Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 1999
Muslims are in a difficult situation because of the inability of others to distinguish the difference between various Muslims groups. The world is full of struggles, clashes and disputes. These occur in countries where the majority are Hindu, Christian or Buddhist just as they do where Muslims are...
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Wednesday, August 11, 1999
Disputes over oil, Islam and Kurds are fueling tension between Iran and Turkey, although neither side appears to have an interest in pushing the rivalry too far.
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: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
Pro-reform Iranian newspaper editors on July 26 condemned the guilty verdict of a clerical court against the editor-in-chief of the leading daily Salam for publishing a "secret" letter from hardline Revolutionary Guards commanders demanding that moderate President Mohammad Khatami crack down...
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
The Ansar-e Hezbollah, a movement of hard-line zealots that strikes fear into many Iranians, has issued a call to arms to protect the Islamic system. They say the time has come to provide the movement with arms and "revolutionary" powers to finish off "liberals" who question the supreme rule of...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 1999
Thousands of angry pro-democracy students threatened to take their protest to the streets of the capital on Sunday their demands were not met. Their demands included the execution of the hardline police chief, who reports to Iran’s dominant clergy. Moderate President Mohammed Khatami now faces...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999 to Wednesday, July 7, 1999
Delegations representing 75 Islamic countries and six international Islamic organizations passed recommendations urging greater inter-Islamic cooperation at the conclusion of a four-day conference last Friday [June 25, 1999].
Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 1999 to Wednesday, June 30, 1999
Iranian radicals painted a mural of Khaled Islambouli, the officer who killed Sadat during the military parade on October 6, 1981. Egyptians are not pleased.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 30, 1999
The Iranian President Mohammed Khatami opened the conference of the Islamic Parliaments Organization. During the three days of the conference in Tehran, the members of the conference discussed the reality of the Islamic world and its concerns. They also discussed some of the important issues such...
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999 to Wednesday, June 16, 1999
Egypt and Iran are discussing a street sign in Tehran named after Khaled el-Islambouli, the man who killed late president Sadat in 1981. Full diplomatic ties between the two countries can only be restored after this street name is removed.