Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2000
In the article of Mr. Said Abdel-Khaleq in Al-Wafd dated January 19, 2000, reporting on an interview with him Father Makarious Youssef found some statements attributed to him, which he says he did not make. He responds in this article.
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2000 to Friday, February 25, 2000
The Coptic Union that represents a group of fanatic emigrant Copts in America failed to perform a march in front of the American Foreign Ministry. In the light of the faxes and the letters before the march, everything that was done was expected. However, it was not expected that they would seek...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2000
The national democratic trend faced the first wave of religious bigotry with its Islamist slogans... We boldly face the second wave of religious bigotry that is falsely relating itself to Christianity... We are astonished by the birth of a religiously bigoted stance called "The Emigrant Christian...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Attorney General, answers accusations from the Canadian Coptic Association charging the State Prosecution service of being biased against Copts in the wake of Father Gibra’il Abdel-Messih’s interrogation and subsequent release on bail of 1,000 LE (about US$ 300,-).
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2000
At the "Quddaas Al-Arbaien" held last Thursday in the Archangel Michael Church for the spirits of those who were killed in Al-Kosheh was presided over by Bishop Wissa of Al-Balyana and Dar Al-Salaam, General Bishop Yo’annes, the delegate of His Holiness the Pope, and the secretary of the pope. A...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2000
The absence of the People’s Assembly from the scene of events in the latest Al-Kosheh incidents was conspicuous as if the Assembly did not exist or made itself to be so. We have not seen one single representative forwarding an inquiry or filing a notification request or posing an expedient question...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2000
Because of the improper press coverage of the first incidents of Al-Kosheh, the media today hurried to cover the second incidents. As a simple Egyptian man, many questions jumped into my head...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2000
We have exposed during the last two weeks the defects that exist in our actual reality. We will prove these defects by the various problems and situations, which we always receive and the files of sorrows are full of them. But before that we ask this crucial question: What can we do?... This is...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2000
Following the days of the painful Al-Kosheh incidents, many statements have been voiced on the compensations given by the state to the victims of Al-Kosheh and Dar Al-Salaam. In the course of looking out for the truth, we came across a report prepared by the Relief Center of the Directorate of...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2000
Blacking out and taking tranquilizers in a vital national issue is not a wise thing to do. That is why I would not discuss the issue of Al-Kosheh as long as it is in honest hands that will present their fair report for which I have two wishes. The first is to broadcast the [results of the]...