Date of source: Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Of course in our office we had discussions about terrorism following the attack on Korean tourists in Sinai. I do not feel threatened in Cairo. Our office manager Adel Rizkallah gave me this text from Al-Ahram, dated February 18, as a background to the discussion taking place in Egypt. I have used...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
I. Introduction
In 2007, Rā’id al-Sharqāwī, a retired Egyptian coast guard intelligence officer, provided former intern Maria Rezzonico figures on the number of Copts in Egypt by governorate. These numbers were never published and so, in December of 2011, Ra’ed was interviewed once more to compile...
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2007
The South Sinai Orthodox Diocese has accused the local authorities of the Ra’s Sidr city of
destroying a tree fence surrounding Mar Girgis Church, on claims that it was unofficially planted on state-owned
land.
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2006
The author notes the iftār table held at the first church to be established in
Ra’s Sidr, where calls were made for relationships of cordiality and mercy to be prevalent amongst all Egyptians.
Date of source: Monday, October 1, 2001
Tomorrow, Pope Shenouda and the Governor of Sinai will lay the foundation stone for a new Orthodox church in Al-Tur city in Sinai.
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2005
CSI’s focus on defending the religious freedom of persecuted Christians seems to lead them to very quickly interpret any incident, or rumor of an incident, as persecution. As a response, the author suggests that, rather than sending protest letters to the respective governments, international...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2004
It is agreed on that the route taken by the Holy Family in Egypt is the utmost Christian tourism of the world. What 1500 million Christians know about it, is limited to what they read in the book of Matthew. Driven by curiosity, tourists from Europe and America will come and that will represent...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
In a statement sent to al-Sharq al-Awsat, former head of the London-based al-Mujāhidoun Movement, Anjem Choudary has announced that a conference on jihād in Palestine is scheduled for February 19. According to Choudary, the conference is also due to discuss the new anti-terrorism law, which will...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
A responsible official source stated that the report of police intervention in the incidents at St. Catherine’s monastery and the arrest of 150 persons are completely untrue. He added that an individual illegally tried to transform a restaurant into "a place for conducting prayers" without [legal]...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
... The head of the St. Catherine’s monastery filed a complaint against Bishop Makari, the recently-appointed bishop of Sinai, and accused him of trying to deprecate the historical importance of the monastery, which produces most of the tourist traffic in the area. The head of the monastery, Bishop...