Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 31, 2001
The Cassation Court accepted the appeals presented by the Prosecutor General and the families of the victims of Al-Kosheh riots against the rulings handed down in the case. The court decided to retry all the 92 defendants of the case by a different Assiut court.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 26, 2001
Pope Shenouda prepared a request to submit to the People’s Assembly for it to decide upon the Christian unified personal statues law. This new law, which specifies nine reasons for divorce, will solve the problems of Christians who got divorced but cannot get permission to re-marry.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 18, 2001
Bishop Bissenti and Gamal Asa’ad were invited to the meeting Rose El-Youssef held to discuss the denominational climate. The former said that he would attend provided that Asa’ad would not, claiming that Asa’ad’s opinions are not in the line with what the church believes. Asa’ad denied this and...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2001 to الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 27, 2001
Rumors say that Pope Shenouda cancelled the celebration of his joining the monastic order because of the sad times the Church is living through due to Al-Nabaa crisis. Others believe that he did so as an attempt to get a stronger verdict against Al-Nabaa’s Editor-in-Chief. The correct explanation...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 5, 2001
Pope Shenouda avoided talking about the crisis of Al-Nabaa in his last weekly lecture. He confirmed the situation of peace and comfort within the Coptic community under the media campaigns and the legal procedures that supported them throughout the crisis. The Christian Al-Kiraza magazine...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 22, 2001
The author expressed his refusal of the request some Congress members will submit to the Egyptian government asking for the assignment of one of the Egyptian national newspapers to speak for the Copts. He believes that this is an attempt by the enemies of Egypt to create troubles between Copts and...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 19, 2001
The author believes that emigrant Copts want to cause a religious riot between the church and the government and to shake the stability of the nation, for the benefit of the Jewish lobby. He stressed that there is no religious persecution in Egypt and that the claims pertaining to Copts facing...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2001
A notification was introduced to the Prosecutor General against the Editor-in-Chief of Sout-Al-Umma because the paper published an article claiming that 70,000 Copt forged rape reports about their wives to get American nationality. The article aroused the anger of Copts and Pope Shenouda said he...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 19, 2001
The relationship between Christians and Muslims has been through ups and downs depending on the character of the governor, but in Mubarak’s time, national unity has flourished. Still, little groups of prejudiced Muslims and Christians spoil the good relationship that national unity is built upon.
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 13, 2001
Pope Shenouda declared that it was an impossible task to reach a reconciliation agreement with Al-Nabaa. In reply to Mahran’s claim that he and the pope were friends, the pope said if Mahran was his friend, he would not have harmed the Egyptian Church.