Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 2001
An Arab is anyone who speaks Arabic as his first language. This definition places Islam as a part of the Arab culture but it is not the definitive factor in determining who is an Arab. Building on this definition, Christian Arabs have played the premier role in forming the Arab national idea...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 2001
Thousands of outraged Copts converged on St Mark’s Cathedral to express their anger to Pope Shenouda and ask for decisive measures against the newspaper. Watani talked to the Pope and Church leaders; and conveyed readers’ questions about the truth of the story. The shocked public demanded that the...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 2001
Worse than the usual lewd literature and pictures, this paper went straight for the Coptic Church, Coptic monasteries, and clerics. Everyone was hurt and shocked at the shameless assault on values and morals. It is a glaring example of poor journalism and of ignoble journalistic ethics.
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: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 2001
In a meeting with Pope Shenouda III, the Journalists Syndicate board expressed its disapproval of what Al-Nabaa and Akher Khabar had published. Pope Shenouda addressed a gathering in the papal cathedral and explained that the Journalists Syndicate board was undertaking all legal measures needed to...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2001
Egyptian Administrative Court ruled that archpriest Salib Matta Sawerus, member of the Milli Council, has the right to enter elections in the fourth district in Shoubra El-Kheima. He feels that Pope Shenouda giving him permission to enter the elections expresses his conviction that Copts should be...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2001
The picture of linking the face of Egyptians to the Sunna, the head to the Shi’a, the heart to the Copts, and the bones to the Pharaohs, is said to be a tool to divide the nation. It focuses attention on differences and not similarities. Pope Shenouda III believes that Copts will be happier and...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 2001
Christians came flooding to the cathedral following the publication of an article in Al-Nabaa newspaper. They were searching for a personal answer concerning the church’s response to what was written. The article was about an ousted monk and his sexual adventures in the monastery. The heated...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 14, 2001
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria approved the new executive board of the Orthodox Coptic General Milli Council. Members of the council chose the vice president and secretary for the council and the heads of eight committees.
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 2001
The leaders of eastern churches are to meet at the Middle East Council of Churches in Cairo to join in the Coptic Church’s celebrations of 30 years of Pope Shenouda III being in the chair of Saint Mark.