Date of source: Saturday, April 10, 1999 to Friday, April 16, 1999
The Charge: "She insults religion, despises and ridicules the Prophet."
Thus accused, her punishment was immediately issued - without trial.
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Police at Cairo Airport denied Lebanese singer Najwa Karam entry last Thursday and sent her back to Beirut aboard the same plane she had boarded to Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, April 5, 1999
Nagwa Karam sent a letter to the Minister of Information, Safwat Al-Sherif, urging him to allow her to enter Egypt. The Lebanese singer who is accused of insulting Islam said that she is innocent of all these untrue accusations. Nagwa made clear that she is facing a campaign aiming at distorting...
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 1999
On April 3, 1999, the security authorities of Cairo Airport prevented the Lebanese singer Najwa Karam from entering Egypt. [It is alleged that the] Lebanese singer [had] insulted Islam by giving her dog a name of one of the prophets. [It is further alleged] that she also insulted Egypt in a TV...
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 1999
The chairman of Radio and Television Union issued secret instructions banning broadcasting of Najwa Karam’s songs in Egyptian media. Over the last 3 weeks the Lebanese singer was accused of insulting heavenly religions when she named her song after one of the prophets. If the charges are proved,...
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 1999
The rumor is that Najwa Karam had announced, in a television interview for Orbit satellite television that she has a dog called ’Hamoudi’ which is the Lebanese nickname for ’Mohammed’. It is said that the program while being aired received countless calls of protests, including a call from a Saudi...
Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 1999
The Lebanese singer Najwa Karam has received numerous threats and insults. In Jordan, a number of religious scholars called for the shedding of Najwa’s blood through explicit Fatawi (religious decrees).
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Unknown people are trying to destroy Lebanese singer Nagwa Karam by spreading rumors.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
The British Authority of Advertising Standards warned no religious symbols for the promotion of products should be used after Muslim organizations had complained about this.
Date of source: Friday, June 26, 1998
America on Line announces that it has canceled a site on the Internet that contained forged Qu’ranic verses.