Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
The minister of communications decided to stop the Islamic hotline, especially after telephone subscribers began complaining about their inflated bills. Sherif Abdel-Megid, son of the former Secretary General of the Arab League, who started the service, filed a request to the minister asking to...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 16, 2001
The Libyan Islamic Call Society is doing many things to support the Anglican Church "Christ the King, Tripoli." It gave the church a building instead of the one that was taken at the time of the revolution, paid for all the renovations and repairs to that building to make it suitable for the use as...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
The Egyptian Administrative Judgment Court will look into a lawsuit raised against the Minister of Interior and the Coptic Council of Churches accusing them of dishonesty in the last Maglis El-Milli elections.
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2001
We wrote in the RNSAW, week 17, art. 18, that the information in the April 27 press release of the US Copts Association claiming the Egyptian government "moves to abduct two Coptic children from their own mother and hand them to strangers, under the name of Islam!" is misleading. Both the chairman...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2001
The article recounts the story of the crucifixion, on which, the priest of the Hanging Church commented saying that it is the only thing concerning which all Christian denominations do not differ.
Date of source: Friday, April 27, 2001
The General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood stated that the group is not seeking power but only wants the Islamic Shari’a [law] to be enforced. He added that the aim of their activities in professional syndicates is not a matter of control. It is a democratic thing to have if the Brotherhood...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
This is the full text of an article written for Christianity Today in the US. It gives an overview of the Egyptian responses against the visit of a delegation of the US Commission for on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Many church leaders and observers believe the American focus on...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
In the two months since the last trial session, lawyers for the defense have had to fight for access to the official court record of prosecution oral arguments. Judges ruled that, contrary to precedent, the official court record may only be viewed at the courthouse and neither photocopied or...
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2001
At the outset of one of the most controversial trials here in recent memory, Egyptian academics faced the image of one of their own locked in a cage in a courtroom, on trial for harming the reputation of the country. The government’s charges against the prominent scholar, Saad Eddin Ibrahim stem...
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2001
Public manifestations of Christian faith become less in Egyptian society. The celebration of palm Sunday in the Upper Egyptian village of Sarakna, 315 km south of Cairo, is one of the last villages where this is possible. The article explains Muslims in villages want their villages have a Muslim...