Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 4, 1999
Exiled Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden and his followers, blamed by the United States for 1998 embassy bombings in Africa, have set up operations at a new base in Afghanistan, the Observer newspaper said on Sunday [July 4?, 1999]. It said bin Laden’s new hideout was in hills a few miles south of...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 1, 1999 to الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 7, 1999
Hardline militants of Algeria’s Armed Islamic Group (GIA) threatened on June 27 to create a "bloodbath" in Belgium if the authorities there do not release several of its leaders jailed last month.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 1, 1999 to الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 7, 1999
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seeking broad support for a peace accord with rebels to try to end seven years of violence. He will organize a referendum on the deal in July and has pledged to quit if the bill does not survive the plebiscite, well-placed sources told Algeria’s daily La...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 6, 1999
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar has issued a decision to transfer all the administrative employees of the Fatwa committee in Al-Azhar to other works. He also ordered the reformation of the Fatwa committee according to the article 1150 issued in 1997. He also decided to hire Sheikh Tosoun Ibrahim...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 2, 1999
On the list of the most hateful practices, injustice ranks very high. Since injustice is so incompatible with Islamic order, we need to make sure that it applies to all people, particularly those who are vulnerable to abuse of power by others.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 3, 1999
The controversy over the reality of Prophet Mohammed’s intercession on Doomsday has been dramatically aggravated after controversial thinker Dr. Moustafa Mahmoud repeatedly emphasized that there is no such a thing as intercession. His opinion stirred the emotions of Sheikhs and Muslim scholars who...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 1999
Eight years ago, a group of scientists declared that they had discovered the tomb of Jesus Christ with the handkerchief of Veronica beside it. The author states that missions which aim at discovering the Christian artifacts, aim at the same time at raising the role of the West over that of the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 1999
The report that was presented by Dr. Cornelis Hulsman confirmed the fact that there is no persecution of the Copts in Egypt. Dr. Cornelis said that a delegation from the council had visited Egypt last March and saw that there were no signs of persecution or discrimination.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 1999
In a very honest report that was presented by Dr. Cornelis Hulsman, he denied all the claims about the persecution of Copts. The report confirmed that Coptic girls were not forced to convert to Islam. They converted to Islam under the pressure of economic and social problems.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 1999
The New York Council of Churches issued a report refuting allegations propagated by Western media regarding persecution of Copts and minorities in Egypt.