Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Two new members have joined the Advisory Board of the RNSAW. They are Dr. Tareq Mitri, the Program Executive for Christian-Muslim Relations and Dialogue of the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland, and Dr. Arne H. Fjeldstad, a Norwegian scholar with a Ph.D. in Internet Communications.
Date of source: Friday, September 21, 2001
The interdenominational Maadi Community Church in Cairo, Egypt, organized a memorial service for all victims of the recent tragedies in the USA. Father Doug May ended the memorial service with the prayer of St. Francis.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
An emigrant Copt sent a letter to the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahali, complaining about an article by the Christian columnist Nagy George, who criticized Michael Meunier for writing lies in a press release claiming that the Egyptian police had fired rubber bullets against an exaggerated large number...
Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2001
Ra’afat Al-Mehi’s film script "Hurghada...the Magic of Love" which deals with the issue of mixed marriages between Muslim men and Christian women is painful for Christians, not only because Christians oppose such mixed marriages but also because the location for Al-Mehi’s script is in Hurghada...
Date of source: Thursday, July 19, 2001
[This article is a follow-up of another article about the same subject. RNSAW, 2001, week 26A, art. 26] Bishop Dimitrious and priests in Malawi strongly deny the claims of the Australian Coptic Association Youth Branch that four girls from Malawi had been kidnapped.
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2001
The RNSAW sent the translated article of al-Usbua with a request for more information to the Library of Congress. Mr. Mike Newman ran a text search of both the Bill Text and Congressional Record for "Egypt newspaper," and found nothing relevant. Does the memorandum mentioned by al-Usbua exist? If...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2001
Several Egyptian media reported in May that four Christian girls from the Upper Egyptian town of Malawi had run away from their homes. The Australian Coptic Association Youth Branch had reported these girls were kidnapped and kept insisting this had been the case also after the girls had returned...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
Cornelis Hulsman called Bishop Marcos on March 28 with additional questions, prepared by Dale Gavlak and him, after they had read through the transcripts of the interviews with the governor and the bishop.
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
Translation of an official document provided by H.E. Adli Hussein, the governor of Qalyubiya on March 20, 2001. The document lists the permits given by the governor to repair churches in his governorate. The now disputed church of Sandabis is also listed on this document. The governor approved "...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
The governor gave his point of view on the problems with the church service building in Shubra el-Kheima. He beliefs the problems lies primarily with the lack of required licenses. The destroyed building will, however, be rebuild because " That is the order of the President." The governor also...