Date of source: Tuesday, November 10, 1998
In response to the western allegations: Egypt has embraced all three religions, the Synagoge and the Church are side by side with the mosque.
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: Monday, November 9, 1998
The Sunday Telegraph has continued its suspicious campaigns against Egypt claiming Copts are persecuted. It published another article written by Christian Lamb. She claimed in her first article that more than 1200 Copts were arrested, tortured with electric shock and crucified.
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: Sunday, November 8, 1998
After the Sunday Telegraph article about Christian persecution in Egypt, lots of foreign correspondents denied this information. An Egyptian lawyer, Mostafa Ashoub, chose the legal way as a respond to these lies.
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 1998
We had intended to close the file of Al-Koshh events after publishing what we thought was enough to clarify facts. Daily papers and weekly magazines’ coverage of the issue found a kind of ’media demonstration’ that came late and seemed to be synthetic and not neutral. Thus, it is essential to...
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 1998
The fact is that Egypt is a secure and safe country that does not know religious persecution. Father Besada, Pastor of Angel Michael’s Church, said that what happened is an ordinary murder case that could happen anywhere. But what happened
afterwards was the problem. Villagers, Muslim and Christian...
Date of source: Saturday, November 7, 1998
The rude campaign goes on against Egypt. In cooperation with members of the American Congress, a British lord has sent a threatening letter, warning that he will launch a fierce campaign against Egyptian tourism if the persecution of Copts does not stop.
Date of source: Friday, November 6, 1998
More than 2000 prominent Egyptian Christian figures have condemned the continuous attempts of hostile forces against Egypt who aim at playing with the religious emotions of foreign societies by publishing allegations and lies about the persecution of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Dr. Osama El-Baz announced that the material published in the foreign media concerning discrimination against Copts is out of line and lacking in truth, and that the Copts stand against the material that uses ’persecution’ to get at Egypt and weaken its stand.