Date of source: Sunday, September 6, 1998
The author shows how difficult it is to build churches in the expanding new suburbs of large cities.
Date of source: Saturday, September 5, 1998
The paper criticizes a new film which is shown in Cairo’s cinema’s. The paper asks the opinion of several people, including dr. Yehia Ismail who accuses the sheikh al Azhar of not protecting religious values.
Date of source: Friday, September 4, 1998
Al Shaab interviewed Prof. Mohammed Abed El Miniem Khafaga, one of the leading old guard of the Azhar University, about the developments at the Azhar in the past decades.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 8, 1998
Al Ahram answers the critique of Al-Osboa and says they received support for their research from Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ford Foundation.
Date of source: Monday, September 7, 1998
Al-Osboa claims that a research of the Al Ahram Institute for Political Studies on Public opinion and political participation, which includes questions on political participation on a religious basis, aims at giving vital information to the Americans.
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: Friday, August 28, 1998
Participants of an Islamic Christian Conference claim work needs to be done on the national and international levels in order to support the invitation of President Mubarak to form an international front.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
Suicide in the defense of Islam is considered martyrdom. But martyrdom should not be mixed with terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
Montasser El-Zayat, generally acknowledged as lawyer and spokesman of the radical Gama’at al-Islamiya, explains in an interview the dynamics within the extremist groups. He asks for a dialogue with these groups.
Date of source: Thursday, August 20, 1998
The restored church of Saint Abscaron in Samalut is related to an old miracle story.