Date of source: Wednesday, March 1, 2000
The messages exchanged between the Pope and President Mubarak signified the joint efforts being exercised for a just peace in the area. I perceived the Pope’s meeting with the Grand Imam as a closing of the historical memories of European wars [carried out] in the name of religion. The Pope is...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 1, 2000
The Patriarch of Lebanon, Nasrallah Sfeir, is not just a clergyman. He is one of the few effective characters on the Lebanese stage. He is very strict on his attitude towards the Arabic cases, like Jerusalem. He is interviewed here concerning the Roman Catholic Pope’s visit to Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
In its session of yesterday, Sohag’s Criminal Court decided to postpone hearing the case of the killing of the two Christian young men who were killed in the village of Al-Kosheh in August 1998 to the session of May 7 in order to add to the evidence the log books for August and September 1998 of...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
In its session of yesterday, Sohag’s Criminal Court decided to continue hearing the case of the killing of Samir Oueida Hakim and Karam Tamer, two Christian youths in the village of Al-Kosheh. Shayboub William Arsel is accused of intentionally killing them both. The incident dates back to August 14...
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2000
Today, the criminal court of Sohag will be viewing the case of Al-Kosheh (1) in which Shayboub William Arsel is accused of murdering Karam Tamer Arsel and Samir Oueida Hakim, which was the case the initiated the incidents of Al-Kosheh in 1998...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
What are the similarities between the incidents of Al-Kosheh in Upper Egypt, which resulted twenty killed and tens injured, and the incident of the death of a student from Mit-Nama on Cairo-Alexandria road the day before yesterday? The comparison may seem strange, but, do not be amazed, there is a...
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2000
Gamal Asad, a Coptic ex-member of the Egyptian People’s Assembly, has recently heavily criticized the emigrant Copts as well as several Coptic leaders - in particular Bishop Wissa of Balyana and Dar Al-Salaam in the wake of the Al-Kosheh incidents. Here the author responds to the accusations made...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
Several faxes signed "harmed inhabitants of Dar Al-Salaam" and the merchants whose shops were destroyed in the communal riots in the Al-Kosheh area at the beginning of the year have been sent to the Egyptian president and prime minister asking for financial help. An example of such a fax is given...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
The government did not keep its promise of paying compensations to the people harmed in the incidents of Al-Kosheh. ... A large number of the merchants and shopkeepers whose shops were burned during the incidents complained that the officials at Sohag governorate were procrastinating over making...
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2000
Although the ministerial committee that was formed by General Mustafa Abdel-Qader, Minister for Local Development, was set up to follow-up the situation in Al-Kosheh closely after the occurrence of the incidents, in order to take the necessary measures for removing the remains of the damage, all...