Date of source: Friday, November 6, 1998
Dr. Muhammad Hamdi Zakzouk, Egyptian Minister of Endowments, said that the vicious campaigns against Egypt which claim that there is persecution against Copts are campaigns made by suspicious foreign bodies that are obvious in their motives.
Date of source: Friday, November 6, 1998
The University of Sohag has witnessed yesterday a demonstration supporting National Unity.
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: Thursday, November 5, 1998
The report of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights was prepared in a suspicious way, giving a one-sided story, ignoring others’ comments and not verifying events.
Date of source: Thursday, November 5, 1998
The members of the Peoples’ Assembly and the Shura council (Upper House) in Sohag have asked for the transfer of the responsible persons who have sent statements abroad about the incidents in al-Kussh village and who are to be put on trial by the general prosecutor.
Date of source: Thursday, November 5, 1998
The Governor of Menufiya, Adly Hussein, has issued a number of decisions to restore and subsidize the churches in the governorate. The churches include the Church of Mari Gerguis in a Christian village in the district of Quesna and the Church of the Virgin Mary in Kafr Abdu district of Quesna.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Encroachment on Islamic monuments and their use as administrative buildings are threatening the national heritage.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
President Hosni Mubarak announced on Saturday that Ecuador had deported to Egypt a militant suspected of being involved in last November’s Luxor massacre in which 62 people were killed.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Military prosecutors are questioning more than 50 suspects, including more than a dozen extradited by other countries, in connection with the 1995 suicide bombing of the Egyptian Embassy in Islamabad which killed 16 people.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
A statement smuggled out of prison through an Islamist lawyer, signed by 10 so-called historic leaders of the underground organizations Jihad and Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiya, is the latest in a series of the jailed leaders’ appeals for an end to anti-government attacks.