Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 2001
Fahmi Howeidi believes that anger ruined the right way of handling the case of the expelled monk. Instead of regarding it as an attempt to attack the public system, violating the traditions of the journalism profession, it was regarded as a matter concerning only Copts. The angry people did not...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 2001
Pope Shenouda’s way of facing the crisis of Al-Nabaa has shown the spirituality of the Coptic church. Facing this storm was fast, wise, calm and objective. The logic in facing the storm has been witnessed by everyone and it has helped all the organizations and communities that made haste to reject...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 2001
Archpriest Salib Matta Saweris said that the expelled monk committed sins and should be punished according to Egyptian criminal law as any Egyptian citizen. He denied that his crime took place in the monastery or that some emigrant Copts were behind what was published in Al-Nabaa. He believed that...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2001
The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services, the Azhar and the Ministry of Islamic Endowments arrange a Christian-Muslim conference. It was agreed in the opening session that Egypt is a lenient country whose Christians were never a racial minority as claimed by American reports.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 21, 2001
The author believes that this crisis was engineered as a way for outside bodies to become involved in Egypt’s internal affairs. He questions the aims behind publishing the article and the timing. He claims it was not an attack on Copts but on the whole of Egypt and national unity.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 2001 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2001
The three books deal with issues like peace, brotherhood, cooperation and dealings among people. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi says that it is not appropriate to forbid a book because it has verses from the Bible. Islam guarantees freedom of religion to all people.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2001 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2001
Some foreign countries are still using the Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim case to nail Egyptian democracy, freedom, and the honesty of the justice system by saying the case was not based on the criminal acts carried out by the Ibn Khaldoun Center. Professor Mustafa Al-Shaka said it was the espionage of...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2001
The production company claims the film is approved by the Azhar. The paper interviewed scriptwriters, directors, actors, and cartoonists on whether it was allowable to talk about Mohammed through a cartoon and whether the American production team were the most knowledgeable to produce such a film....
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2001 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2001
Catholic father Rafiq Greish, Orthodox archpriest Salib Matta, and Protestant reverend Ikram Lamai responded to Rose El-Youssef’s article "seizing an extremist Christian group" The latter two did not restrict their arguments to the Adventists, but discussed the Catholic Church and popes. The author...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2001 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2001
The author argues that Egyptian society can turn against those [The Azhar Scholars Front] who accuse it of apostasy. It can even give evidence that they work for the interests of bodies that aim to eliminate the cultural role of Egypt and accuse them of distracting Egyptians from their real...