Date of source: Monday, May 3, 1999
Pope Shenouda speaks positively about Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak affirming that he is fair, encourages tolerance and hates fanaticism.
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 1999
On April 3, President Hosni Mubarak issued a decree that would clip the wings of rapists and make it impossible for them to escape prosecution. The decree repealing Article 291 was approved by the cabinet the next day.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
This trial is the biggest trial of suspected Islamic militants since those that followed the assassination of the late President Anwar Al-Sadat.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Egyptian prosecutors have remanded in custody for 15 days several suspected members of the militant group jihad, some of whom had been deported from another state, an official daily said on April 15.
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999 to Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Egyptian state prosecutors said that they had released on April 11, four members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement who were detained with 24 others last month.
Date of source: Sunday, April 11, 1999
Why don’t both the Pope and Sheikh Al-Azhar write a joint book on the combined issues of heavenly religions? Issues of tolerance, mutual love, discarding violence, religious freedoms etcetera, because this book would help in paving the road of mutual love and brotherhood between the children of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 24, 1999
Claims made in a recent issue of the French magazine Le Figaro about the situation regarding Copts [Coptic Christians] in Egypt are discussed.
Date of source: Sunday, February 28, 1999
The next annual International Islamic Conference in Egypt will be held from June 22-25, [1999] in Cairo. The conference which will be attended by intellectuals from 85 countries and will be researching the preparations of a cultural project for the renaissance of the Islamic world, especially...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 24, 1999
The Grand Imam of the Azhar is a respectable scholar and a shrewd jurist who opens his heart to different opinions. He welcomes a dialogue with anyone on condition that he sticks to the rules of dialogue.
Date of source: Thursday, February 11, 1999
Egypt’s oldest mosque suffers from faulty restoration in the past and rising ground water and urgently needs restoration.