Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2004
Expatriate Copts usually fell among one of two groups: a majority who left Egypt in quest of a better life abroad, and a minority who left to escape bitter instances—usually with the authorities—at home. A ‘silent majority’ and a ‘loud-voiced minority’ then emerged and came to characterize the...
Date of source: Monday, February 9, 2004
The article is about attacks against Egypt in the US encouraged by Coptic immigrants. The author
argues that these attacks always intensifies in the periods that precedes President Mubarak
official visits to the US.
Date of source: Monday, February 9, 2004
The article is a criticism of Coptic activists in the US, particularly Michael Mounir, the
head of the US Copts Association.
The author explains that Mounir always takes advantage of
some incidents that take place in Egypt, which most times are false, in order to call on the U.S.
to interfere in...
Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2004
Almost two weeks ago Anthony Weiner, a member of the American Congress, submitted a
draft of an urgent project in which he requests that American military assistance to Egypt and
all forms of economic cooperation between the countries be halted unless the issue of Copts is
dealt with.
The...
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2004
Sawt Al-Umma published a false statement that was attributed to engineer Michael
Mounir, president of the U.S. Copts Association, saying that the association asked the U.S. to
occupy Egypt militarily.
The newspaper has published a provocative reportage titled
“Coptic émigrés are asking for the...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
This report explains the escalations following the alleged conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam. Much background is given to the cultural context that explain why such an issue is so sensitive in Egypt. The report also shows that several of the organizers of the demonstration in Cairo have done...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
A press conference was convened on Tuesday 16, February, for Armanius’ family that lost four of its members in an offensive accident discovered on 14, January 2005. The US Coptic Organization, in the presence of representatives from different American and international human rights organizations...
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
News often gets reported without checking the facts. This is what WorldNetDaily.com did when it reported about the press release of the US Copts Association. Press releases such as this one create confusion and make Copts in the US grow apart from Copts in Egypt. Some activists in the US believe...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The head of Al-Ubor city ordered his police forces to destroy the only Church in the city just hours after the church opened its doors and held its first prayer meeting according to a Press release sent out by the US Copts Association. The Coptic Orthodox Church had obtained all proper permissions...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Nagy George is very upset about the way some US Copts write about Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt. He commented on an unpublished letter of a Canadian Copt to the editor of Al-Ahali. George stressed that Copts are not a minority in Egypt and it is the role played by emigrant Copts that pushes...