Date of source: Monday, March 20, 2006
Fādī Habashī rejects the decision of ‘Adlī Abādīr to present a report about the Coptic issue to the International Committee for Human Rights affiliated to the UN, pointing out that the church in Egypt, as well as Coptic public figures, has rejected such a step.
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2006
The author discusses the attempt to involve the U.N. in the affairs of Egypt’s Christians and argues that Egyptians, both Muslims and Christians, should be the ones to resolve Egypt’s problems.
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2006
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to claims from news agencies that the human rights of Copts in Egypt have been discussed at the UN.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Coptic researcher Samīr Marqus sees problems between Copts and Muslims mainly as a result of the wavering economy. Arab-West Report is convinced that efforts at economic development would help reduce incidents of sectarian strife.
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2006
The author strongly rejects discussing the Coptic file in the UN, believing that there are hidden Zionist influences behind such step. He unleashes a severe criticism at Eng. ‘Adlī Abādīr who presented the report to the European headquarters of the UN.
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2006
Coptic intellectuals are divided over the step taken by Coptic activists in the West to discuss the Coptic file before the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations. Some believe that such step is the only possible action in order to attract the government’s attention to the problems of Copts,...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Coptic human rights lawyer Najīb Jibrā’īl claims that the Egyptian regime is responsible for the internationalization of Copts’ issues.
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2006
Mutāwi‘ Barakāt writes about Egyptian Coptic intellectuals rejection of the idea of increasing the attention that the UN and US have placed on the plight of the Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2006
Dr. Muhammad Sa‘d Ibrāhīm responds to an article published in al-Fajr by Dr. Sa‘īd Sallām, head of the Pediatrics Department at the Faculty of Medicine, al-Minyā University about the alleged persecution of a Coptic researcher in the faculty.
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
The author suggests that stories of sectarian strife, especially those which may have minimal veracity, should not receive as much press as they do. Rather, he calls attention to Egypt’s other sources of strife.