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Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 1998
The Sohag issue seemed to be settled. Expatriate Copts stopped sending faxes and the bishop had stopped making trouble. Then on October 25 the Sunday Telegraph came out and blew the story up. Members of the foreign press in Egypt scoffed at many of the statements in an article of Al Ahram.
Date of source: Monday, November 9, 1998
Minister Adly says there was a plan to blow the incident of el-Koshh out of proportion to disturb social peace in the country.
Date of source: Saturday, November 7, 1998
The relations between Muslims and Christians are very good, said Pope Shenuda in a statement. Reports in some Western newspapers claimed police brutality against Coptic Christians in the village. Pope Shenouda said some exesses were made by the police and the Minister of Interior has made a firm...
Date of source: Thursday, November 5, 1998
Christina Lamb wrote her article without having been in Egypt since 1988. Her husband is actively involved with the Jewish lobby in the USA.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 1998
The Gazette says the issue of el-Koshh was exploited by Samuel Fahd, a Copt living in Australia, who was trying to make a fortune out of this story to obtain entry visas for hundreds of Egyptian Copts who paid money to migrate to Australia. The Gazette further more refers to the opinions of Hulsman...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 1998
The article says live between Muslims and Christians was very peaceful. The Gazette gives a few examples. Muslims in the village and the bishops Bakhoum and Wissa are cited.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Egypt’s information minister has sent a comment to Britain’s "Sunday Telegraph" over allegations carried in the October 25 edition of the paper, reported the Middle East News Agency (MENA) yesterday. The paper published a full-page feature claiming systematic religious persecution and mass torture...
Date of source: Saturday, October 24, 1998
Bishop Wissa of Sohag and two of his priests were arrested during the first week of October and charged with damaging relations between Copts and Muslims in a story that has more to do with Egyptian police brutality than sectarian tensions.
Date of source: Sunday, October 18, 1998
Egypt’s famous architect-writer Milad Hana will go to Paris to receive the prestigious Simon Bolivar award granted to him by the UNESCO in appreciation of his efforts in enhancing ties between Muslims and Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, October 19, 1998
Minister of Interior Habib el-Adly called for the upgrade the performance of policemen in order to avoid the recurrence of terrorist waves and an international conference on means of fighting terrorism.
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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.