Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2001
Max Michael is an Egyptian Orthodox Christian who founded a religious association offering religious and family care services. Despite the work he is doing, people from the church classify him as an outlaw who left the church. Michael claims he is an Orthodox and that he has all respect for Pope...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 9, 2001 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2001
Catholic father Rafiq Greish, Orthodox archpriest Salib Matta, and Protestant reverend Ikram Lamai responded to Rose El-Youssef’s article "seizing an extremist Christian group" The latter two did not restrict their arguments to the Adventists, but discussed the Catholic Church and popes. The author...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 29, 2001
The Syrian president welcomed Pope Shenouda, the Patriarch of Antioch, the president of the Evangelical Council, the Archbishop of Baalbak and the General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches. He praised the patriotic stance of Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2001
The Orthodox Church does not recognize the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, Plymouth Brethren and Evangelists. It considers them as sects that have deviated from church references that are based on the Holy Bible, ecumenical councils, fathers’ sayings and church laws. Representatives of...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 30, 2001
The author believes that Jews give wrong information [about the religious situation in Egypt] and incite the international opinion in this way. They also use Coptic immigrants for the defense of something that does not exist. She asks Coptic immigrants to be aware of their deception.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 29, 2001
A representative of Pope Shenouda declared that more than seven Jewish groups had managed to penetrate the Egyptian Church. He said that these groups arrived in Egypt in the name of Jesus Christ, something the Egyptian authorities permit. They are propagating Judaism and the building of a temple...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2001
After Dale Gavlak and Cornelis Hulsman interviewed the governor of Qalyubiya they interviewed H.G. Bishop Marcos and asked him to respond to all the issues raised by the governor.
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 1, 2001
The information in this text is based on interviews Ms. Gavlak and Cornelis Hulsman made together with governor Adli Hussein and Bishop Marcos in March 2001 and the documents they provided. The article gives a background of the problems until around April 1.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 22, 2001
Counselor Naguib Gabriel Michael said that he started a lawsuit against Pope Shenouda and the Minister of Interior for manipulating the Milli Council elections. Archpriest Salib Matta Saweris, whom he accused of using his spiritual position to influence the voters will, asked why he did not object...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 14, 2001
The report notices "some recent positive developments in the promotion of religious freedom." The areas of church building and preparing new history textbooks for public school children are explicitly mentioned.
However, the Commission finds that serious problems of discrimination against a number...