Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2002
Our new boardmember Dr. Wolfram Reiss responded to the summary of an article of Rose el-Youssef (RNSAW, 2002, week 39A, art. 6) and wondered whether the Iqbal el-Saba´i, the author of the article had correctly presented the views of bishop Mounir, head of the Episcopal Church in Egypt, and sheikh...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2002
A German group visited the route of the Holy Family in Egypt as part of a wider tour throughout Egypt. The group was welcomed by Bishop Aghathon of Maghagha. The bishop thanked the Egyptian president for caring about places of tourism. He also stressed the good relations between Muslims and...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 5, 2002
Drs Cornelis Hulsman praises the sincerity and credibility of October´s article “Why do they hate Islam?” He believes that Western expatriates and not only Arab Christians can bridge the gap between Islam and the West. He adds that it is important to make Westerners see Egypt through getting...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2002
The murder of a 60-year old former Coptic Orthodox priest in Luxor was followed by rumors. Such rumors may sound very convincing but can be very deceptive.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2002
A group of Germans belonging to the YMCA [Young Men´s Christian Association] and Evangelical Church of Saxony, Germany [Evangelische Kirche Deutschland] discovered a very different Christian Egypt from what they had expected from press reports in their home country. The group had followed the trail...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 25, 2002
It is clear from the comments on Bat Ye´or´s article, that not all the points she discussed have been responded to. For example, what she says concerning the fact that jihad belongs to the religious domain and cannot be discussed and the feeling of superiority in Islam.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 28, 2002
A report of the commemoration in Deir Abu Hinnis, 300 km south of Cairo, of the arrival of the Holy Family in Egypt.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 7, 2002
Watani reports that the Holy Virgin was said to have appeared in a building belongs to the Bishopric of Giza in the Omrania district, Cairo. The building Watani mentions is the church of the Holy Virgin and Archangel Surial church. Abuna Mikhail of the church says the Holy Virgin appeared in the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 31, 2002
A Muslim saying that crucifixion is nothing but a fiction says what his religion teaches him. He may state this without the intention to be offensive to Christians. But Christians will feel offended. To avoid offensiveness, it is better to introduce Islam without saying “unlike Christianity” and to...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 14, 2002
Egypt´s most well-known human rights activist, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, is now censored by his wife to keep him out of prison. The judge decided to reopen the case against Ibrahim and to set him free pending a new sentence.