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
What happened in Al-Koshh can be described as a relapse. These incidents were repeated for the second time and I should comment on them. The author criticizes local Muslims, the security and bishop Wissa.
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
In Sohag, the Tagammu Party issued a statement which criticized all the forms of extremism and the processes of killing, looting from, and torturing the other under the guise of religion.
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...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Bakr, the governor of Sohag, declared that a subsidiary [bank] account will be opened in order to receive donations for fixing the damages that occurred during the latest incidents. Heshmat Abul-Khar, a member of the Consultative Council, donated 50 thousand pounds as also did the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
The Social, Awqaf [Religious Endowments] and Religious Affairs Committee in the People’s Assembly have decided that they should visit Al-Koshh in order to investigate the real situation there.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
The tragic incidents of Al-Koshh prove that the local departments and the security forces failed in controlling the situation in the village.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
The counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed [the attorney general] goes to Sohag today in order to follow the investigations into the Al-Koshh incidents. He is accompanied by the counselors Abdel-Magid Mahmoud (the assistant attorney general), and Hisham Saraya, the first general attorney.