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There are indications, which raise worry about the future of the national unity and the country itself. There are some officials who are dealing with the disaster of Al-Kosheh in a way that raises worry and troubles too. They have been classifying people in Al-Kosheh into rich Copts and poor...
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...
Father Gabra’il Abdel-Messih defends himself against accusations that he has used weapons. At the time of killing he was not in Al-Kosheh, but he was in Sohag meeting with two great security leaders to whom he was complaining about the burning of the commercial shops and them being exposed to...
Pope Shenouda sent his greetings and appreciation the Tagammu party.. Bishop Musa praised the objectivity and truthfulness with which Al-Ahali dealt with the recent events of Al-Kosheh.
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.
The well-known Islamists writer believes "Before I can say any word on the subject of al-Kosheh it is my duty to apologize to the Copts of Egypt and recognize the mistakes of the Muslims of the village."
The participants in the symposium entitled "Religions are the source of principles" confirmed that all the heavenly religions call for justice, tolerance and good behavior.
On Monday, a republic order was issued by which Marina Church could be built on the northern coast.
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.
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...
The tragic incidents of Al-Koshh prove that the local departments and the security forces failed in controlling the situation in the village.
During the celebrations of the new millennium, the extremists turned on the riot fire in Al-Koshh and they tried to transfer the flames to the whole country. The great surprise is that 15 strangers started the shooting in Al-Koshh. When these strangers saw the police they ran away.
An attempt to raise a riot in Ismailia failed because the wise men responded to rumors which began to spread in the city. The rumor stated that a bloody fight took place between the Christians and Muslims in the principal city market last Friday morning. This happened when one of the merchants...
On January 7th, the Christians celebrated the holy Christmas and on January 8th, the Muslims celebrated a holy Lesser Bairam. During these hours and feasts, the wise men of the country were trying to collect the people and solve their problems, instead of leaving the fire turned on. The Christians...
The reactions of the "Gama’at al-Islamiya" on the death of terrorist Farid Kedwany and his three assistants by security forces in Omrania are still flowing. There are fear Gama’at violence might return.
Dr. Selim Naguib, president of the Canadian Coptic Federation, sent this letter to President Mubarak to congratulate him with his survival of an attack on his life. Ramzy Zaklama comments on the importance of the letter for the RNSAW.
The death of Father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed has raised a lot of disputes, especially over the refusal of the Orthodox Church to pray over his body.
Egyptian security forces succeeded in finding the hideouts of four terrorists in Al-Omraniyya in Giza. The gunfight which followed ended with the death of the four terrorists, notable among whom was the famous terrorist leader Farid Kidwani.
Mustafa Mashhour, the general guide for the Muslim Brothers, declared that the Islamic country under the leadership of the Muslim Brothers will be established in the year 2028.
A priest in al-Mahalla al-Kubra was attacked by an unknown person who stabbed him with a knife in different parts of his body. The priest was taken to the hospital. Before the priest went into a coma, he described the criminal.
The security forces are searching currently for the perpetrators of two incidents in which there was an exchange of fire.
The Archimandrite, Dr. Atalah Hanna, from the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, discussed in his meeting with Al-Ahali newspaper the Christians’ pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the conditions of the Church and Christians under Israeli rule.
The season of the American campaigns against Egypt has started. The opening headlines of one of the biggest newspapers - "New York Times" - started its campaign against Egypt last month by criticizing the new law of the civil associations and describing it as "a law that aims at keeping the...
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].
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin, who accused who previously filed a Hesba case against Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid accusing him of apostasy and causing the handing down of a judicial verdict divorcing Zaid from his wife, Dr. Ibtihaal Younnes, a development which led Abu Zaid and his family to emigrate from...
Learned sources within the Muslim Brotherhood organization unveiled that currently a fierce struggle is taking place within the circles of leadership of the organization over their position regarding the issue of nomination of President Hosni Mubarak for the fourth presidential term.
In the United States of America, the world’s patron of the rights of religious minorities and initiator of the principle of sanctions against countries with oppressed Christian minorities, the number of incidents of racial discrimination and cases of harassment against Muslims of Arab or non-Arab...
The History and Antiquities Committee of the Higher Council of Culture held a symposium on April 18-19, at the Cairo University library. The symposium concerned the national role played by the Egyptian Church throughout history. The symposium was attended by a number of researchers and historians...
[also published in Al-Sha’ab, April 13, 1999] The article gives some background on Salman Rushdie.
More information on the dismissal of a monk from the Mari Girgis Monastery in Khatatba.
One of the most important projects Egypt is embarking on is giving great importance to re-pave the road that was taken by the Holy Family during their visit to Egypt.
Coptic Orthodox Christians are celebrating tomorrow Christmas day. A delegation of the Tagammu Party will join in the celebrations with Pope Shenouda III in the Cathedral of St. Marcus.
With the start of the month of Ramadan this year Antoine, a Christian youth from the governorate of Al-Minia, Ashraf and a member of the Rotary club have compiled a book under the title ’Prayer in Ramadan’.
Christ has a great and noble status in the Qur’an and several verses are quoted to make this clear to the reader.
Religious festivals have a philosophy in our life. The festivals of Jesus Christ start with celebrating his birthday till the day of his resurrection. He is with us in all circumstances, places and times. He is our support.
A high ranking security consultant has assured in a statement to ’Al-Ahali’ that the ’Gama’at al-Islamiya’ is exerting intense efforts with the US authorities for the release of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the group’s leader who is currently in prison in the US.
The secret agreement between the government and the Gama’at Al-Islamiya has taken new dimensions following the release of 500 detained since last January in 12 groups.
It is not a coincidence that every now and then the issue of the funding of human rights organizations pops up, and I believe that the issue will continue to be raised as long as the activists are not abiding in this field by the new morality.
The strangest thing in the events of Al-Koshh was the campaign that was waged by the State authorities against the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, that was used as a scapegoat by the security to cover its violations and acts of group torture.
Al-Ahali has received a message signed by more than 60 youth from the village of Al-Koshh. The youth thanked Al-Ahali in their message for its extensive, subjective, and clean coverage of the case of torture that happened after the killings of two Coptic citizens.

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