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14. Muslims and Copts went out to the streets to celebrate feasts
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2000
Preachers of mosques all over the country have stressed on the importance of preserving national unity and supporting the stability of the Egyptian community in the face of attempts to harm that stability and separate the two elements of the nation, Copts and Muslims.
13. Muslims in Al-Koshh pray the feast prayers normally
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2000
Muslims in Al-Koshh went out to pray Eid Al-Fitr prayers normally. Muslims all around Sohag prayed the feast prayers in areas specified for these, which were seven squares. Abdel-Aziz Bakr, governor of Sohag has prayed the feast prayer in the square of Sohag Sports Stadium. He then went to the...
12. 46 accused in the incidents of Al-Koshh. Investigations in Supreme State Security
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2000
The number of accused in the incidents of Al-Koshh has risen to 46 after police arrested six more accused.
11. Prosecution finished inspecting the incidents of Al-Koshh. Resuming investigations in Cairo.. and detaining twelve more accused. Disapproval amongst citizens for not seizing "the heads of conflict" and unlicensed weapons
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000
Supreme State Security Prosecution finished yesterday all the inspections and photographing of the [sites of] violent incidents in Al-Koshh and the nearby villages. Counselor Hisham Saraya, General Attorney for Prosecution ordered the restoration of all shops, houses and offices that were...
10. Calm has returned to Al-Koshh. People have overcome the crisis and went out of their houses to celebrate Christmas and Eid Al-Fitr
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000
Calm has returned to the village. People have started going out of their houses for the necessities of their everyday lives. Steps are counted, for police forces are everywhere. Instructions are clear: "No negligence with any attempt to light fires again."
9. Exchanged visits in Al-Koshh and a warm atmosphere
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000
Christians in Egypt celebrated Christmas yesterday. In Al-Koshh, churches held masses for that occasion. The signs of celebrating a feast appeared on children. Citizens exchanged visits to greet each other for Christmas and Eid Al-Fitr.
8. Reconciliation committees continue in Al-Koshh. Daily sessions to solve the problems of the village... including the youth of the village in new hiring
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2000
General Mustafa Abdel-Qader, minister of local development confirmed the continuation of the work of reconciliation committees in Al-Koshh. He said that these committees that have been formed from Christian and Muslim religious officials and prominent families, in addition to some local leaders,...
7. Detaining thirty-two accused in the incidents of Al-Koshh. The number of victims rises to twenty-one citizens
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2000
Supreme State Security Prosecution, under the supervision of Counselor Hisham Saraya, General Attorney, decided to detain thirty-two riot instigators in the incidents of Al-Koshh for fifteen days pending investigations. Prosecution accused them of murder, inciting conflicts, riot and repeating...
6. The seizure of four accused of the murder of nine people in the Al-Koshh incidents
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2000
Police forces succeeded in arresting four individuals, among whom is one shot in the foot, accused of participating in attacking Christians in Al-Koshh.
34. The drama of Al-Koshh; the story of escalations resulting in a bloodbath
Date of source: Tuesday, February 1, 2000
[This article was written on the request of Christianity Today. See also their web site: http://www.christianitytoday.com] The killings in Al-Koshh were preceded by escalated tensions in which different parties, including exaggerations in the Western press about Al-Koshh in 1998, the role of...

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