Date of source: Saturday, November 14, 1998
The author does not think that what happened in the village of Koshh had anything to do with religious persecution because religious persecution means forcing people to change their religious beliefs, and this did not happen in the village. Foreign Copts have rushed too fast in organizing their...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
The Sunday Telegraph went on in its suspicious campaign against Egypt. It attacked this time 2000 Egyptian Copts who signed a statement refuting the paper’s allegations against Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Reacting to the Sunday Telegraph’s lies and allegations, two prominent Coptic businessmen decided to sue the paper’s reporter, Christina Lamb, before an English court. They have accused her of reporting false events harming Egypt’s Copts and defaming Egypt’s national unity in order to hinder its...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 10, 1998
What was published in the Sunday Telegraph and other US newspapers [the Sunday Telegraph is published in the United Kingdom- editor] in terms of paid advertisement comes from a very small minority of Copts living abroad, whose number does not exceed seven and are known by name. They paid more than...
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 1998
The Sohag issue seemed to be settled. Expatriate Copts stopped sending faxes and the bishop had stopped making trouble. Then on October 25 the Sunday Telegraph came out and blew the story up. Members of the foreign press in Egypt scoffed at many of the statements in an article of Al Ahram.
Date of source: Monday, November 9, 1998
Minister Adly says there was a plan to blow the incident of el-Koshh out of proportion to disturb social peace in the country.
Date of source: Monday, November 9, 1998
The British Sunday Telegraph has published another article yesterday by Christina Lamb who claimed two weeks ago that Copts in Egypt are subjected in Sohag to crucifixions and rape by the police.
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
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
El Akhbar newspaper took part in the beautiful demonstration of unity and love between Muslims and Christians which was held in Sohag Governorate.