Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2000
Bishop Wissa, Bishop of Al-Balyana and Dar El-Salam, where Al-Kosheh is located, was sending many faxes to international human rights organizations, and to Copts living abroad, demanding that they rise and save the Copts of Egypt from the killings they suffer at the hands of Muslims!!! Wissa spoke...
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2000
The ministerial cabinet for national security, headed by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid, is discussing the incidents of Al-Kosheh. The cabinet is discussing a program to deal with the origins of the problems of Al-Kosheh.
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2000
In response to the suggestion of Said Abdel-Khaleq, Al-Wafd’s editor-in-chief, members of the People’s Assembly decided to start an initiative to change the name of Al-Kosheh village to Al-Mahabba [love].
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
An effort is made to analyze the origin of the killings in al-Kosheh. It was horrible what took place but the events can only be described as transitory throughout a long history of peaceful coexistence between Egypt’s Muslims and Copts, who have been living together without any discrimination...
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2000 to Friday, January 21, 2000
Opinion article about the consequences of the killings in al-Kosheh. The author writes about national unity and is of the opinion that those who call for the setting up of political parties on religious basis should shut up once and for all.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
On Monday, a republic order was issued by which Marina Church could be built on the northern coast.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
Those who speak about the percentage of representation of Copts [in the parliament], open a door for others to speak about the persecution of Muslims, as they do not own the appropriate share of wealth in proportion to their population. Through the same framework, Muslims should be afraid of Coptic...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
Anyone who reads the declarations of emigrant Copts and the declarations of the centers adjoined to them thinks that Egypt is an apartheid society like South Africa in the past. Some might even think that every Muslim in Egypt carries an machine-gun on his shoulder all the time to deal with any...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
Mr. Nabil Osman, the head of the State Information Service, declared that the Egyptian government expects the visit of Pope John Paul II to Egypt at the end of next month.
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
The grand imam Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Sheikh of Al-Azhar, met the Vatican delegation which is visiting Egypt in order to prepare for the visit of Pope John II, the Pope of the Vatican, to Egypt on February 24 [, 2000].