Adam" was published last year. The book caused a lot of debate about its contents, and its author was accused of being an unbeliever. The doctor said that the holy Qura`n and the Sunna are not the only sources of knowledge. "Al-Azhar did not confiscate the book, and some of the...
6. Naguib Sawirus [says] courageously: there is no need for me to speak in the position of an authority
Date of source: 28 Jan 1999
By ‘Abd al-Nasr Muhammad
[Editor: This article is part of a serie of articles in al-Ahrar on businessmen and how they function in Egypt. The article was on Sawirus’ business, new business initiatives such as MobiNil (for mobile telephones) and his views on Egyptian economy. Only the section related to his view on Muslim-...
7. Religious Campaign led by American and Zionist newspapers against Egypt
Date of source: 29 Jan 1999
By No Author Mentioned
The American and Israeli newspapers have been lately attacking Egypt and accusing it of persecuting the Copts in Egypt. "Time magazine" claimed that the Egyptians were persecuted in Egypt since the Arabs entered the country. This magazine also published an article on January 18, 1999 in which they...
8. The return of churches in the new cities
Date of source: 31 Jan 1999
By Yūsuf Sīdhum
The aluminum city in Nag el-Hamadi includes 250 Christian families. I do not remember when this city was established, but the Christian inhabitants of this city are facing a real problem. There is no church in the city, and they have to go to another church that is five kilometers away from them....
9. I am the Christian who is proud of his religion!
Date of source: 1 Feb 1999
By Māhir Shāfīq Fārīd
On 21 January, I published an article entitled "They are only saying lies". This article was intended to deliver a message to the whole world that is there is no persecution of Christians in Egypt. Later on, I received a fax on 25 of January. First, I would like to greet the sender of this fax, a...
10. The suspected attack against Pope Shenouda in front of the courts
Date of source: 31 Jan 1999
By ‘Adil Badabah
Many people nowadays are attacking Pope Shenouda either because he did not allow them to remarry or because of the unified law for all the Christian churches. People want Pope Shenouda to disobey God by allowing them to remarry, although God has forbidden divorce except in the case of adultery....
11. Jerusalem and the patriotic attitude of the Coptic Church
Date of source: 1 Feb 1999
During the recent period, many writers were attacking Pope Shenouda because of his decision. He decided to exclude every Christian from the rituals of the church if he visited Jerusalem. Pope Shenouda has the right to take these decisions since he is the leader of the Orthodox Church. This decision...
12. What are the attitudes of the churches of the world toward the Jerusalem case?
Date of source: 1 Feb 1999
By Adīb Najīb Salāma
I thought during the last conference that I was attending about the attitudes of all the churches in the East and the West toward the case of Jerusalem. As we all know, the Coptic Church is walking together with the policy of the country. The patriotic attitude of the Copts and their desire to save...
17. Illegitimate Children are Legal
Date of source: 1 Feb 1999
By Wa'il Lutfi
After the passage of more than 20 years since the first attempt at issuing a unified Personal Status Law binding all Christian denominations, an agreement has finally been reached in the last couple of days. The legal proposal, still to be endorsed by the, now awaits the approval of parliament...
14. Pope Shenouda forms a high committee to answer questions about the historic decision
Date of source: 1 Feb 1999
By Muṣṭafā Sulaymān
The Court of Personal Affairs in Cairo obliged Pope Shenouda to give Eid Sabhi Ghatas the permission to remarry. Pope Shenouda ordered the formation of a high committee to examine the results of this decision. The court confirmed that the husband has nothing to prevent him from remarrying. The...
15. The Personal Affairs Law for the Copts aims at avoiding the manipulation of different sects
Date of source: 1 Feb 1999
By Joseph Fikri
Some Coptic sources said this law has been prepared since 1980, but it was not carried out. These sources described that law as the means of unity between the different churches. This law aims at protecting the Christian family and preventing the manipulation of Christian sects. The law is studied...
16. Home Talk
Date of source: 2 Feb 1999
By No Author Mentioned
After well over 20 years of trials to issue a unified Personal Status Law for all Christian churches in Egypt, the People’s Assembly will discuss a tentative law if it secures the approval of the Ministry of Justice. Although the majority of Christian churches in Egypt approved the draft law, it...
1. The office of mufti, is it a religious or a political job?
Date of source: 4 Feb 1999
By Amānī Salāma
What raised this question was what happened in Ramadan: the mufti followed the Arab countries in declaring the start and end of Ramadan and this has never happened before in Egypt. Some said that this happened due to his kind of job being easily influenced by the other Arab countries. This was not...
2. A Jihad against time
Date of source: 4 Feb 1999 to 10 Feb 1999
By Iqbāl Aḥmad
A decade ago, I interviewed Morarji Desai, a well-known politician, one-term prime minister of India who was devoted to Hinduism, on the subject of Hindu ’fundamentalism’. Mr. Desai was critical of the BJP (the Hindu nationalist party currently ruling in India) and its allies. He worried that...
3. Exceptional orientalist sets good example for biased colleagues
Date of source: 7 Feb 1999
By No Author Mentioned
Many people in the Islamic world doubt the accuracy and intentions of Western orientalists. But there are also orientalists who are known for their deep attachment to the Orient. Examples are Goethe and Annemarie Schimmel. Schimmel’s defense of Islam in the West earned her troubles at home,...
4. Marginalizing the Brethren
Date of source: 7 Feb 1999 to 13 Feb 1999
By Simon Apiku
State repression of the Muslim Brotherhood Movement has increased considerably in recent years, according to a report released by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) on January 12. The report entitled, "Many cases but the same old charge" explained that throughout 1998 the state...
5. The scandal of the blasphemy sheikhs reaches Syria: Knives of Fatawi and books of Communism
Date of source: 8 Feb 1999
By Khalid al-‘Abud
[Editor: Fatawi is plural of ’fatwa’] In its issue number 3682, published on January 4, 1999, Rose El-Yousef ran an article under the headline: "The Scandal of the New Inquisition Courts", in which the writer spoke about a new scandal of the Hisba courts (Islamic courts concerned with the...
6. Taking terrorism to task
Date of source: 4 Feb 1999 to 10 Feb 1999
By Jaylān Hallāwī
"The world community should cooperate in denouncing and combating terrorism," Interior Minister Habib El-Adli told Egyptian reporters at the end of the 16th General Assembly of Arab Interior Ministers in Amman. "The international community is showing greater awareness of the dangers of terrorism,...
7. Military trial for militant suspects
Date of source: 4 Feb 1999 to 10 Feb 1999
By Khaled Dawoud
[Editor: Also the Middle East Times, February 7 -13, 1999 wrote about this subject. Their article doesn’t provide more information then this article in the Al Ahram Weekly.] Only 43 suspected militants out of 107 defendants listed on the indictment bill were present at the opening of the...

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