Date of source: Friday, May 14, 2004
The death of the priest of the village of Taha Al-‘Ameda and two members of the church council was about to stir up sectarian strife in the village. The fire of the sectarian strife was rapidly quenched thanks to the wisdom of the villagers and the good relations [between Muslims and Christians]...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Archpriest Marcos Emil Mikhael, Secretary of the Bishopric of Samalut, responds to in the article in Al-Musawwar, May 14, 2004, about the incident of Taha Al-‘Ameda.
Date of source: Friday, May 21, 2004
Al-Musawwar partly published the response of Archpriest Emile Mikhael of Samalut. They left out elements that could be explained as critical for the reporting of Al-Musawwar or authorities.
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
Last Thursday was the forty-day anniversary of the unfortunate accident of Taha Al-‘Ameda. It was time to go to the village to reveal the truth. Those who survived the accident talked for the first time.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 7, 2004
When Habeel Saeed Tawfiq declared himself patriarch of Orthodox Copts and established a new Christian denomination and new papal chair after the name of St. Paul the Apostle, he provided media with cheap publishing material.
The last lawsuit against Habeel is filed by Attia Farid who was hired by...
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2004
Despite all warnings of the activities of foreign NGOs in Egypt which, on the surface, provide medical, educational, agricultural and reclamation services to enhance living standards while in fact they aim at penetrating the Egyptian society by knowing all habits and comportments. Thirty-eight...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2005
Al-Usbou‘ of March 14, 2005 has severely attacked without any sense of decorum the organizations that received a one-million-dollar grant from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
The paper even accused recipients of the grant of “betraying the nation” and the ministry of social affairs of slackness as to...
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2005
Michael Munīr, who was born in al-Minyā in 1968, emigrated to the US in 1990, chooses his words carefully and loves exaggerative statements. His statements give the impression that Egypt is ruled by a gang that slaughters, kidnaps, and steals from Copts. His statements also imply that Egypt needs...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Attorney General Judge Māhir ‘Abd al-Wāhid ordered the referral of 24 suspects to the Mīnyā criminal court. They are charged with vandalism, assault and inciting sectarian violence at the village of al-Minqatayn in Samāllout.
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
A top official from the Religious Freedoms Committee of the U.S. Congress visited the Upper Egyptian governorate of Asyout last Thursday and met with a number of priests including Father Makarius at Abu Qurqās and bishop Paphnotius of Samāllout.