Date of source: Monday, October 20, 1997
At the Ibn Khaldoun Research center, Mr. Magdi Khaliel, an emigrant Copt, gave a lecture trying to justify
the
attempts of some emigrant Copts and even those of some foreign countries to intervene in Egyptian
affairs under the
pretext of protecting Copts from what they claim is persecution in...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 21, 1997
Gamal Asa’ad
discusses the role of the Arab Christians, and Samuel Huntington’s clash of civilizations.
He rejects
outside interference in the affairs of the Copts suggesting that such interference is for the benefit of
the
US and is carried out on the pretext of protecting the human rights...
Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 1997
At the Azhar,
English woman Jane Wilman, the wife
of an Alexandrian businessman, Dr. Ali Elba, has declared that she has
embraced Islam and taken the new name Eisha
Mohammed Elba. This conversion was applauded in the national
newspaper, al-Ahram, but Youssuf Sedhum wonders
why conversions to...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 24, 1997
Safinaz Kazem writes about her experience of what she sees as persecution, as a
result of her opposition to
President Sadat’s signing the Camp David Accords, and states that persecution is for
all Egyptians, not just
Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, September 21, 1997
Romani
Shafiek Agieb is a student who was persecuted by the University
of Asiut, Faculty of Education, after being
refused the right to nominate himself as a lecturer and then a
university professor. As a result, many
Egyptian Copts offered to help the student finish his higher education...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 17, 1997
Thanks to the Congress ... pardon to the Egyptian People’s AssemblyAl-Dustūr newspaper published in its issue of August 27, 1997, an essay entitled "Crusaders have not put their swords down yet". The writer expressed his worry at an American economic boycott, or an American marine invasion of Egypt...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 1997
Subtitles: Prominent Copts refuse the American interference in their affairsGeorge Isaac; Take care, some secularist Copts are taking advantage of these reports. Dr. Rafik Habib: America is the last to talk about the human rights in the world. Bishop Aghathon: America is not a country of religions...
Date of source: Friday, June 20, 1997
A Christian house in Minufia was set ablaze by a mob of Muslim believers because rumors were spread that a monk wanted to build a new church.
Date of source: Monday, September 18, 2006
The suspicious visit of Michael
Munīr to Egypt, head
of the United States Coptic Organization, has raised questions about the kind of
demands he may make.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 19, 2006
A comment on an article by the Coptic intellectual Kamāl Ghubriyāl about schisms in the prospective movement Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination.