Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999 to الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 7, 1999
Unlike previous sentences no member of the Gama’at al-Islamiya has been sentenced to death. This is perhaps related to the Gama’at’s denouncement of the use of violence and their stop on violent activities since last year.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999 to الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 1999
Twenty-one suspected militants were sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor or 5 to 15 years with hard labor. The suspects were accused of plotting to reactivate the militant Al Gamaa Al Islamiyya and of conspiring to blow up Alexandria’s Montazah Palace in 1996 during the time President...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 1999
More than pride, more than honesty, more than anything a man might do, female chastity is seen in the Arab world as an indelible line, the boundary between respect and shame. An unchaste woman, it is sometimes said, is worse than a murderer, affecting not just one victim, but her family and her...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999 to الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 1999
Iranian radicals painted a mural of Khaled Islambouli, the officer who killed Sadat during the military parade on October 6, 1981. Egyptians are not pleased.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 1999
The general conference ended its sessions yesterday with 7 key recommendations.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999 to الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 1999
Delegations from 75 Islamic countries and six international Islamic countries and six international Islamic organizations participating in the 11th Cairo International Islamic Conference will tomorrow declare the recommendations of their conference.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 1999
In the opening session of the Islamic conference, Minister of Endowments Hamdi Zaqzouq delivered a speech on behalf of President Mubarak in which he called for serious thinking on the issue of "The renaissance of the Islamic world" which is what the conference is about.
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 1999
The season of the American campaigns against Egypt has started. The opening headlines of one of the biggest newspapers - "New York Times" - started its campaign against Egypt last month by criticizing the new law of the civil associations and describing it as "a law that aims at keeping the...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 1999 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 1999
The Egyptian American Council has already prepared to welcome President Mubarak heartily. They publish a newspaper called ’The truth’ that has taken a mild stand in presenting Copts’ problems. The editor-in-chief said that they declared that they only represented themselves and they really try hard...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 18, 1999
Some extremist Coptic groups are attempting to provoke tensions during President Mubarak’s visit to the United States. The Egyptian Ambassador to the USA in an interview discusses some of the attacks and Egypt’s position.