Date of source: Friday, February 9, 2001
Sout Al-Umma came out with its first issue on December 6, 2000. It is a small paper which is still seeking a share of the market. From the choice of articles and subjects in this paper it is obvious it likes to publish controversial issues.
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2001
Fa’iq Zakka Bolous was, we are told, Abuna Gawargy Al-Makari. His introduction of himself is not characteristically monastic: He tells us that he " was one of the best, most intelligent and most conscientious" novices. It is not too much to say that he constantly reveals himself to be someone who...
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2001
Michael Meunier, president of US Copts Association, was upset about the statements Al-Ahram, January 31, attributed to bishop Yo’annis, secretary of H.H. Pope Shenouda, in which he supposedly criticized the World Council of Churches which was seen as a response to a statement of the World Council...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 30, 2001
The RNSAW (2000, week 51A, art. 31) placed a translation of an article in Al-Wafd, which carried the title: "A Dutch provocation to Muslims in Ramadan." The article accused a Dutch scholar without mentioning a name. Based on the information given the author probably referred to Prof. Dr. Bram de...
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2001
Dr. Leitch, a Jehovah’s witness, commented on pope Shenouda’s statements on Jehovah Witnesses in Al-Musawwar [RNSAW, 2001, week 01A, art. 13]. He said that Jehovah’s Witnesses appreciate factual information published by the American Jews but they do not influence Jehovah’s Witnesses any more than...
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2000
On October 25, the Jerusalem Post published an article about hundreds of Palestinian Christians fleeing the Palestinian territories. An Israeli spokesman referred in this regard to a radical sermon of Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Abu Halabiya. This article, like the sermon of the Palestinian preacher,...
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2000
The author believes that the anti-Jewish and Christian sermon in Gaza is dispisable but it is unfair to use this to denounce Muslim leaders in general. Many Christian Palestinians play a prominent role in their society and are like their Muslim compatriots opposed to Israeli policy.
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2000
Peter Harrison, Cornelis Hulsman and Amir S. Ibrahim comment on the interview Akher Saa had with Drs. Cornelis Hulsman on the issue of the Ibn Khaldoun Center. Their comments correct things that was misinterpreted by the journalist who made the interview.
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2000 to Friday, March 3, 2000
The CNN American Net broadcast a show because of the visit of Pope John Paul II to Egypt. Throughout the show that was entitled "Question and answer" which was presented by Riz Khan, the relationship between Muslims and Christians in Egypt and the effect of the Pope’s visit on these relationships...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
A new article about the Koshh issue. The article places the Koshh incident in the context of discrimination or even persecution of Christians in Egypt and quotes for this Hafez Abu Seada, the secretary-general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights.