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23. Egypt’s Rasputin and Algeria’s singer stir up minority crises
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2001
President Mubarak warned against the consequences of a conflict between Muslims and Copts, and stressed the guarantees that the Egyptian law should offer for freedom of belief. In his meeting with the parliamentary members of the [ruling] National Democratic Party, he discussed the conflict...
11. Egyptian intellectuals demand investigation of information leakage in former monk case
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2001
Many Egyptian intellectuals and public figures issued a statement titled "a call to Egyptians" demanding the state investigate from where the information leaked to Al-Nabaa paper.
6. Interview with Archpriest Salib Matta Saweris
Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2001
Archpriest Salib Matta Saweris said that the expelled monk committed sins and should be punished according to Egyptian criminal law as any Egyptian citizen. He denied that his crime took place in the monastery or that some emigrant Copts were behind what was published in Al-Nabaa. He believed that...
22. Monasteries not dens of iniquity
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2001
Thousands of outraged Copts converged on St Mark’s Cathedral to express their anger to Pope Shenouda and ask for decisive measures against the newspaper. Watani talked to the Pope and Church leaders; and conveyed readers’ questions about the truth of the story. The shocked public demanded that the...
16. Al-Nabaa newspaper and those lying in wait. The Coptic revolution and the seaweed
Date of source: Thursday, June 21, 2001
The author believes that this crisis was engineered as a way for outside bodies to become involved in Egypt’s internal affairs. He questions the aims behind publishing the article and the timing. He claims it was not an attack on Copts but on the whole of Egypt and national unity.
11. Quiet variations on a flaming issue
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2001
The author makes comparisons between the way this crisis, caused by a newspaper report, and other similar crises have been dealt with. He feels that the Ministry of Interior is dealing with each opposing power according to their influence. He believes the demonstrations should have urged the...

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