Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2000
The counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the attorney general, declared that during the coming days, the investigations’ results that were made by the counselor Usama Al-Rashidi, the general attorney of Sohag prosecutions about Al-Kosheh and the neighboring villages would be announced.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2000
The Kosheh events represent a disharmony among the symphony of unity, which is played by all Egyptians in spite of their different religions, political and mental thoughts. With great wisdom, the government dealt with the events and the concerned systems controlled the riot. The Egyptian mass...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2000
In spite of the declarations, which stated that everything returned to normal, the streets of Al-Kosheh were empty and everyone was watching the other. Representatives of families say a repetition of the events’ is possible due to the arsenal of weapons, which are stored in the villagers’ houses.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2000
There are times when all the facts are misinterpreted and objectivity is missed among the mixed feelings of exaggeration and tension. What happened in Al-Kosheh are individual acts, which could not be counted as sectarian events. Accusing these events of being sectarian was encouraged by external...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
At the beginning of the symposium, the attendees stood for a minute of mourning for the martyrs of Al-Kosheh. Mr. Hussein Mansour began by saying that speaking of minorities and majorities is an expression of the failure to find a political majority. Then, he reviewed the eras of the ups and downs...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
The accusation of the Western colonialist countries that they are behind what is happening of sectarian conflicts is not something plucked out of thin air. It is the result of a bitter history.
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
The attitude of Al-Gamaat Al-Islamiyya towards the case of Al-Kosheh is a pointer for many things in the Egyptian reality. The most important of these is the agreement of all powers on the political map of Egypt on gathering [Egyptians] together and enhancing the spirit of unity, and that the real...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
No doubt, the last incidents of Al-Kosheh are a disaster, by all means. They were not the result of terrorism that can be contained, but sprang out of the sectarian atmosphere that was found to be embedded in hearts and souls.
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
As soon as the incidents of Al-Kosheh occurred, we found many writers claiming that external conspiracy was to be blamed. This idea is very dangerous. It drives us away from looking for the real causes and dealing with them.
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
I will speak today of the role of the government in applying the sovereignty of law, and the importance of doing that quickly to heal the feelings of people. I do not mean by quickly what was requested by some writers, which was to court-marshal the defendants, because that contradicts with the...