Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 1998
After the Sunday Telegraph article about Christian persecution in Egypt, lots of foreign correspondents denied this information. An Egyptian lawyer, Mostafa Ashoub, chose the legal way as a respond to these lies.
Date of source: Saturday, November 7, 1998
The relations between Muslims and Christians are very good, said Pope Shenuda in a statement. Reports in some Western newspapers claimed police brutality against Coptic Christians in the village. Pope Shenouda said some exesses were made by the police and the Minister of Interior has made a firm...
Date of source: Friday, November 6, 1998
Dr. Muhammad Hamdi Zakzouk, Egyptian Minister of Endowments, said that the vicious campaigns against Egypt which claim that there is persecution against Copts are campaigns made by suspicious foreign bodies that are obvious in their motives.
Date of source: Saturday, November 7, 1998
El-Wafd published on November 7 the full text of the statement given by Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Dr. Osama El-Baz announced that the material published in the foreign media concerning discrimination against Copts is out of line and lacking in truth, and that the Copts stand against the material that uses ’persecution’ to get at Egypt and weaken its stand.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Interview with Drs. Kees Hulsman, the first correspondent to visit el-Koshh. The interview focused on the Sunday Telegraph, earlier sensational reporting on Egypt by a co-production of channel four and Dutch TV (Evangelical Broadcasting Company), what had happened in el-Koshh and the role of human...
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
The article calls Coptic human rights lawyer Maurice Sadek a source of lies and gives several examples.
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
Egypt and Hosni Mubarak are the targets. Leave all these weak details, these highly elegant words and the human rights pretensions. It is just a game that those conspirators played against Egypt. What is this persecution that they are taking about? We smell the odor of the dollars that are paying...
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
The last Thursday and Friday have witnessed an intensive communications between the responsible governmental officials and Pope Shenouda in order to close the file of the incidents of Al-Koshh country that is located in Dar Al-Salaam headquarters In Sohag. These communications concentrated on the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 1998
The American Congress has lately approved the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act following talks paving the way to consider Egypt one of the countries subjected to this law. Although Egypt has not been clearly mentioned in the final version of the law, there is an indication which hurts...