Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 1997
On
August 2, 1997 the L.A Times published an alleged claim of Christians being tortured in Pakistan,
but at the
same time, nothing was mentioned about the confirmed massacres perpetrated daily by Israel,
protected by the right
of veto. On August 14, 1997, the same newspaper published an...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 1997
Gamal Asa’ad
discusses the role of the Arab Christians, and Samuel Huntington’s clash of civilizations.
He rejects
outside interference in the affairs of the Copts suggesting that such interference is for the benefit of
the
US and is carried out on the pretext of protecting the human rights...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 28, 1997
Dr. Selim Naguib, a judge in Montreal, Canada and the president of the Canadian Coptic Association, defends emigrant Copts from accusations that they are behind American pressure on Egypt concerning the status of the Copts, arguing that ignoring problems is the real mistake.
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 29, 1997
Subtitle:- Some monks in
Saint Samuel’s Monastery broke into the room of a fellow monk and took
everything.- Did one of the
monks say to the bishop "I will tie you up and send you to the pope with my
thanks"The case of Monk
Gawargius al-Sa’omuli and goings-on at Saint Samuel’s Monastery.
Date of source:
Subtitle:- Three
Christian lawyers defend the
supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood who is accused of insulting Egyptian
Christians.Last April, one of
the weekly papers published declarations that were alleged to have
been made by the supreme guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood, in which he was...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 17, 1997
Subtitle:Saad Zaghloul distributed
bibles to excellent students and made, for the first time, the study of
Christianity a scholastic
subjectNot mentioning the religion on the identity card is an important request.
Syria did it, but
Egypt continues to refuseThere is a belief that Copts are rich...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 27, 1997
Subtitle:Jewish Orientalist Shatel "our only aim is to humiliate Islam by stubbing
out Islamic
doctrine"The secular war waged against Islam by its enemies is becoming fiercer. They have
launched
this war by stirring up cases that are considered, from the secular view point, a kind of...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 17, 1997
Next month, his holiness the pope will start a journey to meet Coptic emigrants to Britain and the United States. This visit will continue for weeks and will contain visits to a number of cities and states. During his trip, the pope will clarify the position of the church. In a five hour interview...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 17, 1997
The story of a Christian boy who converted to Islam in return for sweets, and the father’s response, which was jokingly to offer a Muslim boy a larger packet of sweets to become a Christian, is presented as a positive example of Muslim-Christian relations, since both boys’ fathers shared the joke.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 29, 1997
Subtitle:What is going on within the church?The real story about the excommunicated Monk
Danial El-Baramousi, and Monk AghathonWhy didn’t the excommunicated fathers speak about the real
reasons
for their excommunication?El-Watani newspaper examines the reasons for the
excommunication of...