Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2000
Islamist intellectual Dr. Selim el-Awa describes his meeting with the priests of al-Kosheh, bishop Wissa and bishop Marcos. Dr. Al-Awa wrote that many newspapers accused Bishop Wissa and father Gabra’il of raising tensions But, the clergy coming from Al-Kosheh and Balyana had a different story,...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2000
Dr. Atef Ebeid, the prime minister, concerning the incidents of Al-Kosheh in Sohag, declared that the country will harshly strike any attempt that calls for destroying the stability of the country and everyone who was behind Al-Kosheh incidents will be presented to court according to the results...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 15, 2000
Subtitle: A meeting this morning headed by Dr. Ebeid to discuss the restoration of Al-Kosheh
Dr. Atef Ebeid, Prime Minister [of Egypt] has stressed the necessity of holding an intellectual meeting between the Muslim scholars and Christian priests in Egypt. He said that the meeting will aim to...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 13, 2000
Bishop Wissa, Bishop of Al-Balyana and Dar El-Salam, where Al-Kosheh is located, was sending many faxes to international human rights organizations, and to Copts living abroad, demanding that they rise and save the Copts of Egypt from the killings they suffer at the hands of Muslims!!! Wissa spoke...
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
Throughout the past week, the tragic and highly-deplorable events in the southern Egyptian village of al-Koshh still made news and it has been the topic of every talk either in Egypt or outside it. However, Every Egyptian, be he a Muslim or Copt, rejects such catastrophic events.
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2000
Akher Saa asked Cornelis Hulsman about his reporting about al-Koshh since August 1998.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 11, 2000
Mr. Gamal Asaad Abdel-Malak, the ex-member of the People’s Assembly and the member of the executive committee and Al-Amal Party [The Labor Party], commented on the disastrous incidents that have happened in Al-Koshh by the following: "The wise men of the nation should intervene and the attempt to...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 8, 2000 to الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 14, 2000
While Egyptians where preparing to celebrate Christmas and Eid Al-Fitr - the gift of God - that was sent to Egypt this year to confirm the unity of its people, the incidents of Al-Koshh came to spoil all that joy and happiness and cast depressing shadows on that occasion that comes only every...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 8, 2000
Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Bakr, governor of Sohag has yesterday morning visited the Cathedral of the Coptic Orthodox and the orphans in the organization of the Christian Beit Al-Rahma [House of Mercy], accompanied by Bishop Bakhoum, bishop of Sohag and the political, executive and people’s leaders and...