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Date of source: Wednesday, January 26, 2000
Al-Kosheh has lived dark hours on the day of the incidents. Marqos Rushdy Gindy had been shot and left in the fields with twenty dead bodies beside him, he was the only survivor. Bahga Zaki screams saying: "They have shot my husband and children and left them in the fields until they were dead...
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: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
The bishop of Balyana and Dar El-Salam, bishop Wissa confirmed his trust in the [state] prosecution [agency] and investigations that being made into the incidents of destruction and murder in Al-Kosheh.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 23, 1999
Today morning, Pope Shenouda announces that the Coptic Waqf system has regained back all the lands that had been taken from it by force. This problem was solved with the help of the Islamic Waqf Ministry [the ministry entrusted with government supervision of estates in mortmain].
Date of source: Wednesday, March 10, 1999
More information on the dismissal of a monk from the Mari Girgis Monastery in Khatatba.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
The statement issued on the incidents of Al-Kussh Village by Pope Shenouda III, last Friday after a series of negotiations with the heads of the state security.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Dr. Osama el-Baz, the president’s chief foreign policy advisor, clarified that what had happened in the Al-Kushh village in Sohag was not a sectarian conflict but was related to police behavior.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 23, 1998
Bishop Wissa of El Balyana in Sohag complained about torture and mistreatment in El-Kash’h. What happened is a crime of murder that could have been committed by a Muslim or a Copt. It is a result of normal disputes that have nothing to do with religion but massive arrests followed. El-Ahali gives...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 22, 1998
In an unprecedented act, security forces sealed a church in Maadi that has been build and operating for four years without a permit.
Date of source: Friday, July 17, 1998
Pope Shenouda announces that allowing the Copts to visit Jerusalem on the occasion of Christ’s 2000 birthday is a problem to which he has not yet found a solution.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.