Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 1999 to الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 12, 1999
The infamous Article 291 of the penal code, which exempts a rapist from punishment if he marries his victim, was canceled by the People’s Assembly on 20 April. Lawyers and women’s activists, who’d been pushing for years for amendment to the law, hailed the decision as a partial victory for women’s...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 1999
Pope Shenouda affirmed that the town of Arnon, which was recently occupied by the Israelis, is Lebanese.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 21, 1999
Icons represent visual messages or lessons and are easy for even the illiterate to understand. The article mentions some of the most important icons.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 1999
Prominent men of religion and outstanding writers and thinkers denounced all sorts of racism, intolerance and disparities among Muslims and non-Muslims.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 22, 1999
MENA claims that the BBC wrongly claimed that the arrested 3 journalists in Khartoum were working for MENA.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 26, 1999
Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, the Grand Mufti, demanded that the Islamic world support Muslims of Kosovo as it is obligatory for all Muslims. This, he said, can only be achieved by unifying our efforts and words.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 1999 to الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 12, 1999
The so-called Returnees from Albania trial - the largest in the stream of military trials of Islamist militants since the assassination of President Sadat in 1981 - ended on 18 April with the usual cocktail of death sentences, prison terms and acquittals.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 1999
The Ministry of Interior released yesterday 1000 prisoners of the Gama’a Islamiyya who had renounced their terrorist thought. The ministry’s decision is unconnected from any [alleged] deal with terrorists, they said.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 1999
Reading the Qur’an is an act of worship which is highly recommended. The Prophet tells us that "actions are by intention, and everyone shall receive only what he has intended." This means that a good action done with a bad intention in mind will not receive the reward of the same action done for a...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 20, 1999
A member of Kuwait’s People’s Assembly presented an interpellation against the minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs concerning the printing of 120,000 libelous copies of the Qur’an, in addition to printing errors and the presence of blank pages in the printed books.