Date of source: Sunday, January 30, 2000
The government tried to control the situation in Al-Kosheh by sending security forces, local and public leaders and Christian and Muslim religious men. In spite of the procedures that were taken by the government to overcome this crisis, including changing the name of the village from Al-Kosheh to...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2000
Security measures have been taken against the projects of the Islamic parties, which were announced recently. The latest procedures that were taken by the government were to prevent holding a symposium that was called by Mamdouh Ismail, the representative of Al-Shari’a Party.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2000
There are times when all the facts are misinterpreted and objectivity is missed among the mixed feelings of exaggeration and tension. What happened in Al-Kosheh are individual acts, which could not be counted as sectarian events. Accusing these events of being sectarian was encouraged by external...
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2000
The one who has been following the events of Al-Kosheh will know exactly the reasons behind the repetition of these events for the second time. Culture is the main reason behind these events and all the disasters that take place in our country.
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The counselor Hisham Saraya ordered the re-detention of four accused in the Kosheh events in Sohag for 30 days.
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared that during the past two days, the Egyptian ambassadors in Europe quickly acted in order to prevent the European Union from issuing a statement concerning the events in Al-Kosheh.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2000
I know quite well that the Holy Qur’an encourages the Muslim to communicate with his Christian brother. There are a lot of verses, which confirm this communication and bless it. On the other hand, when I searched the prophetic Hadiths [traditions concerning the sayings and actions of the Prophet...
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2000
South Cairo Court, Civil Affairs Circuit 8, decided to postpone the issuing of the verdict on [another previous verdict] forcing the separation between Nasr Abu Zeid and his wife to the next session.
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: Saturday, January 8, 2000
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights confirmed that the incident of Al-Koshh does not represent a social phenomenon, but it is not in itself a normal incident. A report of the EOHR discusses the factors that led to the incident.