Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman returned from Beni Suef and Minya, after visiting the Holy Family sites with a group of 35 foreigners who belong to the Church of [John] the Baptist, in Maadi.
Date of source: Friday, March 16, 2001
Despite all the criticism above Mamdouh Nakhla keeps insisting the accident was deliberately planned. He says that in all previous accidents ’the drivers who caused those accidents survived’ which is for him sufficient to suspect foul play.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001
Copts of the Diaspora, with many human rights activists, are disposed to believe the worst and it is natural that campaigners should take up the story. There is a culture of disingenuousness and misinformation amongst the Copts and this often leads to extremism in every quarter.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001
The suspicions in Mamdouh Nakhla’s press release amount to a conspiracy theory about the death of a priest without having any supporting evidence. Some American Coptic activists tried to convince the RNSAW not to publish this text in the RNSAW because it harms Nakhla’s credibility. The intensive...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2001
The author compares the reaction of some MPs to the publication of three sexy novels by the Ministry of Culture and theirs reaction to Al-Kosheh rulings. He wonders why none of the MPs thought of raising questions, with the Minister of Justice or the Minister of the Interior, concerning the...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2001
The priest of the Church of Archangel Michael in Al-Kosheh rejected the accusation of the president of the criminal court of Sohag who had said that three Christian men of religion had not cooperated with policemen to calm down people and prevent inciting violence.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Readers of the Copts Daily Digest were upset about the article of Dr. Nabil Luka Bebawi in Al-Ahram, February 22, 2001. They saw his article as a defense for the verdict of February 5.
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2001
The verdict given in the action of Al-Kosheh has caused a strong line of division between Egypt’s Muslims and Christians. Most Muslims accept the impartiality of the court while many Christians, inside and outside Egypt, expressed their anger in articles, letters and interviews about the verdict....
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2001 to Friday, March 2, 2001
The successor to the General guide of the Brotherhood will hold two positions, the general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and of the International Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood, based in Germany. Members of the Brotherhood are determined this time to have their guide elected in a...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 14, 2001
The Governor of Minya said the worshipping tree was an ordinary one and that no concerned body told them that it had historical value. The head of Samalout City Council said they set up a fact finding committee that found out that the tree had no religious or historical value. A researcher in the...