Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Copts grievances were the main issues of the two panels held at the Jesuit Association and Mar Girgis Church in Minya and headed by Youssef Sidhom, editor-in-chief of the Egyptian Watani newspaper.
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Following what Watani published about the problem of the church of Menaqateen village, Samalout, Minya, that has been waiting for a building permit for 27 years, Hundreds of villagers from Menaqateen and neighboring villages attacked the building of Mar Girgis [St. George] Association affiliated to...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2005
The Abu Al-Matameer issue caused a commotion in Egypt and brought Muslims and Christians to fanatically favor their own faiths, opening the door for myriad questions that must be answered transparently by the society so as to avoid eruption of Muslim-Christian sedition.
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Watani devotes a full page of information about Muslims in America to refute Arabic press reports about Muslims in the US having problems. It gives some demographic facts about Muslims and the rights they enjoy in the US. It gives an overview of the different “emigration waves” of Muslims and how...
Date of source: Sunday, October 20, 2002
Criticism of the Egyptian national press. Blaming they only reported the positive elements of the U.S. State Department report on religious freedom in the world for year 2002. The blame of Watani is, however, not entirely justified. The RNSAW gives examples of the Egyptian press reporting elements...
Date of source: Sunday, October 6, 2002
Dr. Tarek Mitri speaks about the Islamic-Christian dialogue after September 11 and about the effect of the concept of “the clash among religions” on the course of the dialogue. He explains why calls for dialogue usually come from Christian institutions and how Arab Christians can defend the Arab-...
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2002
The author criticizes the way Dr. Nabil Luka Bibawi writes about emigrant Copts. He commented on two of his articles. He concluded that Egypt needs emigrant Copts, as they occupy high social positions. Getting close to them cannot be achieved in Bibawi´s way of writing about them. Full Text Dr...
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2002
Michael Meunier defends emigrant Copts against the claims raised about them in the Egyptian press. He explained how they support the Palestinian issue and tried to defend Muslims after the 11 September attacks. He stressed that they have never asked the American administration to stop its aid to...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2002
The article is an advertisement by the Bishopric of the Orthodox Copts in Shubra Al-Kheima calling people to donate for putting the finishing touches to Anba Bola services building in Shubra Al-Kheima.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2002
Many Muslim thinkers condemned the incidents of Beni Walmis and stressed that solving the problems of Copts and unifying the laws for building places of worship are very important to avoid such incidents. They also stressed the importance of the role the media should play in forming the...