Date of source: Thursday, October 1, 1998
Excessive reports appeared abroad about police torture in el-Koshh.
Date of source: Thursday, October 1, 1998
A district police chief investigates a double murder in an Upper Egyptian village. Fear for Christian-Muslim violence led to the arrest of lots of Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, September 20, 1998
The Grand Imam Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the Sheikh of the Azhar, announced he received the Evangelical delegation from the state of California and from Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
A few Copts, no more than twenty persons, claim Copts in Egypt are persecuted. Copts in Egypt refute this.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
Christians in Syria make up approximately 12% of the population. The article gives an overview of their presence.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
The author bases his article on a research carried out by Dr. Sabela of the University of Bethlehem about the ongoing decline of the Christian presence among Palestinians. Dr. Sabela found large numbers still want to emigrate.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 26, 1998
This is a second (short) review of the Report on the Religious Situation in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 1998
[and Al-Ahrar, August 10, 1998]
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies issues its second ’Report on the Religious Situation in Egypt’.
Date of source: Friday, July 24, 1998
The Coptic lawyer Morris Sadeq is suing a Coptic researcher who described Sadeq’s actions as violence against the state.
Date of source: Friday, July 24, 1998
In a meeting with the American ambassador to Egypt, Dr. Nasr Farid Wassel, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, said that there is no religious persecution of Christians by Muslims.