Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
The Christian managing editor of Al-Nabaa said that he was shocked when he knew that the paper’s editor-in -chief published the story of the expelled monk. He added that he objected to the publication, believing that it would harm religious feelings but the publication was already decided. He said...
Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2001
Sout Al-Umma apologized to the Copts regarding what it published about the 70,000 Copts forging police reports to get American nationality. The apology was made with the intention of preventing the problem from escalating again and causing problems the same way Al-Nabaa did.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2001
The Editor-in-Chief of Al Nabaa drove lawyer Nabih Al-Wahish away from the team of lawyers that are defending him because Al-Wahish described him as being light-headed, adding that he disregarded the limits of publishing in the case of the expelled monk.
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
Al-Gezira channel interviewed the Editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa, who did not admit to making a mistake by publishing the story of the expelled monk. For him, everything was according to the law and the traditions of the society and the whole matter was nothing but a conspiracy against his paper.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2001
The article gives all the details about how Al-Nabaa crisis started and about the legal procedures that were taken against the paper. It also gives part of the transcripts of the Higher State Security’s interrogations with the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Nabaa. In the interrogations, the editor in chief...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
[A summary of two articles published in Rose El-Youssef, July 14-20, 2001 (p.65)& Sout Al-Umma, July 11, 2001 (p.18)]
Some readers sent their comments on what the editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa published about the expelled monk to Rose El-Youssef and Sout Al-Umma. All of them condemned Mahran for...
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: 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: 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...