Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2001
Adel Hammouda expressed the opinion that while the church announced that it expelled young priest Daniel who attracted Coptic youth with his modern way of interpreting the Bible and declared he did not follow the church’s education, it did not go public with expelling the monk of Al-Moharraq...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2001
Many Egyptian intellectuals and public figures issued a statement titled "a call to Egyptians" demanding the state investigate from where the information leaked to Al-Nabaa paper.
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2001
Pope Shenouda’s secretary and Bishop Musa stated that Pope Shenouda expressed his gratitude to president Hosni Mubarak and the executive and judiciary authorities for their responses in the recent crisis caused by Al-Nabaa newspaper.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2001
During a Rotary meeting, Pope Shenouda refused to comment on the incidents caused by Al-Nabaa newspaper, explaining it was in the hands of justice now. He said that he trusted the court which would give everyone his right. He added that anyone can make mistakes but to insult the monastery that...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2001
What Al-Nabaa paper wrote about the expelled monk places us before two similar persons: the deviant who let his desire for the flesh lead him, and the journalist who made this corruption public. Al-Nabaa chose to spread corruption instead of virtue. Hurting the feelings of any sector of society,...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
Mamdouh Mahran claimed that he was being patronized by the Journalists Syndicate. Many complaints were received against the newspaper because of fabricated or baseless news stories and nude pictures. A few days before he published the story about the former monk they questioned him about the fact...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The dangerous difference between the tabloids in Egypt and elsewhere is that in Egypt they have sneaked in uncontrolled by the officials, to a public unaware of the credibility of such papers. Where does freedom of the press end and where do its responsibilities begin? Shutting down newspapers by...
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2001
Thousands of outraged Copts converged on St Mark’s Cathedral to express their anger to Pope Shenouda and ask for decisive measures against the newspaper. Watani talked to the Pope and Church leaders; and conveyed readers’ questions about the truth of the story. The shocked public demanded that the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2001
Worse than the usual lewd literature and pictures, this paper went straight for the Coptic Church, Coptic monasteries, and clerics. Everyone was hurt and shocked at the shameless assault on values and morals. It is a glaring example of poor journalism and of ignoble journalistic ethics.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
It is really disgusting to read such nonsense that violates logic and reason. It is an attempt to get Christians to lose confidence in their monks and priests. No matter what this Mahran said we do believe in our church, priests and monks.