Date of source: Saturday, December 7, 2002
Press release of the US Copts Association about the decision of the governor of Assiut instructing to remove an illegally built section of the church which the association does not mention and thereby providing only part of the information (see art. 13 and 14) needed to form an accurate picture of...
Date of source: Saturday, December 14, 2002
MEMRI denies writing the first paragraph of their dispatch in October 2000. They believe that Rev. Snyder changed the title and added that paragraph himself after reading the text that was put out by MEMRI.
Date of source: Saturday, December 14, 2002
Dr. Gawdat Gabra will be teaching a course on Coptic Monasticism in the Spring semester at the American University in Cairo (AUC). The course provides a general survey of Coptic monasticism.
Date of source: Saturday, December 7, 2002
The transcript of an interview with Bishop Marcos of Shubrā al-Khaymā about the rules regarding the succession of a pope, church and politics, Father Matā al-Miskīn and other subjects.
Date of source: Saturday, December 7, 2002
The MEMRI writes many of its translations “bring honor and respect to the Arab world and show it isn´t made up of radicals only.” Hulsman provides examples of MEMRI placing some of their translations in a wrong context.
Date of source: Saturday, December 7, 2002
MEMRI´s translations show the Arabic media becomes more polarized but MEMRI does not explain the background of this polarization nor compares this with the Hebrew media which is probably not less polarized
Date of source: Saturday, December 7, 2002
Article 2 in this issue shows how sensitive conversions from Islam are for Muslims. Former Muslims not always deal well with those sensitivities. Some stories are exaggerated but others are true.
These are the type of stories that need the greatest care.
Date of source: Thursday, November 21, 2002
Interview about the achievements of H.H. Pope Shenouda, the first Coptic Orthodox reform Patriarch, changes during his reign and perspective on the future.
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
Summary of the Ph.D. thesis of Revd. Dr. Wolfram Reiss about the Sunday School movement in the Coptic Orthodox Church with a focus on the role of Pope Shenouda III and Father Matta el-Meskeen and the place of the church in a Muslim society. Reiss´ study provides an excellent insight into the...
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
An American missionary belonging to Operation Mobilization and nurse´s aid Bonnie Weatherall, 31, was found murdered at a Christian health clinic housed in the building of an Evangelical church in Sidon, a port city in southern Lebanon. There is much speculation as to what could have been the...