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Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
Islamist intellectual Dr. Selim el-Awa describes his meeting with the priests of al-Kosheh, bishop Wissa and bishop Marcos. Dr. Al-Awa wrote that many newspapers accused Bishop Wissa and father Gabra’il of raising tensions But, the clergy coming from Al-Kosheh and Balyana had a different story,...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
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.
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
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...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
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.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 11, 2000
The crisis of Al-Koshh revealed the existence of good examples that should be followed.
Several individual persons are mentioned.
Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2000
Between the celebrations of New Year and the [end of the] second millennium, and Eid Al-Fitr, some did not want people to enjoy the rest of the celebration of good days. The blow was hard and cruel, directly to the heart. The flames of conflicts ignited again in Al-Koshh, one of the most famous...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 1, 2000
[This article was written on the request of Christianity Today. See also their web site: http://www.christianitytoday.com]
The killings in Al-Koshh were preceded by escalated tensions in which different parties, including exaggerations in the Western press about Al-Koshh in 1998, the role of...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
After the security forces acquired complete control, the conflict incidents in Al-Koshh village, Dar Al-Salam city and the nearby villages ceased. Life started going back to normal. Security authorities have started intense search campaigns to seize a number of runaway conflict instigators. ... In...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 1999
A list of names of the victims.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Immediately after H.H. Pope Shenouda [Shinūda] heard of the murders in al-Koshh he sent two bishops, including Bishop Marcos [Marquṣ] of Shubra al-Khayma, to investigate this. I spoke with Bishop Marcos to offer him my condolences. Bishop Marcos gave me the list of names as Bishop Wissa [Wīṣā],...
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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.