Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2000
A responsible judicial source refuted what was published in an evening newspaper about the leveling of definite charges against Bishop Wissa of Al-Balyana and Dar Al-Salaam. The source emphasized that the editor-in-chief of the newspaper and one of its editors are to be investigated by the State...
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: Monday, January 17, 2000
Mustafa Bakry, editor-in-chief of al-Usbua blames bishop Wissa and others for believing that the USA will be able to protect the Copts in Egypt. Solutions need to be found in Egypt, not abroad.
Those who say that Christians are treated like second degree citizens are abandoning the truth and...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
In a meeting with Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, he asserted: "I am very keen to inspect every complaint issued by a Coptic or a Muslim about the incidents of Al-Kosheh. It will be studied and what is included in it will be investigated." The criminal investigations have dismissed the probability...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
Islamist intellectual Dr. Selim el-Awa describes his meeting with the priests of al-Kosheh, bishop Wissa and bishop Marcos. Dr. Al-Awa wrote that many newspapers accused Bishop Wissa and father Gabra’il of raising tensions But, the clergy coming from Al-Kosheh and Balyana had a different story,...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
Al-Usbua received two letters for the editor in defense of bishop Wissa. Al-Usbua responds.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
Qummus Gabra’il Abdel-Massih [Qummus: archpriest or hegumen in Coptic Christianity], priest of Al-Kosheh Church refused to appear in front of the investigation authority. He is accused of opening fire on Muslims at the beginning of the incidents of Al-Kosheh.
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: 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...