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Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Wednesday, July 28, 1999
The results of last week’s municipal elections, in which Islamists won main municipalities, showed that the relationship between the government and opposition parties is on the mend. The results, which were released on Friday following a one-day extension of the vote due to low turnout, were...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999
Minister of Justice Hamzeh Haddad said a special legal committee at the ministry has decided to cancel article 340 of the Jordanian Penal Code which allows a reduction in penalty for killers who commit crimes of honour.
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 1999
A committee reviewing a special edition of the Holy Qur’an printed to commemorate the late King Hussein has concluded primary examination of the copy, officials said on Friday [July 16, 1999]. However, the 10-member committee, set up by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in May, said more...
Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 1999
The controversial ties between Muslim Brotherhood "hawks" in Jordan and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the self-rule areas were the hidden reasons behind growing feuds within the Brotherhood ranks, Islamist and independent sources said this week.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 13, 1999
Amman Governor Qaftan Majali on Monday reiterated controversial demands that women wearing the full-face veil reveal their faces at polling stations in Amman in upcoming nationwide municipal elections in a bid to wipe out possible fraud. Official figures indicate that 50 per cent of over one...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 6, 1999
An ad hoc committee formed last week to review the banned Egyptian film "State Security."
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
The director of the Press and Publications Department (PPD) in Jordan decided to form a committee of media personnel, deputies, clerics and members of PPD’s audio/visual censorship department to review its decision to ban the Egyptian film "State Security," from cinemas and video houses because it...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
The Muslim Brotherhood has frozen the membership of several hard-line members against the backdrop of internal feuds over financial and administrative issues, well-informed sources told the Jordan Times on Friday [July 2, 1999].
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999
Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood [in Jordan] on Wednesday confirmed reports of feuds between "centrists" and "hardliners" over financial and administrative affairs.
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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