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Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2000
Al-Koshh riots are individual actions that are not accepted by any religion. When the Arabs entered Egypt in 640 AD, Egyptians were happy to receive them and Islam never forced anyone to be Muslim.
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000 to Friday, January 14, 2000
Shortly after the BBC introduced a poll about the possibilities of peaceful co-existence between Muslims and Christians that, many violent scenes happened in four Islamic countries, namely, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria and Lebanon. The poll raised many questions about the future of the minorities in...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2000
President Mubarak decided on December 28, 1999, to easy the procedure for restoring Churches. The procedure for restoring Churches and Mosques is now the same.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
Throughout the past week, the tragic and highly-deplorable events in the southern Egyptian village of al-Koshh still made news and it has been the topic of every talk either in Egypt or outside it. However, Every Egyptian, be he a Muslim or Copt, rejects such catastrophic events.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
What happened in Al-Koshh can be described as a relapse. These incidents were repeated for the second time and I should comment on them. The author criticizes local Muslims, the security and bishop Wissa.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
What happened in Al-Koshh can be described as the new nightmare of the new century. These nightmares have reasons which should not be ignored. The Minister of External affairs insisted in his speech in front of the Shura [that is, Consultative] Council and People’s Assembly that what happened was...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
In Sohag, the Tagammu Party issued a statement which criticized all the forms of extremism and the processes of killing, looting from, and torturing the other under the guise of religion.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
The Egyptian and international reactions on the Al-Koshh incidents followed each other. The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [EOHR] issued a statement in which it said that one of the principal reasons for the rioting is not confirming the principal of citizenship in the minds of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Bakr, the governor of Sohag, declared that a subsidiary [bank] account will be opened in order to receive donations for fixing the damages that occurred during the latest incidents. Heshmat Abul-Khar, a member of the Consultative Council, donated 50 thousand pounds as also did the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
The Social, Awqaf [Religious Endowments] and Religious Affairs Committee in the People’s Assembly have decided that they should visit Al-Koshh in order to investigate the real situation there.
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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.