Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
At a Friday preaching, the preacher was asking God to destroy the Americans and the Jews, saying that apostasy and deviance from the right path are the reasons for the political crisis in the Middle East. The author believes that this man is an example of the preachers who mix religion with...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
Cyprus decided to stop all the newspapers issued there and distributed in Egypt and which had a license issued before December 31, 2000, because theses papers violated the Cypriot press law.
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2001
A delegation of the Journalists’ Syndicate visited Al-Muharraq monastery. The Abbot of monastery described the visit as gratifying and praised Ibrahim Napa’s efforts in dealing with Al-Nabaa crisis. He also declared his refusal to reconcile with its Editor-in-Chief.
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2001
Pope Shenouda declared that it was an impossible task to reach a reconciliation agreement with Al-Nabaa. In reply to Mahran’s claim that he and the pope were friends, the pope said if Mahran was his friend, he would not have harmed the Egyptian Church.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
The editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa assured, in a press conference, that he had no intention of damaging national unity, and that he aimed to protect Christian holy sites. He also confirmed that he did not know that the monk had been expelled from the monastic order.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
During the State Security Prosecution’s investigation with the Editor-in Chief of Al-Nabaa, he said he thought he was exposing corruption in a sensitive religious place, which means playing a patriotic role and that when he published anything he took into consideration the basic principles of...
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2001
Pope Shenouda declared to members of the Maglis El-Milli that among his proposals for solving Coptic problems was the formation of a committee of the wise men of the state whose task would be to study Coptic positions and determine the causes of the problems as well as working in complete secrecy.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
Beside recounting how the state dealt with Al-Nabaa crisis and commenting on the pope’s decision to limit tourism to monasteries, the author expressed the opinion that the crisis of Al-Nabaa negatively affected journalism and pushed 35 MPs to introduce a draft law to sweep away the amount of...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2001
Ra’afat Al-Mehi’s script "Hurghada...the Magic of Love," deals with the issue of mixed marriages between Muslim men and Christian women. He expresses the opinion that the restrictions religions put on marriage are nothing more than stupidity practiced by priests and sheikhs and that to solve the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 12, 2001
Coptic societies have been dedicating all their efforts to an international media campaign claiming they are persecuted despite the support they receive from the Egyptian government, the rejection of the Egyptian public of the article in al-Nabaa and the trial of its editor-in-chief in the court of...