Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 20, 2002
The fourth annual report on religious freedom, issued by the US State Department, raised many questions concerning the methods and objectives of its preparation. This report lost much of its credibility when it was found to contain false information which the US State Department gained from anti-...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2002 to الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2002
A crisis arose between the American Embassy in Cairo and the Ministry of Waqfs because preachers and Qur´an readers were not able to travel to the US with Ramadan. Officials in the embassy said they informed the ministry to officially provide them with a list of nominated preachers, but...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2002
The warnings that cause fear among Americans did not start on September 11, but date back to September 7, 2001 when the American Department of State sent to all its embassies a global warning. The warning included a statement saying that American citizens and American interests are facing an...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 31, 2002
Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher was upset about a US Embassy statement about the verdict against Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, saying that it was very uncommon for any embassy to make a statement of a court order.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 29, 2002
U.S. Chargé d´Affaires Gordon Gray expressed his disappointment and concern today at the decision by Egypt´s State Security Court to convict Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, an American citizen. “On many occasions we have expressed our concern to the Egyptian government, both here and in...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 3, 2002
The article cites parts of John Esposito´s book “The Islamic Threat…a Reality Or a Fable.” The book gives a critique of President Mubarak´s regime and of how he countered Islamic groups.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2006
The decision of the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a to allow the controversial Wahabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad, by Natana J. De Long-Bas into Egypt has provoked dispute among members of the Islamic Research Academy, who had previously announced their disapproval of the...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2006
The author states that a report being distributed by the U.S. Embassy in Cairo speaks of "criminal Muslim gangs" that attack Coptic churches, run over Christian children with motorbikes and force Christian women to convert to Islam conspiring to disrupt national unity in Egypt.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 2, 2006
Expatriate Copts have claimed that Copts applying for visas to the U.S. are suffering discrimination from Muslim extremists at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. The embassy has refuted all such allegations.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 18, 2007
U.S. ambassador in Cairo adopts a new method in dealing with the Coptic Orthodox Church after the failure of his country to ignite strife or pressure the Egyptian government through using expatriate Copts.