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Date of source: Saturday, January 2, 1999
A responsible security source from the Ministry of Interior announced that a clash took place in the main street of the village of Al-Koshh in Sohag governorate. The source made it clear that the clash was between Fawzy Awad Ahmed Hussein and Rashid Fahim Mansour. The clash was due to some...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 1999
Al-Koshh, is the village that excited the world in August 1998, and had a place in all news broadcasts - in the morning and the evening, we heard its news! Al-Koshh - the famous Upper Egypt village - how did it live Ramadan this year? Especially since 75% of its inhabitants are Copts and 25%...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
A new article about the Koshh issue. The article places the Koshh incident in the context of discrimination or even persecution of Christians in Egypt and quotes for this Hafez Abu Seada, the secretary-general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 1999
Sohag Court of Felonies decided to postpone to January 2nd the hearing of the case of the murder of two young Copts in the village of Al-Koshh, Dar El-Salaam after another attorney resigned due to his illness. The accused remained in custody. The incidents the case relates to took place on August...
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 1999
For the second time, the case of alleged human rights abuses in Al Kosheh village has been closed without any prosecutions. On 25 October, the prosecutor of Sohag governorate in Upper Egypt said that there was no evidence to prove that the injuries suffered by hundreds of villagers were the result...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
The discussion at the press conference of the New York Council of Churches on June 28 [transcript presented in last week’s RNSAW] was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union. Before the press conference Drs. Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Rafique Iscander, chairman and founder of the...
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 1999
The prosecutor-general of Sohag decided to reopen the investigations in the incidents of Al-Koshh. 200 Copts presented their complaints to the new prosecutor in which they were asking him to reopen the investigations in the cases of torture by policemen after two Christian men had been killed in...
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
Together with hundreds of patients, Abdel Hamid Al-Missawi, popular as Sheikh Abdel Hamid, believes that he can cure a variety of illness, psychic problems and also drive out evil spirits that may haunt people.
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 1999 to Friday, June 25, 1999
A list of examples of Copts known for their patriotic stands is given. The article is a response to the current campaign in the USA to highlight the alleged persecution of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999 to Wednesday, June 16, 1999
The author describes a visit to pharaonic, Christian and Islamic sites in the governorates of Assiut and Sohag.
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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.