Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 1999 to Friday, June 18, 1999
The devil of the sectarian strife is Maurice Sadek. Sadek in turn accuses the Coptic Orthodox Church to behind the stories about young Coptic girls by mentioning Dr. Nabila Mikhael, a member of the Maglis el-Milli(the General Church Council), who is also working at the secretariat of H.H. Pope...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 1999 to Friday, June 18, 1999
What about converting young Coptic girls!? There are some people who work really hard to defame Egypt. They twist the truth and try to show that Egypt is an ugly false country.
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999
Subtitle: Immigration groups call for including Persecution Claims on the Agenda of Mubarak’s Visit to Washington
Egyptian Coptic immigrant groups in the United States of America are re-launching their attacks on Egypt with claims of persecutions of Copts in Egypt. A suspicious report has also been...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 1999
Claims made in the western press about the rape of Christian girls in Egypt, and forcing them to become Muslims with the allegation that this takes place with the blessing of the police stirs and angry response from the authorities and Christians.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 1999
Letter responding to the claims made in the advertisement in the Washington Times. No one investigates. Just claims are made.
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 1999 to Friday, June 11, 1999
Rose el-Yousef published the text of an advertisement in the Washington Times of May 25 claiming Christian girls in Egypt are kidnapped, raped and forced to convert to Islam. They conclude the translation with one paragraph saying the claims are not true.
Date of source: Monday, May 31, 1999
The Al-Usbua newspaper alleges that the foreign funding received by Egyptian NGOs is used by some of them to provide foreign media (under lobbying pressure from Jewish/Zionist groups) with information that can defame Egypt. Additionally, US sponsored projects and programs carried out with the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 1999
A review of a book by Milad Hanna calling for a culture of mutual acceptance and the emphasis on national identity over a sectarian religious identity, as well as some background information on Dr Milad Hanna himself.
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 1999
Although they constitute an integral part of the social fabric, Copts are scarcely represented in the cinema. This scanty representation is quite disproportional to the real magnitude of their presence or their social roles. A new, soon-to-be-screened film, "Forbidden Talk", which depicts a Copt...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Shortly after Ali Abul-Saoud Mustafa, a fugitive Egyptian Islamist, was arrested in the United States last month, he was accused by American prosecution authorities of cooperating with Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden in a worldwide anti-American conspiracy. The Egyptian government had requested...