Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2001
The Editor-in-Chief of Al Nabaa drove lawyer Nabih Al-Wahish away from the team of lawyers that are defending him because Al-Wahish described him as being light-headed, adding that he disregarded the limits of publishing in the case of the expelled monk.
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
Al-Gezira channel interviewed the Editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa, who did not admit to making a mistake by publishing the story of the expelled monk. For him, everything was according to the law and the traditions of the society and the whole matter was nothing but a conspiracy against his paper.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2001
The article gives all the details about how Al-Nabaa crisis started and about the legal procedures that were taken against the paper. It also gives part of the transcripts of the Higher State Security’s interrogations with the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Nabaa. In the interrogations, the editor in chief...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2001
The author tried to imagine what the late Christian writer Louis Awad would have said about Al-Nabaa crisis if he had been alive. He believes that all the great enlightened writings of Awad shared the Coptic and Muslim voices in its condemnation of Al-Nabaa conspiracy against national unity.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2001
Bishop Bissenti and Gamal Asa’ad were invited to the meeting Rose El-Youssef held to discuss the denominational climate. The former said that he would attend provided that Asa’ad would not, claiming that Asa’ad’s opinions are not in the line with what the church believes. Asa’ad denied this and...
Date of source: Saturday, July 21, 2001 to Friday, July 27, 2001
Rumors say that Pope Shenouda cancelled the celebration of his joining the monastic order because of the sad times the Church is living through due to Al-Nabaa crisis. Others believe that he did so as an attempt to get a stronger verdict against Al-Nabaa’s Editor-in-Chief. The correct explanation...
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2001
Pope Shenouda avoided talking about the crisis of Al-Nabaa in his last weekly lecture. He confirmed the situation of peace and comfort within the Coptic community under the media campaigns and the legal procedures that supported them throughout the crisis. The Christian Al-Kiraza magazine...
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
The Media and Culture Committee in the Shura Council accused foreign parties of trying to incite sectarian strife between Muslims and Christians by using tabloids and warned against any new restrictions being imposed on the freedom of press.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2001
Twenty-seven American reporters are staying at the Lillian Trasher center in Assiut to watch the conditions of Copts there.
Date of source: Saturday, July 21, 2001 to Friday, July 27, 2001
The bishop for youth stressed that the attitude of the police towards those who went onto the streets and tried to cause damage or confront the security was the same in the cases of the Coptic Youths’ demonstration against Al-Nabaa and the Azhar students’ demonstration against the "Banquet for...