Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2001
The author expressed the opinion that the yellow press was not born when Al-Nabaa published its story about the expelled monk. It was there long ago before that. But no one moved to stop it except when it touched upon one of the religious holy places, as if Egyptians do not like to follow the...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Nagy George is very upset about the way some US Copts write about Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt. He commented on an unpublished letter of a Canadian Copt to the editor of Al-Ahali. George stressed that Copts are not a minority in Egypt and it is the role played by emigrant Copts that pushes...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
An emigrant Copt sent a letter to the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahali, complaining about an article by the Christian columnist Nagy George, who criticized Michael Meunier for writing lies in a press release claiming that the Egyptian police had fired rubber bullets against an exaggerated large number...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
The Christian managing editor of Al-Nabaa said that he was shocked when he knew that the paper’s editor-in -chief published the story of the expelled monk. He added that he objected to the publication, believing that it would harm religious feelings but the publication was already decided. He said...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2001
A Saudi young man claimed owning the two oldest Biblical parchments. The two parchments are about 1500 years old and are in good condition.
Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2001
Pope Shenouda prepared a request to submit to the People’s Assembly for it to decide upon the Christian unified personal statues law. This new law, which specifies nine reasons for divorce, will solve the problems of Christians who got divorced but cannot get permission to re-marry.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2001
The Crusades were a Christian war against Arabs and Muslims. They erupted with seeming religious aims. They helped in reforming the monastic system and aimed at uniting the Western and the Eastern church. It was a chance for European knights who owned no lands in their own countries to own some...
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2001
Tareq Al-Bishri’s "Muslims and Copts in the Frame of the Patriotic Group" touches upon the relationship between Muslims and Christians in the period from the beginnings of the 19th century until the July 23 Revolution, in 1952. He gave many examples on how this relation was a good one and how both...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
The author expressed the opinion that what Sout Al-Umma published about the 70,000 Copts forging police reports to get American nationality was no better than what Al-Nabaa published, saying that Copts are disloyal to Egypt. He added that because of believing in the good attentions of the paper,...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Counselor Naguib Gabrail assured the Editor-in-Chief of Sout Al-Umma that he did not file any reports against the paper. He also told him that Mamdouh Nakhla was willing to drop his case and that he was willing for the three of them to meet at Sout Al-Umma [headquarters] to discuss the matter. In...