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Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
Together with hundreds of patients, Abdel Hamid Al-Missawi, popular as Sheikh Abdel Hamid, believes that he can cure a variety of illness, psychic problems and also drive out evil spirits that may haunt people.
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
Youssef Badawi whipped the young woman across her shoulders in another effort to drive away the evil genies that he said possessed his patient.
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Wednesday, August 18, 1999
A false prophet has been arrested for claiming God had sent him to Egypt to prevent Muslims from watching television, the Ministry of Interior announced on 27 July.
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Wednesday, August 11, 1999
Declaring oneself a prophet is not allowed in a Muslim country. Ali Said Mohammed was detained. Muhammad was the second "false prophet" arrested in Egypt in less than one year.
In April 1998, Egyptian authorities detained Bahaa Eddin Ahmed and 29 suspected members his cult.
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 1999
[Compilation from wires from various agencies]
Muslims shuttered themselves indoors on the orders of clerics and others flocked to mosques Wednesday as earthquakes and an unseasonable hailstorm intensified eclipse unease in the Middle East.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 1999
The Mufti called all the Egyptian Muslims to pray the eclipse prayer from the beginning of the solar eclipse until its end.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 10, 1999
Newspapers published their advice to the people. Also doctors and exorcists offered advise. The Azhar did nothing but should call for prayer.
Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 1999
The Azhar played a significant role in the struggle of our nation against imperialistic campaigns. Now some 100.000 books of the Azhar library are put on the internet. More then 40.000 historical documents and references will follow.
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
Al-Azhar University will take part in an intentional symposium called "The contribution of the Islamic heritage to Western culture."
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
[in Al-Ahram, July 21, 1999]
The author, who is Chairman of the General Council in the Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs, writes in answer to criticism in Egypt and suggests that "The new NGO law is an honor to every Egyptian."
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.