Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The dangerous difference between the tabloids in Egypt and elsewhere is that in Egypt they have sneaked in uncontrolled by the officials, to a public unaware of the credibility of such papers. Where does freedom of the press end and where do its responsibilities begin? Shutting down newspapers by...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
It is really disgusting to read such nonsense that violates logic and reason. It is an attempt to get Christians to lose confidence in their monks and priests. No matter what this Mahran said we do believe in our church, priests and monks.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The author visited the monastery and claims as a result that the story in Al-Nabaa was all fabricated. He spoke to Pachomius Al-Muharraqi who explained monastic life and described the monks’ living quarters. He stated that it was illogical if not impossible for the events reported to have taken...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The author interviewed the head of Al-Muharraq monastery who told him the history of this monk within the monastery. He said he was a monk for thirteen years but he was then expelled because he didn’t follow the rules. He was given a second chance in another monastery but he failed to follow the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The author believes that Egyptians should know about each other’s beliefs and have mutual respect for each other and that freedom of belief is more important than freedom of speech. He believes that there should be a plan to resolve problems rather than the constant fire fighting that occurs now.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The three books deal with issues like peace, brotherhood, cooperation and dealings among people. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi says that it is not appropriate to forbid a book because it has verses from the Bible. Islam guarantees freedom of religion to all people.
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2001 to Friday, June 22, 2001
Some foreign countries are still using the Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim case to nail Egyptian democracy, freedom, and the honesty of the justice system by saying the case was not based on the criminal acts carried out by the Ibn Khaldoun Center. Professor Mustafa Al-Shaka said it was the espionage of...
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2001 to Friday, June 22, 2001
The author talks about the importance of Yohanna Qulta’s recently published book titled "Journals of a priest in the countryside." Unlike his daring novel "West Nile village," he chooses his words trying to avoid troublesome points looking at things from afar and telling them as they happened,...
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2001 to Friday, June 22, 2001
The Brotherhood MPs are focusing on the ministers of education, health, culture, agriculture, and interior. Each of them specializes in attacking a ministry. The most active is Dr. Mohammed Gamal Hishmat, who filed 61 inquiries to the ministers of health, education, and higher education and...
Date of source: Saturday, June 9, 2001 to Friday, June 15, 2001
Catholic father Rafiq Greish, Orthodox archpriest Salib Matta, and Protestant reverend Ikram Lamai responded to Rose El-Youssef’s article "seizing an extremist Christian group" The latter two did not restrict their arguments to the Adventists, but discussed the Catholic Church and popes. The author...