Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2000
Yesterday, the hysteria campaigns that are normally launched against Egypt were raised again a few hours before Mubarak’s visit to America. The American Washington Times, which is known for its alliance to the Jewish lobby, continued to publish full pages of paid advertisements that claimed the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2000
The Truth, an e-mail service of American Copts, probably related to one of the Coptic associations, sent out a text which claims that Coptic Christians are persecuted in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2000 to Friday, March 17, 2000
The minority that had organized the two marches in front of the United Nations building in Washington got negative results. The moderate majority expressed their rage and rejected these marches and dealing with a fanatical Zionist organization. Among the actions taken to express this rage is the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2000
Gamal Asad, a Coptic ex-member of the Egyptian People’s Assembly, has recently heavily criticized the emigrant Copts as well as several Coptic leaders - in particular Bishop Wissa of Balyana and Dar Al-Salaam in the wake of the Al-Kosheh incidents. Here the author responds to the accusations made...
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2000
Coptic Orthodox bishop of Helwan and Maasara, talks in an interview with Al-Wafd about the emigrant Copts, and says that they are Egyptians who love Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2000
Talking about the emigrant Copts is a very difficult subject because the newspapers have dealt with them from one point of view and they classified them with the extremists, and traitors against their country. They had also mentioned that they were agents [for foreign powers] and so on. The truth...
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2000
An interview of Bishop Kyrollos William, Coptic Catholic bishop of Assiut, regarding the visit of Pope John Paul II.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2000
The full, published text of the EOHR’s Special Report on the Al-Kosheh incident.
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2000
In the article of Mr. Said Abdel-Khaleq in Al-Wafd dated January 19, 2000, reporting on an interview with him Father Makarious Youssef found some statements attributed to him, which he says he did not make. He responds in this article.
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2000 to Friday, February 25, 2000
The Coptic Union that represents a group of fanatic emigrant Copts in America failed to perform a march in front of the American Foreign Ministry. In the light of the faxes and the letters before the march, everything that was done was expected. However, it was not expected that they would seek...