Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2001
Judge Mohammed Afifi, who gave the ruling in Al-Kosheh action, said that the sentences relating to the twenty Christian people, who died in the incidents, were ratified. Bishop Wissa said that the church leaders had confidence in the judicial system and that they would not enjoy their rights...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2000
The author says there is no disagreement between him and the Pope and that writing about Pope Kyrillos does not offend him. The Pope does not visit the cities and villages of Upper Egypt, while he travels several times a year to the United States and Europe because the materialistic life there...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2000
The author believes that the serial "Awan Al-Ward" leads to sectarian conflicts rather than preventing them and clashes between the creeds of Muslims and Christians. He is of the opinion that national unity should be based on religious foundations because neither Muslims nor Christians will accept...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 24, 2000
The author responded to three questions: - Why did the Patriarchate not issue a statement about the appearance of the Holy Virgin as Pope Kyrillos VI did? - Why did Pope Shenouda invite those who participated in the series of "Awan Al-Ward" to the iftar party he gave, although many Christians are...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2000
Pope Shenouda and many Muslim religious men received a great number of inquiries and criticisms about the series of "Awan Al-Ward." Christians believe that the series presents the issue of the marriage between a Muslim man and a Christian woman as a matter that should be accepted by Christians out...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 13, 2000
The Muslim Brotherhood had their yearly iftar [breakfast in Ramadan] party last Sunday . A large number of political and media figures in Egypt were invited. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, president of the Ibn Khaldoun Center, appeared for the first time at a public occasion. He sat at the table of Ma’moun Al...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 31, 2000
The evening of last Thursday was an evening of strong national feelings. On that evening the heads of Islam and Christianity were gathering in the Marqosia church to celebrate the anniversary of the coming of the Holy Family to Egypt. The Grand Imam of the Azhar and Pope Shenouda III, who were...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 6, 2000
... The head of the St. Catherine’s monastery filed a complaint against Bishop Makari, the recently-appointed bishop of Sinai, and accused him of trying to deprecate the historical importance of the monastery, which produces most of the tourist traffic in the area. The head of the monastery, Bishop...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 24, 2000
We discussed with Bishop Bissenti the possibility of the presence of foreign fingers in the matter, about the American law of religious persecution - whether it had tempted the Copts to start problems from inside Egypt, and about the suggestion of a delegation from [the US] Congress visiting Egypt...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 1999
Muslim actors speak about their roles in films in which they represented Christian characters. Bishop Bissenti said that the many Moslem Egyptian actors performing in films produced by the church have contributed to the success of these films because of their performance abilities, not religious...