Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
The information in this text is based on interviews Ms. Gavlak and Cornelis Hulsman made together with governor Adli Hussein and Bishop Marcos in March 2001 and the documents they provided. The article gives a background of the problems until around April 1.
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
U.S. Copts Association reported three months ago that a church was destroyed in the bishopric of H.G. Bishop Marcos. The destruction was followed by a presidential order to rebuild the church immediately. Yet, three months later, a press release of the U.S. Copts Association states, the governor of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 26, 2001 to Friday, June 1, 2001
The 1990s witnessed a confrontation between international organizations trying to work in Egypt and law 32/1964, preventing founding NGOs receiving foreign finances. Since most of the activists are lawyers, they began digging inside the body of the law to find legal ways of doing this. Tens of NGOs...
Date of source: Friday, April 27, 2001
This press release compliments the previous article in RNSAW and sees this as an encouragement to use new information technology for Coptic activists living outside Egypt.
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Academic article on the impact of the Coptic lobby outside Egypt, a relatively small group of people who use the latest communication technology to increase their voice.
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2001
A TV discussion between two Copts, Gamal Asad and Mamdouh Nakhla, nearly turned into a dispute on air. The subject of the discussion was the visit of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Nakhla was of the opinion that the Commission’s visit was one with good intentions while Asad...
Date of source: Monday, April 9, 2001
The USA Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a statement concerning its visit to Egypt. The information available on its Internet site said that the report on the commission’s visit to Egypt was being prepared and that the commission asked President Bush to raise the issue of Coptic...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Most of the Coptic organizations abroad do not hide their readiness to cooperate with Israel to reach their targets. For them Israel is like any western country they resort to. The members of Californian Coptic Organization reject completely the idea of establishing a Coptic state in Upper Egypt....
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Hundreds of Copts who live in North American took to the streets outside the White House to protest the Egyptian government’s sponsored persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt. The demonstration took place while President Mubarak was inside the White House meeting with President Bush. The...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2001
An Israeli document, referred to by * in his defense file*** ,calls for establishing a Coptic country in Upper Egypt. It shows the target Israel wants to achieve since the 1980s. That is dividing each country of the Arab world. The author believes that this document explains what is going on in...