Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2000
The author argues that it is in the interest of the Israeli secret service to saw discord between peoples of different denominations in the countries surrounding Israel. Examples are given from Egypt and Lebanon.
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2000
From the very beginning, Egypt was never far from Islam. It was not a surprise to Egypt when Muslim armies were marching into it. There was not a single Muslim, during and after the Prophet’s life, who was not certain that Egypt would be opened up by Muslims...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 1999
The RNSAW interviewed Hafez Abu Seada upon the request of the American Council of Churches about the article in the Boston Globe and found that the Boston Globe and Hafez Abu Seada have talked at cross-purposes. Where Hafez Abu Seada spoke about human rights violations concerning all Egyptians,...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 1999
Youssef Sidhom, editor-in-chief at Watani newspaper, was one of seven Egyptians chosen by the Freedom House center in Washington DC in the USA to receive a prize awarded to them "for the bold and courageous attitudes of your work in the area of defending the basic human rights for all Egyptians."...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 15, 1999
The Press Office of Lambeth Palace says "There seems to have been some error in the translation which has misrepresented the Archbishop." The Archbishop has said that in his visits to Egypt he had not encountered any persecution personally, but that he was aware of reports of persecution happening.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Mr. Ramzi Zaklama, a member of the Supreme Board of the liberal Wafd Party in Egypt and initiator of the Committee of the Wise, a group of twenty persons, Copts and Muslims to discuss problems of Copts in Egypt, joined the board of advisors of the RNSAW. He wrote for the RNSAW an article about the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 1999
The RNSAW asked father Dr. Christiaan van Nispen to respond to the press reports about the statement of Bishop Giuseppe Bernardini. Dr. van Nispen says the statement of the bishop should be read in its context and should be placed besides many other statements of the Pope and important Catholic...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 12, 1999
Did the days of violence against Christians in Egypt return? In only two months time three Coptic Orthodox priests had been attacked. One of them was killed. So many attacks in such a short period have not happened in a long time. Copts abroad ring the alarm but Copts inside Egypt find that...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 1999
[Letter to the Editor] Why on earth does Firas Abdul Hadi assume that he has a God given right to impose his own personal doctrines of press regulation on the rest of society?
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 1999
Cairo has shown criticism to a report recently issued by the American Ministry of Foreign Affairs which accuses Egypt of religious abuse against Copts.