Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2005
The phenomenon of giving religious names increases during times of crises, which consequently increases the sectarian gap between Egyptians.
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
An analysis of the present policies of the State and the government, and their current method of dealing with the problems of Egyptians in general and Copts in particular make me no optimist.
A long history of official disregard and denial of the curtailment of Coptic citizenship rights appears to...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Ayman Al-Zawahri accused the Muslim Brotherhood of avoiding jihad and negativity in his book "Fersan taht rayet el-nabiy" [Knights under the Flag of the Prophet]. The article gives the comments of the leaders and prominent members of the Muslim Brotherhood on that accusation.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2001
The female candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Interior because he did not execute the court’s order concerning setting a date for the elections in Al-Ramle constituency in Alexandria.
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s wife wrote in the New York Times that President Mubarak was angry with Ibrahim because he expressed his frustration when the President was late for a meeting Ibrahim participated in. It was also written that the President was angry about what Ibrahim wrote about Copts and his...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2001
President Mubarak warned against the consequences of a conflict between Muslims and Copts, and stressed the guarantees that the Egyptian law should offer for freedom of belief. In his meeting with the parliamentary members of the [ruling] National Democratic Party, he discussed the conflict...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
After Dale Gavlak and Cornelis Hulsman interviewed the governor of Qalyubiya they interviewed H.G. Bishop Marcos and asked him to respond to all the issues raised by the governor.
Date of source: Friday, May 4, 2001
Brotherhood MPs are preparing a campaign aimed at television, its budget, programs, drama, and the female television announcers. They filed about 500 information requests, choosing popular topics to start crisis: three sex novels published by the Ministry of Culture, the Miss Egypt competition,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2001
A heated debate took place between the chairman of the Egyptian Parliament and the Muslim Brotherhood MPs, who criticized the detention of three of the group’s members. They said that what happened [detention] was a conspiracy that aimed at making it too late for the Brotherhood to submit the...
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...