Date of source: Tuesday, June 1, 1999
The author points to the importance of Egypt in the Biblical history and that many of God’s great men once took refuge in Egypt. He outlines the Coptic tradition of the route of the Holy Family during their time in Egypt and suggests that the sites that were visited by the Holy Family should be...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
A dozen Moroccan and Algerian Muslim fundamentalist prisoners called on May 27 on the Socialist-led government of Morocco for an amnesty. Among them are three members of Algeria’s banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), spending up to 14 years in jail for their involvement in arms trafficking to...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
A bill that regulates NGO activities has been approved in principle by the People’s Assembly. The bill faced severe criticism, with independent and opposition deputies arguing that the bill was at the expense of civil rights and political freedoms because it obstructs the formation of certain NGOs...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 1999
The author reflects on the murder of two Christians in el-Koshh in August 1998 and the following negative publicity which was, in his view, not necessary.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
A long-awaited draft law that will regulate the activities of some 14,000 registered NGOs was approved on Monday by the People’s Assembly’s Religious and Social Affairs Committee.
Date of source: Monday, May 17, 1999
Three MPs submitted an interpellation about information published in a number of newspapers indicating that a group led by Dr. Sa’ad Eddin Ibrahim, Director of the Ibn Al-Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, has compiled a book recommended to be taught as part of religious syllabus at pre-...
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 1999
There has currently been extensive talk about continued confrontation with the Jihad underground organization, which is the most dangerous terrorist group. The organization has been receiving heavy blows inside and outside the country. The current period of time has witnessed the handing over to...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 4, 1999
The court looks today in the request of lawyer Jābr Ibrāhīm Jābr to stop printing, publishing and using the book of ’The father of Adam’, the story between magic and reality, of author ʿAbd al-Ṣabūr Shāhīn under the Ḥisba law.
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 1999
Throughout Islam’s 1400 years in Egypt, the nation has witnessed the cohesiveness of its national fabric and solidarity between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
Teachers of history in Egyptian universities affirmed the prominent role played by the Coptic Church in national liberation movements.