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Date of source: Wednesday, January 26, 2000
According to the government declarations, what happened in Al-Kosheh was due to a disagreement between a Christians and a Muslim. We can accept that, but what about the horrible development of the situation? Our analysis yields the following reasons... That is why I insist that the violent actions...
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
Many ideas have been presented to describe and analyze the incidents of Al-Kosheh. Some have characterized it wrongly as sectarian conflicts, and on the contrary, some have treated it as no problem at all, since priests are shaking hands with sheikhs. Some hurried to accuse the government, and...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
The English proverb speaking of hiding the dirt under the carpet is the thing that came into my mind when I thought of how the case of Al-Kosheh was dealt with. I hope people would not be surprised with another explosion eventually since we insist on hiding our heads in the sand.
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
We discussed with Bishop Bissenti the possibility of the presence of foreign fingers in the matter, about the American law of religious persecution - whether it had tempted the Copts to start problems from inside Egypt, and about the suggestion of a delegation from [the US] Congress visiting Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2000
In spite of the society’s development, Upper Egypt is still controlled by the fanaticism of families. Some of the families want to have a special role when they are confronting the other families and they do not hesitate in owning many weapons in order to protect themselves. Therefore, Upper Egypt...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
... There were a good number of people with interests - inside and outside - messing with many things, and dealing with what happened in Al-Kosheh as spoils to be taken, even if they had to start more fires in it!
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
We have sadly followed the bloody incidents of Al-Kosheh. I oppose the opinions referring the incidents to external factors. In my opinion, the main reason for this and other incidents is divided into many factors...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
We must not swallow the bait, and make a funeral of every terrorist activity happening in Egypt, weeping and fearing a terrorism that has come back, and become like diabetes where a patient can only live with the disease, not be cured from it! There is a great difference between the terrorism that...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.