Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2001
The article gives all the details about how Al-Nabaa crisis started and about the legal procedures that were taken against the paper. It also gives part of the transcripts of the Higher State Security’s interrogations with the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Nabaa. In the interrogations, the editor in chief...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2001 to Saturday, July 7, 2001
The lawyers who first attacked Al- Nabaa have now changed places and started fabricating reasons to justify the publication of such indecent pictures on the premise that publishing them was quite helpful to the church. Some Coptic lawyers found it a good opportunity to get closer when speaking on...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2001 to Friday, July 6, 2001
The expelled monk made a terrible mistake whether he was, at this time, defrocked or not, this is not the issue. His being a monk doesn’t imply anything against Christianity because religion is religion, and humans are humans. The journalist also made a terrible mistake. He fabricated a lot of...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 20, 2001
The State Security Attorney began interrogating Mamdouh Mahran, editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa, who published pornographic photographs of Adel Sadallah Ghobrial, a former monk. They are also investigating a complaint filed by a lady who was blackmailed by him.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001
Christians came flooding to the cathedral following the publication of an article in Al-Nabaa newspaper. They were searching for a personal answer concerning the church’s response to what was written. The article was about an ousted monk and his sexual adventures in the monastery. The heated...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
Translation of an official document provided by H.E. Adli Hussein, the governor of Qalyubiya on March 20, 2001.
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
The author is of the opinion that Brotherhood is like a magician playing card tricks with legitimacy: democracy slogans in elections, planning conspiracies against it in secret, using the media to build Brotherhood hierarchies to spread their ideas and manipulating people’s minds and beliefs.
Date of source: Saturday, April 21, 2001 to Friday, April 27, 2001
Fellow students at Assuit University mistook an ankh, ancient Egyptian life sign, for a cross which sparked widespread rumors that a girl had converted to Christianity. There was a disturbance in the dormitory and security were called, but the incident ended quickly. However, rumors spread in...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim met with his defense attorney, co-workers at the Ibn Khaldoun Center and three human rights activists. During the meeting, an agreement was reached on not making a political case of the lawsuit.
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...