Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 11, 1998
More than 200 Copts from Assiut gathered inside the Cathedral in Abbasiya last Monday to announce to the Pope their objection to separating a part of the bishopric of Manfalout headed by Bishop Antounious.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 30, 1998
Sheik Tantawi, the sheik of Al-Azhar mosque denied having told the French interior minister that Muslim women in France may forgo wearing the veil in schools according to a report by Agance France Presse, denied by MENA.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 1, 1998
A review of the role of the Shari’a judge in courts with a short history up to the present, including the referral of death verdicts to the Mufti.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 1998
Pope Shenouda opened in Austria an exhibit on Coptic art.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 1998
The old Islamic houses in Cairo dating from the 17th and 18th century are restored.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 1998
Pope Shenouda speaks again out against Western interference in Egypt. Those who attempt in their ignorance to prevent the aid to Egypt should know that this does not affect only the Muslims but also the Christian Egyptians. Their behavior shows a lack of understanding and wisdom and political...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 1998
The front of Al-Azhar scholars, a very conservative group opposing sheikh Tantawi, held elections in which several new members were chosen for the front’s leading positions. The new spokesman says he is willing to speak with secularists.
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 1998
The Coptic Orthodox Patriarch and Osama Al-Baz, advisor of Egypt’s President Mubarak, put in their word to America.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 1998
Greeting form the Copts to the Muslims on the occasion of the eid-el-adha.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 30, 1998
The international Coptic Association, that published an advertisement against Egypt in one of the biggest American newspapers, received four million dollars from Zionist organizations in the United States, in support of its activities against national unity in Egypt.