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: 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.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 23, 2001
Professors at the AUC responded in utter amazement to the sentence against their colleague Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. His arrest and sentence to seven years prison was preceded by much negative press that should have served as a warning that something was going wrong. A personal friend of Ibrahim...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 7, 2000
[The title is a mistake of the editor. Ibrahim is not Coptic. The proposed title was: Egypt´s reputation endangered.] The arrest of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim was preceded by an extremely negative Egyptian press. It seemed as if this functioned as a warning for worse to come. People close to...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 30, 2002
Western press reporting about the court case of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 15, 2002
The Copts Daily Digest reported that the website of the US Copts Association was hacked by a Muslim. The hacker reported he doesn´t like their website and wanted to scare them. The US Copts Association reported that they are frequently threatened on Muslim sites but were not able to produce more...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2002
Omar Ahmed, chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called the statement of Jerry Vines a ‘reckless, anti-Islamic statement´ which could lead to more hate crimes against Muslims in the US. Vines´ statement and other similar statements not only create a wedge between Muslims and...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2002
Al-Midan was the only Egyptian publication giving attention to the petition of the US Copts Association about al-Kosheh. It is customary for the US Copts Association to prepare petitions, demonstrations or other activities prior to a visit of president Mubarak to the US.Muslim-Christian-Jewish...