Date of source: Wednesday, October 28, 1998
A full page advertisement was published in the pro-Israeli paper The New York Times propagating lies, claiming that some Egyptians in an Upper Egyptian village were exposed to fierce acts of violence by police because they are Coptic Christians. Such allegations are horrifying, provocative and...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Despite of the unity of the Egyptian people, both Muslims and Christians, the sectarian climate will result in hateful behavior. This behavior results in creating a sectarian atmosphere between Muslims and Christians, and this atmosphere will always be there as long as there are people who with...
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 1998
Sidhom demands a public investigation to find those who are responsible for such transgressions and to hold them responsible for what they did. He wants civilians to know that the law is above all.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 29, 1998
The conflict between Dr. Mohamed Said Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar, and the Azhar Scholars Front which was recently brought to court is made up of an accumulation of small problems that turned serious when other parties interfered.
Date of source: Sunday, August 30, 1998
The book, written by a Muslim, says the government is overlooking problems of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 1998
Amnesty International and the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) have said in reports on the year 1997 there have been two negative developments.
The first was the People’s Assembly’s decision to extend the Emergency Law, in force since 1981, for three more years. The second negative...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 25, 1998
Because of the attack of Selim Naguib, the RNSAW included the full text of the Report of the Council of Churches which concludes "It does not appear that the national government condones any acts of persecution of the Christian minority in Egypt." But " This is not to say that there is no...
Date of source: Friday, April 17, 1998
Distinctions between Copts and Muslims. On what basis?