Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 8, 1999
Illusive Religious Wars
In his "The Mediterranean Sea" book published in Paris in 1985, the French historian Brodil likens the relationship between Islam and Christianity with the relationship between the dog and the cat: If the dog and the cat find themselves in one place, it requires the decision...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 7, 1999 to السبت, آذار (مارس) 13, 1999
Hassan "Karatiya" Sultan is still in Imbaba - but this time he is no longer wearing his galabeyya, opting instead for more western-style jeans and a clean shave. It has been a while since the television cameras came down to this neck of Imbaba, Cairo, to hear Sultan tell the story of his turnaround...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 4, 1999 to الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 10, 1999
Since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by the Israeli intelligence service, the Mossad, in September 1997, the Amman-based chief of Hamas’ political bureau, Khalid Misha’al, has been living under tight security. Misha’al knows all too well that he is still likely to be targeted by the...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 8, 1999
The fate of the new Personal Status Law depended over the last few days on the juridical approval of Sheikh Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi. The law was amended in a series of meetings of the Jurisprudence Research Committee affiliated to Mogamma` Al-Buhouth Al-Islameyya (Islamic Research...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 26, 1999
The head of the Shari`a Supporters organization Abu Hamzah Al-Masry threatened to bomb all western airplanes both civilian and military. He assured [reporters of] his determination to raise his plan in the meeting of fundamentalist groups held in London.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 1, 1999
Marriage among Christians in Egypt has become a time bomb that may blow up anytime to increase the disputes among Christian churches and create a crisis in the Coptic Orthodox Church. More than 44,000 Copts have obtained divorce decrees, but they are unable to get permissions for a second marriage...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 1, 1999
Last week, the Sadat City Prosecutor called for Fr. Antonios in Mari Girgis monastery, and four workers who are working in the same monastery who made a complaint against the monk. They accused him of attacking one of them with a razor blade in an attempt to rape him. The worker was wounded in his...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 1, 1999
Four persons attacked the monk. They tied his hands with ropes and chains, shaved his beard, cut his hair, forced him to take off his robe and beat him. In an official report they also accused him of trying to rape a young man.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 28, 1999
The author presents his version of the background of a monk in a controversy in a monastery in Al-Khatatba. This article should be read in conjunction with the following articles about the same subject.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 26, 1999
We should not deal with Kosovo crisis as a foreign issue since it reflects a Western attitude towards the Arabs and in particular the Muslims. It is really painful to think how the West has invaded our life.