Date of source: Monday, November 30, 1998
Since the issue of the Ottoman decree known as the Hamayouni law in 1856 that concerns the building of churches, Christians have disagreed on whether this law is a blessing or a curse. The building of churches at that time equated mosque building with church building on condition that approval is...
Date of source: Sunday, November 29, 1998
The Endowments Joint Committee that consists of representatives of the Egyptian-Coptic Endowment Authority has held a number of meetings and decided to return to the church a number of Coptic endowments that had been confiscated.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 2, 1998
Counselor Hisham Siraya, the general lawyer for the First Prosecution Office of the State Security has ordered the arrest of Hafez Abu Se’da, secretary general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), for a period of 15 days for investigation.
Date of source: Monday, November 30, 1998
Drs. Kees Hulsman, a correspondent for Dutch and American publications and the member of the board of the FPA, has been strongly attacked in a press release sent worldwide by Coptic Associations in the USA, Canada, Australia, England, Germany and France.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 2, 1998
The Association condemned the false accusations that have been promoted by some Coptic Associations abroad against Drs. Kees Hulsman, who is a correspondent for a number of Dutch and American newspapers in Cairo, and is member of the Association’s Board.
Date of source: Thursday, November 19, 1998
The article of Khaled Hassan contained much wrong information damaging the image of father van Nispen. Father van Nispen wrote a letter to the editor and asked the paper to publish his response which was done on November 26. The text of father van Nispen’s response is given in this issue of the...
Date of source: Thursday, November 12, 1998
After, ’Akhbar Al-Hawadeth’ published the full details on the events that happened in Al-Koshh village, and after we completed our endeavor on finding out the truth. The paper interviewed a former member of the EOHR in Sohag who accused dr. Christiaan van Nispen to have asked him to establish a...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 25, 1998
Counselor Raga Al-Arabi the Public Prosecutor announced that the prosecution is still investigating the complaints filed by some villagers of al-Koshh against police officers, accusing them of committing some violations.
Date of source: Saturday, November 21, 1998
Daniel Kurtzer, US Ambassador to Cairo, said relations between Egypt and the USA
are excellent, and President Clinton cares about discussing the latest development in the region with President Hosni Mubarak. He said he himself assured that what happened in Al-Koshh has nothing to do with...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 24, 1998
Bishop of Greece -the head of the Greek Orthodox and Catholic Greek Bishops- hailed President Mubarak’s efforts to find peace and love, avoiding wars and tensions in the region.