Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2000
The author argues that it is in the interest of the Israeli secret service to saw discord between peoples of different denominations in the countries surrounding Israel. Examples are given from Egypt and Lebanon.
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2000
The ministerial cabinet for national security, headed by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid, is discussing the incidents of Al-Kosheh. The cabinet is discussing a program to deal with the origins of the problems of Al-Kosheh.
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2000 to Friday, January 21, 2000
Opinion article about the consequences of the killings in al-Kosheh. The author writes about national unity and is of the opinion that those who call for the setting up of political parties on religious basis should shut up once and for all.
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2000 to Friday, January 21, 2000
Why did Al-Azhar close its doors before the Copts after it had embraced the prominent ones? Why did the Copts forget their uprising against the last Coptic Prime minister?
Why does not the state adopt a national project to finish off the demon of fanaticism?
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000 to Friday, January 14, 2000
The national unity of Muslims and Copts in Egypt is revealed in the architectural similarities in both churches and mosques. The design is very similar from the outside. It only differs from the inside according to each one’s beliefs.
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000 to Friday, January 14, 2000
The first Christian school was built by four monks in the 19th century and they are an example on national unity in Egypt. Saad Zaghloul, Ali Sabry and Esmat Abdel-Megid, who are all famous Muslim figures, graduated from Christian schools.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
Akher Saa asked Cornelis Hulsman about his reporting about al-Koshh since August 1998.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
Whatever the circumstances were, or the excuses, what happened last week in Al-Koshh that is located in Upper Egypt should not pass away without strict and harsh punishment for everyone who caused or participated in or encouraged the disaster.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
What happened in Al-Koshh can be described as the new nightmare of the new century. These nightmares have reasons which should not be ignored. The Minister of External affairs insisted in his speech in front of the Shura [that is, Consultative] Council and People’s Assembly that what happened was...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 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...