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: Sunday, January 9, 2000
The reconciliation committee that was formed to restore accordance between Moslems and Christians in Al-Koshh continues its meetings to reach complete stability to ensure that conflicts will not rise again in the village. ... An official source... suggested changing the name of Al-Koshh village to...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2000
Supreme State Security Prosecution, under the supervision of Counselor Hisham Saraya, General Attorney, decided to detain thirty-two riot instigators in the incidents of Al-Koshh for fifteen days pending investigations. Prosecution accused them of murder, inciting conflicts, riot and repeating...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 1, 2000
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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
Mustafa Abdel-Qader, Minister of Local Development visited the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Belyana. He was accompanied by Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Bakr, governor of Sohag, political and local authorities and Moslem religious officials. He met with Christian clergy and Bishop Wissa, bishop of Belyana and...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2000
Counselor Hisham Saraya, the general attorney of Al-Koshh Supreme State Security Agency ordered the detention of all the defendants in the Koshh incidents, who are 21 in number, for fifteen days for investigations. The Prosecution accused them of inciting violent and riotous incidents, inciting...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 1999
A list of names of the victims.
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: Sunday, January 2, 2000
Without any introductions, it is known that playing with the Coptic issue is an old colonial card. Cromer used it, the Zionists used it, and nowadays, the Americans are using it to harm national unity! The latest scandals: 5 Copts going to America to find solutions for the problems of Copts! ...
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.