Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 22, 2001
A building permit for a service building at the church of Sandanhour, Banha was revoked by the Governor of Qalyubiya. He issued a decree, reinstating his former decree which had approved the building permit in question, and which was later revoked by another. The Bishop of Banha and Qouesna and the...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2001
Book review of "Among the Copts" by our board member Revd. Dr. John Watson. Mostyn writes "the Anglican priest and Coptic specialist John Watson notes: ’The inevitable struggle between Copt and Muslim is always bubbling beneath the surface of national life.’ The Coptic Pope Shenouda’s demagogic...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2001 to الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2001
Contrary to what happened during Mubarak’s last visit to the USA, the majority of emigrant Copts came to greet Mubarak in a civilized way, asking him to order a resumption of the investigations into Al-Kosheh incidents. Rafique Iscander and Moheb Michael, head of the Soldiers of the Cross, were...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 3, 2001 to الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2001
The hair cover of the Muslim woman has different shapes and several names that have to do with the local cultures rather than the rules that had been set by the Islamic Shari’a [Islamic law]. Wearing the hijab [hair cover] is still one of the controversial issues in the Islamic world. This...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 15, 2001
The Turkish ambassador to Cairo comments on the Armenian’s claims of being persecuted by the Ottaman Empire. He said while the Ottoman Empire was collapsing, the West wanted Turkey to wrongly admit it had persecuted Christian minorities. They also urged the Christian minorities to seek their...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 18, 2001
President Mubarak’s rebuilding order will bring back the demolished building belonging to the Bishopric of Shubra Al-Kheima, but will it stop any recurrence of like events anywhere in Egypt? We have heard of no investigation on the event, of no questioning of those behind the demolition order or of...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 17, 2001 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 23, 2001
A delegation from the American Committee for International Religious Freedom is heading for Cairo to meet with a number of Egyptian officials and representatives from religious institutions. The committee’s spokesman said that the committee’s main task is to monitor religious status in a number of...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 10, 2001 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 16, 2001
A new group, lead by Maurice Sadeq, was formed to defame Egypt. This usually happens whenever President Mubarak is about to visit the United States. The group claimed that Christians are persecuted in Egypt. Almost all Christian societies refused to take part in a meeting the group called for.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 7, 2001
The US State Department of Foreign Affairs issued its 25th report on human rights. It criticized the harsh restrictions imposed on freedom of expression and the press. It mentioned that the Christian minority suffers from discrimination, especially when matters are related to the building and...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 11, 2001
The secretary and preacher of the Muslim Brotherhood was one of the people who called for reconsideration of the priorities of Islamist activity. He said that the Brotherhood’s strategic goal is founding an Islamic state to be classified outside secularism and that the priorities of the Brotherhood...