Date of source: Friday, November 20, 1998
The author is afraid that the urge to protect Coptic rights and justice could provoke people against them.
Date of source: Monday, November 23, 1998
Dr. Ayman Nour of the Wafd Party invited Lord Alton to visit Egypt to see everything by himself, but he refused. However, he agreed on holding a debate with Dr. Nour in London and it will televised through one of the television channels.
Date of source: Thursday, November 12, 1998
Hafez Abou Se’da, secretary general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), admits accepting foreign funds and aid. But the charter of the organization states certain conditions for accepting funds, Se’da adds. In fact, the government itself
forced them to take foreign funds, since it...
Date of source: Sunday, November 15, 1998
Minister of Tourism Dr. Mamdouh Al-Beltagi said that all attempts to ravage the relationship between Muslims and Christians will be in vain. The minister pointed out the plan, made by Egypt’s Ministries of Culture and Tourism, to promote the visit of the sites of the Holy Family.
Date of source: Sunday, November 15, 1998
Egypt’s Information Office in New Delhi invited Indian journalists to visit Egypt to see the real events instead of quoting falsified reports of British papers claiming Egypt’s Copts are persecuted. An Egyptian media councilor in New Delhi clarified that Christina Lamb’s report which was quoted by...
Date of source: Sunday, November 15, 1998
Egypt suffers a number of problems like slum areas, unemployment, and trade imbalance and privatization issues. The government is trying its best to solve these problems in the short and long term. The problem of Coptic endowment has been taken seriously by Dr. Ganzouri’s government.
Date of source: Monday, November 9, 1998
The best thing about the incident in Al-Koshh was that it revealed many things, the most important being the ways of the West in penetrating a country and intervening in its domestic affairs.
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 1998
The Egyptian government has launched an international publicity offensive in the wake of disclosures in The Telegraph last month about a brutal police crackdown on Christians in southern Egypt. Actions include paying for full-page newspaper advertisements in cash and a lobbying campaign on the...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
People’s Assembly members have condemned some foreign papers and radio networks for the allegations of Coptic persecution in Egypt. They said there are planned conspiracies to harm Egypt and its people and hinder the outstanding developments in all fields as well as [to harm] Middle East peace...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Information Minister Safwat El-Sherif condemned the campaign against Egypt by the foreign media concerning allegations that Christians are being persecuted. In an interview published in a London newspaper yesterday, El-Sherif announced that these allegations were unfounded and rely on fabricated...