Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
A conference condemning religious fanaticism took place yesterday in Sohag Governorate under the slogan of ’National Unity’. The Writers’ Association organized the conference. A large number of writers and artists were present in addition to Muslim and Christian religious leaders.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 1998
Information Minister Safwat El-Sherif condemned the campaign against Egypt by the foreign media concerning allegations that Christians are being persecuted. In an interview published in a London newspaper yesterday, El-Sherif announced that these allegations were unfounded and rely on fabricated...
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
Suddenly, we heard so many times the name of Al-Koshh. This forgotten country in Upper Egypt became very famous nationally and internationally. The disaster of Al-Koshh began, as we all know, by an ordinary crime. The real disaster was not what had happened there, but the way in which the...
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
This time the talk about persecution of Copts in the US started in England. The talk comes suddenly and is not about a terrorist group committing atrocities against both Muslims and Christians, but this time it is about the government turning against the Copts. This is the same government that was...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 27, 1998
In a strong worded reply sent by Nabil Osman, head of the State Information Service, to Dominique Lawson, editor-in chief of the British Sunday Telegraph, [the Egyptian government] refuted the allegations of the torture of Copts in Egypt.
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: Wednesday, August 12, 1998
The staff of the Azhar University files a law suit against the annulment of the Azhar Scholars Front.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
[also in Al-Osbua, July 6, 1998] The governor of Cairo, Abdel-Rahim Shehata, issued a decree dissolving the Azhar Ulama Front according to directions from a higher religious authority.
Date of source: Saturday, May 16, 1998
Salah Montasir thanks the minister of education for banning the Rodinson’s book and publishes a letter from the minister to himself.