Date of source: Friday, October 11, 2002
Christians believe that Al-Muharraq monastery is the holiest location to which the Holy Family resorted. The tourism value of Al-Muharraq monastery is not less than that of the pyramids. That is why we should give it the concern it deserves.
Date of source: Friday, December 28, 2001
Christianity Today published a cover page article of Cornelis Hulsman about the Coptic Orthodox tradition of the Flight to Egypt. The article is presented in this issue of the RNSAW with permission of Christianity Today. You will find here the text before it was edited by Christianity Today. It is...
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
The case of Mamdouh Mahran, the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Nabaa, was reserved to September 16. Mahran’s lawyer said that referring Mahran to the Higher State Security Emergency court was unconstitutional. He asked for the head of Al-Moharraq monastery to introduce a report about the expelled monk and...
Date of source: Friday, August 3, 2001
President Mubarak issued a presidential decree approving the new management board of the Coptic Endowments Authority. Officials within the authority explain that the problems between the authority and the Ministry of Endowments are dissolving after the authority reclaimed 600 feddans. The total...
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2001
The crisis of Al-Nabaa directed attention to Coptic antiquities, which are part of the Egyptian antiquities that should be promoted as they can bring the country a lot of money.
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
Many of the monks and the priests that have been expelled are still carrying out their church-like duties. They do this mainly for financial reasons. To avoid any problems the church should announce the names of the expelled priests to the public. In addition the church does not provide any...
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2001
A delegation of the Journalists’ Syndicate visited Al-Muharraq monastery. The Abbot of monastery described the visit as gratifying and praised Ibrahim Napa’s efforts in dealing with Al-Nabaa crisis. He also declared his refusal to reconcile with its Editor-in-Chief.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
During the State Security Prosecution’s investigation with the Editor-in Chief of Al-Nabaa, he said he thought he was exposing corruption in a sensitive religious place, which means playing a patriotic role and that when he published anything he took into consideration the basic principles of...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2001
The author expressed his support to Pope Shenouda in urging the government to put legal restrictions on the use of priests and monks uniforms, because unlike the Muslim sheikhs, they have spiritual authority over their followers.