Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 5, 1998
The article sees the closure of el-Destour after its publication of a call to murder three Coptic businessmen as a set back for the freedom of press.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 2, 1998
Rose el-Yousef reported on the article in el-Destour. It found the extremist declaration as not less dangerous than the murder on 58 tourists in Luxor. Both targeted Egyptian economy. Extremists started targeting economy by imposing the payment of ’protection money’ on Copts in Upper Egypt.
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 25, 1998
Destour published a text of extremists calling for the death of three Coptic businessmen which led to the subsequent closure of the newspaper and a discussion in the Egyptian press on the (limits of the) freedom of the press. In this week’s translation only the text of the statement of the...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 5, 1998
Two extremists groups gave out a statement saying they operate now as a unity targeting Americans and Israelis. An Egyptian terrorist expert, however, dismissed the claim as an attempt of the various militant groups to appear united.
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 6, 1998
The article discusses whether or not working with tourists is forbidden in Islam. Some radical sheiks advocate that Muslims do not work in the tourism industry while mainstream Islam rejects such opinions.