Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2000
A large number Azhar scholars asked President Mubarak to postpone the ratifying of the draft bill of the Personal Status law, until it is submitted to a committee of scholars.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2000
President Mubarak decided on December 28, 1999, to easy the procedure for restoring Churches. The procedure for restoring Churches and Mosques is now the same.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2000
In Sohag, the Tagammu Party issued a statement which criticized all the forms of extremism and the processes of killing, looting from, and torturing the other under the guise of religion.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2000
The Egyptian and international reactions on the Al-Koshh incidents followed each other. The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [EOHR] issued a statement in which it said that one of the principal reasons for the rioting is not confirming the principal of citizenship in the minds of the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2000
Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Bakr, the governor of Sohag, declared that a subsidiary [bank] account will be opened in order to receive donations for fixing the damages that occurred during the latest incidents. Heshmat Abul-Khar, a member of the Consultative Council, donated 50 thousand pounds as also did the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2000
The counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed [the attorney general] goes to Sohag today in order to follow the investigations into the Al-Koshh incidents. He is accompanied by the counselors Abdel-Magid Mahmoud (the assistant attorney general), and Hisham Saraya, the first general attorney.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 11, 2000
The attempts of the Christian and Muslim religious men and the national leaders succeeded in solving the problem of Al-Koshh through the peacemaking committee.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 8, 2000
Egypt’s site on the internet, that is broadcasted [administered] by the Public Authority For Information, replies to the claims regarding the Al-Koshh incidents and stresses the national unity between the children of the same nation.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 8, 2000
Last night, General Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Bakr governor of Sohag, and the police, executive and people’s leaders participated in the prayers of Christmas mass in the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Sohag.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 8, 2000
Dr. Hamdy Zaqzouq minister of Awqaf [religious endowments] said that the Egyptian people are one fabric and that there is no difference between a Muslim and a Christian.