Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 19, 1999 to الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 1, 1999
At least 29 people have been killed in the Bechar region of western Algeria, in the worst attack on civilians since the election of President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika four months ago. In a 15 August statement, security officials blamed Islamist militants for the killings in Beni Ounif, saying that the...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 23, 1999
Mr. Y. H. Zarate says that he heard from his Saudi friend that it is not permissible to say good things about any property or any person for fear that this may bring something bad to that property or person. This is the belief in envy or the so-called evil eye. Zarate wonders whether there is any...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 20, 1999
In the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq summer camp in Alexandria, the Mufti of the Republic attributed society’s psychological ills and vices to the people’s lack of consciousness of their religion. He also underlined the deep-seated cordial relations and national unity between Muslims and Copts in Egyptian...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 18, 1999
The Vatican nowadays is exposed to harsh wind that was raised by a book, which was written by ten unknown bishops, except one [who is known] who is Luigi Marinalli. The Monseigneur, who worked for 35 years in the Council of Eastern Churches. The book reveals a lot of scandals.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 14, 1999
Dr. Nabila Micha’il protests that certain words attributed to Maurice Sadek in an interview with Rose El-Youssef are not true. But Rose El-Youssef says they have the tape of the interview with Sadek and that he has not sent a denial of what he said to Rose el-Youssef because he knows quite well...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 18, 1999
The Clinton administration is considering dropping Libya from the US list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism and Syria may not be far behind, according to a Congressional research report. "Libyan sponsorship of terrorism has declined to the point at which the administration is considering...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 13, 1999
Yemen’s Interior Minister Hussein Mohammed Arab said in remarks published Thursday that security forces had arrested 16 people on charges of planning sabotage acts in Yemen.
"A group of 16 people linked to Abu Hamza Al-Masri were arrested in Sanaa. They were planning sabotage acts," the official 26...
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 12, 1999 to الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 18, 1999
A London-based Islamist militant has threatened reprisals against Yemen after eight Muslim Britons and two Algerians were found guilty of plotting to bomb Aden and sentenced to jail terms ranging from three to seven years.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 16, 1999
El-Sayeda Zeinab Mosque which lures huge members of worshippers from Cairo and other parts of the nation, is experiencing large-scale renovations which are planned to make the building able to accommodate as many as 12,000 persons.
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 14, 1999
Article 20 of the new Personal Status law has legalized the women’s right of Al-Khulaa, which allows women to divorce themselves by waiving all their financial entitlements. But reviving this system caused controversy among sheikhs.