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Qummus Gabra’il Abdel-Massih [Qummus: archpriest or hegumen in Coptic Christianity], priest of Al-Kosheh Church refused to appear in front of the investigation authority. He is accused of opening fire on Muslims at the beginning of the incidents of Al-Kosheh.
The counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the attorney general, continues to pursue the investigations, which are being made by high state security prosecution into the tragic incidents in Al-Kosheh village in Sohag and Dar Al-Salam district. The prosecution team listened to the testimonies of 45 Christians...
The Country’s security prosecution ordered the arrest of 59 suspects in the Kosheh incidents, including the Coptic priest of the village. The head of the State Information Service confirmed that Pope John Paul II, the Pope of the Vatican will be visiting Egypt on the twenty-sixth of next month.
The main reason behind the killings were the rumors that were spread by evil-intentioned villagers. This is what Mr. Mustafa Abdel-Qader, Minister of Local Development, who is the delegate of President Mubarak to Al-Kosheh has stressed.
The author argues that it is in the interest of the Israeli secret service to saw discord between peoples of different denominations in the countries surrounding Israel. Examples are given from Egypt and Lebanon.
Copts and Muslims were fasting in the same time. Now, they are celebrating their feasts together. At the same time, they are all sad to hear about the sad events, which happened in Al-Koshh.
The national unity of Muslims and Copts in Egypt is revealed in the architectural similarities in both churches and mosques. The design is very similar from the outside. It only differs from the inside according to each one’s beliefs.
Akher Saa asked Cornelis Hulsman about his reporting about al-Koshh since August 1998.
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.
An interview with Ibrahim Shukry, the 83 year old head of the Islamist Labor Party on al-Koshh and the place of Coptic Christians in Egypt.

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