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
A seven point statement issued in the wake in the wake of the incidents at Al-Kosheh.
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2000
Since the bloody events of Al-Kosheh took place, many officials went there in order to investigate the matters. If I had the right to search for an answer for what happened, I would have said that what happened was due to a corrupt atmosphere that was adopted by an ex-president...
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: Sunday, January 23, 2000
... I am one of those who believe that all Egyptians are citizens of the state with the same rights and duties. They acquire the characteristic of the Egyptian citizen according to their Egyptian nationality that is the direct and certain result of their birth and upbringing in this land. Their...
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
And we do not say "Try Again? Y/N" because we do no t want you to. We realize that you are going to try, however. Of course, we mean those who incited what happened in Al-Kosheh between Muslims and Copts, and turned it to a subject of statements which they fired simultaneously from different...
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...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
Al-Kosheh is an Egyptian village that was unknown until August 1998. After the recent events in Al-Kosheh, the editor-in-chief of Al-Wafd, Mr. Saad Abdel-Khaleq, asked the government to change the village’s name from Al-Kosheh [which means enmity] to Al-Mahaba [meaning Love]. He also asked...