Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
The discussion at the press conference of the New York Council of Churches on June 28 [transcript presented in last week’s RNSAW] was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union. Before the press conference Drs. Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Rafique Iscander, chairman and founder of the...
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 1999
The RNSAW consulted Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, head of the College of Religious Fundamentals (’usul el-Din) about Rashad Khalifa and Ahmed Sobhy Mansour and the attacks on them in al-Ahrar.
Date of source: Sunday, August 15, 1999
A supposedly Christian man who is 73-years old in Minoufia is exposed by his wife for being so interested in black magic that he used to leave his family starving and go to spend his money on black magic. Many people used to help his family so that they would not die of starvation.
Date of source: Monday, August 16, 1999
A special report by Drs. Cornelis Hulsman on the attack on the Coptic Orthodox priest Father Stephanous of al-Maḥallā al-Kubrā, based on personal visits and interviews with the priest himself, close associates, the security authorities and others. Also included is an analysis of the early Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, August 16, 1999
Since the Egyptian media have frequently referred to the press conference on Christian girls allegedly being kidnapped the RNSAW decided to present here the full transcript of the discussion which took place in New York. The discussion was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union who had...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 1999
Campaigns and plots aim to destroy Egypt’s reputation abroad. Worse are the damages caused by the poisoned fatwas of the "Sheikhs of ’Al-Takfir’ [sheiks of apostasy] and Fame". Confiscating a book in Egypt with a religious Fatwa is not less dangerous than declarations of Copts in the countries of...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 1999
Truth has got one face. But every accident has hundreds of false faces. Egypt has become the target of malicious lie sellers who are praying every day in the temple of manipulation. One of them is the conspiracy of the truck against the Copts. Another attack comes through a highly selective way of...
Date of source: Monday, August 9, 1999
Emigrant Copts were involved in negative publications about Egypt. They were pushed by irresponsible practices and criminal acts aimed at the Egyptian Copts. Secondly they exaggerated until it reached the edge of paranoia.
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
Some of the emigrant Copts who claim that they are Egyptians seem to have forgotten that they have emigrated from this country and they have not been visiting it for many years. They have forgotten that they are now belonging to a country which has different interests from their mother country, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 10, 1999
Newspapers published their advice to the people. Also doctors and exorcists offered advise. The Azhar did nothing but should call for prayer.