Date of source: Sunday, January 10, 1999
An interview with Ibrahim Shukry, the 83 year old head of the Islamist Labor Party on al-Koshh and the place of Coptic Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Immediately after H.H. Pope Shenouda [Shinūda] heard of the murders in al-Koshh he sent two bishops, including Bishop Marcos [Marquṣ] of Shubra al-Khayma, to investigate this. I spoke with Bishop Marcos to offer him my condolences. Bishop Marcos gave me the list of names as Bishop Wissa [Wīṣā],...
Date of source: Friday, January 14, 2000
This RNSAW was not only delayed because of the tremendous amount of extra work due to the killings in Al-Koshh but also due a decision of the South Cairo Court on January 2, 2000 to sent the wife of the editor of the RNSAW for one month to prison for an offense she never committed. The court...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 1999
The RNSAW interviewed Hafez Abu Seada upon the request of the American Council of Churches about the article in the Boston Globe and found that the Boston Globe and Hafez Abu Seada have talked at cross-purposes. Where Hafez Abu Seada spoke about human rights violations concerning all Egyptians,...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 1999
The RNSAW is pleased to introduce to you a new member of the Board of Advisors: The Revd. Dr. John Watson. Dr. John Watson is an Anglican scholar who was intimately involved in the campaign to release Pope Shenouda, after the arrest in 1981. He has published more than 500 articles, and three small...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 15, 1999
The Press Office of Lambeth Palace says "There seems to have been some error in the translation which has misrepresented the Archbishop." The Archbishop has said that in his visits to Egypt he had not encountered any persecution personally, but that he was aware of reports of persecution happening.
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 1999
Disagreements over the leadership in the Gama’at Al Islamiyya came yesterday to the open. Mohammed Shawki Al Islambuli, one of the leaders, assured from his exile in a declaration sent to Reuters that the leadership council of the Jihad group had submitted its resignation last year. He said that...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 1999
In a new and exciting development, disagreements have exploded between the leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiyya abroad A war of words started between what is called the European Group and the Afghanistan Group similar to the war of words that started after the Luxor massacre between the two sides.
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 1999
Examples of several extremists who want to use their time in prison to study for a degree. None of these studies are related to Islam. The Ministry of Interior would not tolerate this.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Mr. Ramzi Zaklama, a member of the Supreme Board of the liberal Wafd Party in Egypt and initiator of the Committee of the Wise, a group of twenty persons, Copts and Muslims to discuss problems of Copts in Egypt, joined the board of advisors of the RNSAW. He wrote for the RNSAW an article about the...