Date of source: Saturday, October 31, 1998
A lie called sectarianism is promoted by some of the foreign newspapers without regard for the code of journalism in investigating the truth, especially when it concerns people they do not know, people who throughout its history have never differentiated between a Muslim, Christian, Jew or member...
Date of source: Saturday, October 31, 1998
Al Ahram’s editor in chief published the comments of a Canadian Copt who denounced the negative reporting about Egypt outside Egypt which were caused by small radical splinter groups. Nafaa says the writer of the letter suggests families in Egypt to disown their relatives overseas if they are...
Date of source: Friday, October 30, 1998
Opinions of several Cairo based journalists are given, selecting their criticism on the Sunday Telegraph report. Most space in the article was given to Cornelis Hulsman.
Date of source: Friday, October 30, 1998
A lawyer has raised a lawsuit before the Egyptian Court of Cassation suing the Sunday Telegraph and the BBC. He asks for compensation of 100 million Sterling pounds for the harm they caused the Muslims and Christians of Egypt by publishing falsified and biased reports.
Date of source: Friday, October 30, 1998
Adel Hussein, the gray-eminence of the Islamist Labor Party believes there is a "hostile satanic alliance now uses sectarianism to invoke internal unrest in Egypt by creating a gap between Muslims and Christians." The state has not produced any plan up till now to refute these charges and to back...
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 1998
Priests and prominent Christian figures of both Al-Kushh village and Sohag governorate sent a message to all Egyptians and Copts in the country and abroad describing the Sunday Telegraph’s report as being false and biased.
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 1998
Last week Canadian Copts held a demonstration holding banners and flyers asking for equality between Muslims and Copts in Egypt, indicating that Copts are prone to oppression in Egypt. Only a small number of people turned up.
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 1998
Al-Wafd paper spent 15 hours in Al-Kushh village accompanied by Bishop Wissa. In an interview with the bishop, he answered a number of inquiries about the village’s events.
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 1998
The Committee for Arab, Foreign and National Security Affairs at the Shura Council reiterates that citizens are neither tortured nor persecuted in Egypt and there is no outlaw detention of suspects.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 28, 1998
A full page advertisement was published in the pro-Israeli paper The New York Times propagating lies, claiming that some Egyptians in an Upper Egyptian village were exposed to fierce acts of violence by police because they are Coptic Christians. Such allegations are horrifying, provocative and...