Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 25, 2001
Christian pilgrims on the route of the Holy Family were surprised last week to discover that the so-called worshipping tree in the Muslim village of Nezlet Abed near the pilgrimage site at Gebel el-Teir had been chopped into pieces by local farmers. Local Christians claim the tree was 2000 years...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 20, 2000
An Egyptian Coptic lawyer sued to stop state television rebroadcasting the Film "Awan Al-Ward," believing that its topic is offensive to the Coptic community. This is because it mentioned the marriage of a Christian woman to a Muslim man.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2000
Editorial Board RNSAW:Drs. Cornelis Hulsman had been invited to give a lecture on his work for the RNSAW at a conference on "Media and Interreligious Dialogue" in Vienna, Austria on November 8 and 9. The conference had been organized by the International Press Institute in Vienna, the Department of...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2000
Seventy-four Copts are running for the coming parliamentary elections. In spite of this relative large number and in spite of the psychological support they are getting from the political leadership, their path is not furnished with silk. They are facing many problems and hard competition in the...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 20, 2000
The issue of Coptic candidates is now being debated and Coptic intellectuals, like Milad Hanna, reject the idea of isolating Copts and keep them waiting until the end of the nomination decision. The author listed many names expected to take part in the next election campaign and compared the...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2000
On its 5th page, Watani exposes the proceedings of the session. It writes, in details, what happened from the very first session till passing the sentence on Shayboub.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 24, 2000
The next parliamentary elections in Egypt will be the last chance for the government to establish a national coherence, and to renew trust in political reform. Copts are now more interested in political participation, as they became aware of the danger of their political isolation, so that the...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 24, 2000
For three days, Al-Khanka had lived in nervousness after a sit-in-strike, by Copts inside a Church which was closed ten years ago, threatened to cause communal unrest. The published report tells of the crisis, and the wise role of Pope Shenouda who was responsible for it ending peacefully.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 6, 2000
... The head of the St. Catherine’s monastery filed a complaint against Bishop Makari, the recently-appointed bishop of Sinai, and accused him of trying to deprecate the historical importance of the monastery, which produces most of the tourist traffic in the area. The head of the monastery, Bishop...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 22, 1999
The RNSAW interviewed Hafez Abu Seada upon the request of the American Council of Churches about the article in the Boston Globe and found that the Boston Globe and Hafez Abu Seada have talked at cross-purposes. Where Hafez Abu Seada spoke about human rights violations concerning all Egyptians,...