Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2001
The Egyptian TV showed a program entitled "The third opinion." The participants debated the status of Copts in Egypt and the repercussions of the U.S. committee’s visit, as well as the matter of foreign intervention in Egypt’s domestic affairs. They also looked at the stance of expatriate Egyptians...
Date of source: Sunday, April 8, 2001
The visit of the US commission has proved the patriotism of Egyptians by their rejection of it. However, if the present state of affairs persists, this will not be the last time we see the commission, and the question of the government’s patriotism will remain. The writer concluded the article by...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2001
The author believes that viewing foreign intervention in the Egyptian affairs as nothing but a conspiracy against Egypt and its people is a deluded view and an adoption of an unjustifiably defensive, isolationist position. He explains that his decision to meet the commission arose from a patriotic...
Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2001
The Cathedral of St. Mark announced that 24 prominent persons were elected in the Maglis El-Milli [the Congregational Council] for the new session that will continue for five years. Most of the winners were members of the outgoing council.
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2001
The Bishop of Benha and Quweisna asked the Governor of Qalyubiya to give a permission for restoring the church of the Holy Virgin and the Archangel Gabriel. A permit, ratified by the governor, was issued approving the restoration and the building of a four-story building to be used for social...
Date of source: Saturday, March 24, 2001 to Friday, March 30, 2001
The US Commission for International Religious Freedom met with Bishop Marcos of Shoubra Al-Kheima and asked him about the rulings given in Al-Kosheh killings, underage Christian girls turning to Islam and about the non-inclusion of the Coptic period in the history syllabus. Coptic Catholic Bishop...
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2001
President Mubarak’s rebuilding order will bring back the demolished building belonging to the Bishopric of Shubra Al-Kheima, but will it stop any recurrence of like events anywhere in Egypt? We have heard of no investigation on the event, of no questioning of those behind the demolition order or of...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2001
The author thanked President Mubarak for his decision concerning the services building of the Church of Soubra Al-Kheima. He said that Mubarak did not hesitate to grant approval for any application filed with him in this respect. The real problem lies in the long, tedious and humiliating journey...
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: Sunday, February 25, 2001
Colonel Dr. Mohammed al-Ghannam, previous director of Legal Research at the Ministry of Interior asked how the situation could deteriorate so dangerously around the turn of the years 1999/2000 while the Ministry of Interior was claiming they were in control. Despite a declaration from People’s...