Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 7, 1998
El-Wafd published on November 7 the full text of the statement given by Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 1998
Dr. Osama El-Baz announced that the material published in the foreign media concerning discrimination against Copts is out of line and lacking in truth, and that the Copts stand against the material that uses ’persecution’ to get at Egypt and weaken its stand.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 1998
The People’s Assembly and Shoura Council members from Sohag have announced their strong condemnation of the rude letter sent from the British Lord to Sohag’s governor.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 1998
Information Minister Safwat El-Sherif condemned the campaign against Egypt by the foreign media concerning allegations that Christians are being persecuted. In an interview published in a London newspaper yesterday, El-Sherif announced that these allegations were unfounded and rely on fabricated...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 1998
A statement has been issued by Mohamad Al-Tahawy, Governor of Assiut, that there have been decisions issued in keeping with the President’s order for the restoration of 12 churches in the governorate.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 1998
The Gazette says the issue of el-Koshh was exploited by Samuel Fahd, a Copt living in Australia, who was trying to make a fortune out of this story to obtain entry visas for hundreds of Egyptian Copts who paid money to migrate to Australia. The Gazette further more refers to the opinions of Hulsman...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 1998
The article says live between Muslims and Christians was very peaceful. The Gazette gives a few examples. Muslims in the village and the bishops Bakhoum and Wissa are cited.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 1998
Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, the state’s Mufti, denounced the allegations of the British Sunday Telegraph, confirming it is perverted and could not be believed. A country like Egypt that respects all heavenly religions cannot commit persecution or religious discrimination.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 1998
British Lord David Alton has recently joined the campaign against Egypt appointing himself a spokesman for Sohag’s Copts and making rude accusations against Egyptian officials.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 1998
A group of 80 Copts have authorized an Egyptian lawyer to sue the Sunday Telegraph for