Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 1999
Egypt continued a crackdown on the banned Muslim Brotherhood on November 13, ordering the detention of eight people accused of belonging to the country’s largest fundamentalist group, court sources said.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 1999
Eight suspected members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Saturday in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 1999
Al Azhar University, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious institution of learning, has appealed a court decision that it must re-admit a transsexual belly-dancer to its women’s faculty.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 1999
The Ghazali School in Brussels was set up in 1989 and is the first Muslim school in Belgium that combines both the secular and the Islamic religious curriculum. They look for donations.
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 1999
The Secretary-General of the Makkah-based Muslim World League (MWL), Dr. Abdullah Saleh Al-Obeid, has appealed to all Muslim countries, organizations, and people to show solidarity with the people of Chechnya.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 1999
Ulema (Islamic scholars), callers and thinkers, participated in a symposium of the Muslim World League (MWL) on "The images of Islam in Western schools curricula - reality and treatment."
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 1999
A high level religious seminar discussed the theme "Religious Beliefs and Their Role in Preventing Communal Wars."
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 1999
The leader of a mystical Muslim sect who reportedly claims she can resurrect the Prophet Muhammad was jailed after a hearing in Egypt’s state security court, officials said on November 13.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 21, 1999
An Egyptian Gazette comment on the interview of al-Musawwar with sheikh Tantawi.
The Gazette praises Tantawi for his cautious attitude.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 17, 1999
Book review of a book on the history of Egypt’s Jewish communities during the Mameluke era. While the Jews were in some ways isolated in the wider society and retained a sense of being apart from the larger communities in which they lived, they were nevertheless closely involved in all aspects of...