Date of source: Sunday, December 11, 2005
The Washington conference gathered guests from more than 15 countries from the Middle East, Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia, and the author argues that it was an important event that brought together disparate minorities from the Middle East and allowed them to forge new alliances.
Date of source: Sunday, December 4, 2005
A speech delivered by Magdi Khalil at the "Status of Democracy and Freedoms in the Middle East” Conference, held in Washington during the period 16-19 November 2005, in which he discusses the definition of a minority, and the international community rules in relation to the treatment of minority...
Date of source: Sunday, November 20, 2005
The author discusses the persecution of Copts in Egypt and his hopes that democracy in Egypt will improve the Copts’ situation. He looks to Europe and the United Nations for examples of defeating persecution and discusses the legitimacy of foreign intervention in matters concerning human rights.
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2005
After an elaborate praise of the pope the author lists violence directed against Copts. He rejected Egyptian media coverage that often describes violence as "unfortunate incidents,” "a clash provoked by both sides” and "acts of violence carried out by extremists from both sides”. Not once did they...
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2005
Had the Copts participated extensively in the recent elections, they would have proven a powerful bloc. According to official statistics, there are 31.8 million eligible voters in Egypt, of whom 7.3 million actually voted i.e.) 23 percent, while the Copts have five million votes.
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2004
American and Canadian media outlets are involved in provocations against a number of Arab countries. All American newspapers and TV channels are usually not empty of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim comments with political connotations.
Over the last few weeks, American and Canadian media outlets passed...
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
Arab Christians are trapped between the hammer of terrorists groups and extremists, and the anvil of fanatic governments that skillfully manipulate the issue of religious radicalism for their own benefit [Editor: what governments does Magdi Khalil refer to?], while reinforcing religious, ethnic and...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Expatriate Copts are merging successfully into their new societies. I regularly receive information about the impressive success of expatriate Copts everywhere. I am also very glad about the success of the second generation of Copts.
Most of the Coptic success abroad, usually in public and...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
On the 20th of February this year, 66 prominent Muslim personalities from many Muslim countries issued a strong-worded statement against the American presence in Iraq. They announced their support of the national Islamic Iraqi resistance against the American occupation of Iraq. They did not issue...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2005
Since President Mubarak announced a constitutional amendment allowing for a multi – candidate presidential election, I have been pondering the importance of nominating a well- qualified Copt to compete in the upcoming presidential elections. Many Copts are in favor of the idea, not only because it...