Date of source: Sunday, January 10, 1999
An interview with Ibrahim Shukry, the 83 year old head of the Islamist Labor Party on al-Koshh and the place of Coptic Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000 to Friday, January 14, 2000
While Egyptians where preparing to celebrate Christmas and Eid Al-Fitr - the gift of God - that was sent to Egypt this year to confirm the unity of its people, the incidents of Al-Koshh came to spoil all that joy and happiness and cast depressing shadows on that occasion that comes only every...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 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,...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 15, 1999
The Press Office of Lambeth Palace says "There seems to have been some error in the translation which has misrepresented the Archbishop." The Archbishop has said that in his visits to Egypt he had not encountered any persecution personally, but that he was aware of reports of persecution happening.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 1999
A distinction has to be made between "a numerical minority" and "a minority in the political, social and economic sense of the word". Notwithstanding, the fact that Christians are small in number does not make inroads at all into being treated on a par with all other Egyptians in terms of politics...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 1999
[Due to personal problems of the translator, this text and the following of October 19 have been handed in only yesterday. We apologize for the delay in presenting this article]. The author claims the US Report on Religious Freedom attempts to ignite strife between Muslims and Copts along...
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 1999
The Christian author believes the report can have serious negative consequences for Christians in Egypt. The first is that Christians will feel that America is their God Mother that protects them. The second is that Moslems will feel that America is interfering in their internal matters and thus...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999
The author of this article says that there are two reasons for the "stinking smell" of the Ibn Khaldoun Center project of rewriting certain syllabuses for schools. These are: first, the life of the people responsible for this project. Second the ideas of the project itself.
Date of source: Friday, June 11, 1999
Are Copts a minority? The debate is raging on.
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 1999
Dr Saad Eddin Ibrahim, director of Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, surprised everyone when he declared that the Minister of Education Dr. Hussein Kamal Bahaa Eddin had participated in discussions and symposia conducted by the Center on improving the religion curricula taught at pre-...