Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 23, 1998
On June 18 two Shiite clerics were killed in the holy city of Najaf in Iraq. Concerns are expressed that this could have been part of an official attack on the country’s Shiite community.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 28, 1998
The argument between Sheik Mohammed Metwali Al-Sha’arawi’s family and religious scholars about building a mausoleum for him is still on going.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 28, 1998
Al-Azhar Internet site contains Qur’anic verses that are full of mistakes.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 27, 1998
An extended meeting will be held for the generation of the 70s next September. The meeting will include representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Nasserists, the Marxists and the Liberals.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 25, 1998
The story of a Filipino computer engineer who recently converted to Islam.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 27, 1998
A feature story on the reasons that graduates of Al-Azhar schools are not accepted in the Police Academy.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 25, 1998
The Permanent Committee for Scientific Research and Fatwa in Saudi Arabia issued a statement supporting what was issued by the Higher Islamic Theological Council in Lebanon regarding civil marriage.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 20, 1998
The latest Holy Council meeting of the Egyptian Orthodox Church made a decision that all monks who have spent six years in public life should return to their monasteries. The decision seemingly stems form several incidents of monks getting married during life in the city.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 22, 1998
In an unprecedented act, security forces sealed a church in Maadi that has been build and operating for four years without a permit.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 22, 1998
A letter to the editor of Al-Akhbar by a Christian pharmacist complaining that the clamor about the building of churches is exaggerated.