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: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
A disease is spreading all over the country and all the Egyptian leaders are denying its existence. The remedy is represented in the following phrase, "You have your own religion and I have mine."
Date of source: Thursday, February 3, 2000
In interviews from Cairo to the deep southern town of Kosheh, many Egyptians voiced mistrust and scorn for the other religion, while others said Egypt enjoyed religious harmony and that Kosheh was an isolated incident.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
Father Makarios Yusef of Abu Qurqas told al-Wafd about how he convinced AFP-correspondent Lachlan Carmichael about the unity of Muslims and Christians in Abu Qurqas. The RNSAW spoke to Carmichael who referred for his opinion to his article in the Middle East Times.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
Al-Ahali met with General Ahmed Abdel-Aziz, the governor of Sohag, in order to know the results of [the investigations into] the bloody events of Al-Kosheh, how they were raised and the role of the security organizations. The governor defends the local security but blames local customs which make...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2000
Arms trading is the only suspect that no one paid attention to in the recent incident at Al-Kosheh, although it was behind every incident to threaten the security and safety of citizens and the country, and although the bats of darkness [the terrorists] used them [the firearms] to kill around 1500...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2000
President Hosni Mubarak made sure that stability has come back to the village. Mubarak discussed the governmental procedures for compensations and punishing criminals.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
Mustafa Bakry, editor-in-chief of al-Usbua blames bishop Wissa and others for believing that the USA will be able to protect the Copts in Egypt. Solutions need to be found in Egypt, not abroad.
Those who say that Christians are treated like second degree citizens are abandoning the truth and...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
In this article al-Usbua continues asking leading Egyptian intellectuals about how al-Koshh could happen.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
The national disaster that took place in Al-Kosheh should not be used to push the ruling party towards democratic reform. It is also not a good occasion for taking revenge over political enemies. The only result of all that would be the failure to reach a solution.
In other words the author claims...