Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 1998
Dar Al-Ifta, the state’s religious authority which issues legal decrees, received Christians seeking advice on matters of inheritance and wills.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 1998
Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, the state’s Mufti, denounced the allegations of the British Sunday Telegraph, confirming it is perverted and could not be believed. A country like Egypt that respects all heavenly religions cannot commit persecution or religious discrimination.
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
One can not build factories or establish any project in a country if one knows he is persecuted. Let anyone, who defamed Egypt, visit the shops and the factories and discover what belongs to Copts and Muslims. Several successful businessmen are mentioned.
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
The instrument of Western propaganda is spreading lies since the Cold War until today.
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
The article calls Coptic human rights lawyer Maurice Sadek a source of lies and gives several examples.
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
The ’Persecution Show’ in Al-Kushh is a new series in the many series being played against Egypt by its enemies for what came of events last August 15 in Al-Kushh did not deserve more than a 10-sentence news item in a local newspaper in its accident pages, even if this paper were a ’yellow journal...
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 1998
Also Sidhom writes about how the story of el-Koshh escalated.
Date of source: Saturday, October 31, 1998
A lie called sectarianism is promoted by some of the foreign newspapers without regard for the code of journalism in investigating the truth, especially when it concerns people they do not know, people who throughout its history have never differentiated between a Muslim, Christian, Jew or member...
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 1998
The press release criticizes the two previous Al Ahram articles and calls Hulsman "a double agent for the Egyptian government" who is afraid of being expelled from Egypt. The press release believes the letter Nafaa referred to in his article is a fabrication. They are upset because the Nafaa’s...
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 1998
Priests and prominent Christian figures of both Al-Kushh village and Sohag governorate sent a message to all Egyptians and Copts in the country and abroad describing the Sunday Telegraph’s report as being false and biased.