Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
The state of peaceful relations between Egyptian Muslims and Christians has occupied a prominent place in the media as of late. Although the existence of religious tolerance and absence of religious conflict are often portrayed as an achievement and source of pride, in actuality, they reflect the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2000
This article offers a biography of Pope Shenouda III mentioning his attitude toward different issues.
Date of source: Thursday, March 30, 2000
"The Copts of Egypt should not pay the price of peace in the Middle East". This sentence made me stop for a while and ask myself several questions such as: What is the price, which the Egyptian Copts pay in return for peace? Do the Egyptian Copts really pay a price for peace in the Middle East?...
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2000
Yesterday, the hysteria campaigns that are normally launched against Egypt were raised again a few hours before Mubarak’s visit to America. The American Washington Times, which is known for its alliance to the Jewish lobby, continued to publish full pages of paid advertisements that claimed the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2000
Sub-title: Removing the eagle on the Egyptian flag and putting two crossed swords instead
Cairo University has witnessed a strong crisis due to the incidents that took place in Dar Al-Uloum faculty. A group of students from the faculty removed the eagle of the Egyptian flag and put two crossed...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 15, 2000
... It is so easy for John Paul II, the Vatican’s current pope, to apologize for his ancestors during the Crusades and the Inquisition. This Pope did not cause those problems but if we accept these apologies would our martyrs accept them? We thank the current Pope. He was not the one who caused...
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2000
... I am of the opinion that the one who wants to write about national unity and the political problems of the Copts should deal with this subject in a very objective way and balance this with local and international factors within the framework of human rights and citizenship. One should not just...
Date of source: Saturday, March 4, 2000
Al-Wafd asks why the Egyptian government neglect the publishing of news of incidents and crises that happen here and do not respond until only after the incidents or crises are reported by international media by which time it is too late. Al-Wafd here presents a detailed description of the recent...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
What are the similarities between the incidents of Al-Kosheh in Upper Egypt, which resulted twenty killed and tens injured, and the incident of the death of a student from Mit-Nama on Cairo-Alexandria road the day before yesterday? The comparison may seem strange, but, do not be amazed, there is a...
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2000
Coptic Orthodox bishop of Helwan and Maasara, talks in an interview with Al-Wafd about the emigrant Copts, and says that they are Egyptians who love Egypt.