Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2000 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 25, 2000
On my last visit to Egypt, I noticed a genuine national revolution against religious fanaticism and terrorism, a revolution against exploiting religion that calls for love and peace. In Egypt we find love between neighbors and love of the unity of a nation in which equality in opportunities has...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2000
Dr. Hussein Kamel Bahaa’ Eddin has decided that some officials should to be investigated for preventing a Christian teacher from teaching Arabic language syllabuses because they contain verses from the Holy Qur’an. The minister also decided that Christian teachers are to resume teaching Arabic...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2000
Blacking out and taking tranquilizers in a vital national issue is not a wise thing to do. That is why I would not discuss the issue of Al-Kosheh as long as it is in honest hands that will present their fair report for which I have two wishes. The first is to broadcast the [results of the]...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2000 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2000
... Your Holiness Pope John Paul II, Pope of Vatican: Egypt is a country in which the crescent mingles with the cross. It has mosques and churches and everybody worships God Almighty. There are no sectarian conflicts at all and [this is] especially [so] in the era of President Mubarak. For the...
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 5, 2000
Bishop Wissa’s name is central to the understanding of the violence [Fitna] in Al-Kosheh, both in 1998 and in the more recent events. Since the first events of Al-Koshh in 1998, his name has become known outside his bishopric and Egypt’s borders and [his name] was repeated continuously in the Press...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2000
He is the mayor of Mansha’at Basyoun in Gharbia. His name is Nabil Helmi Anees Hemaya. His father and his grandfather we also mayors. What is strange is that mayors are elected. A village of Muslims elected a Christian mayor from Muslim and Christian nominees.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 1, 2000 to الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 7, 2000
This is a review of Emad Eddin Adib’s book "The Life Story of Pope Shenouda". If you wanted to know the character of Pope Shenouda, you can summarize it in the fact that he wanted to give his life to worship, being secluded from the world, since he choose monasticism.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2000
... The government is the accused. It is the planner and the killer here, which means that what happened in Al-Kosheh is a creation of the government. However, nobody has told us how, why, and for what reason. ... If you want to know the truth of what happened in the Al-Kosheh incident, listen to...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 31, 2000
The only practical and correct step as a whole is the conciliation committees that were constituted of wise man from the East Nile Region. This region has remained for centuries ruled by special considerations and forgotten by the capital city. Al-Usboa met Mounir Fakhri Abdel-Nour, one of the...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 30, 2000
A summary of various newspaper reports on Al-Kosheh, accusing some newspapers of further fomenting communal strife by their biased and inaccurate reporting of the incidents, with 8 points put forward to prevent the repetition of such incidents again.