Date of source: Friday, April 9, 1999
The icon is one of the most important features of the Coptic heritage. It is considered as a kind of a drawing message so that the illiterate person can easily understand it. It is a simple art, but it expresses individuality and independence.
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Cypriots are obsessed by centuries-old animosities and who remain loyal to religious and ethnic lines drawn as far back as the Middle Ages, just like the peoples of the Balkans. The apparent obsession with religion as the ultimate decider of who is friend, and who foe.
It places Cyprus on a par...
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Only two days after Egypt’s largest militant Islamist organization, Al-Gama’a Al-Islameyya, announced its decision to stop all anti-government attacks, the underground Islamic Jihad said in a statement that it would continue the "struggle", mainly against the United States and Israel.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 14, 1999
[also published in Al-Sha’ab, April 13, 1999]
The article gives some background on Salman Rushdie.
Date of source: Thursday, March 25, 1999 to Wednesday, March 31, 1999
Odette Skandar, a Christian entrepreneur and president of Egypt and Middle East Company, was chosen to be recognized as one of The Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World.
Date of source: Monday, April 5, 1999
In this interview Mohammed Hassan talks about the current state of Islam work worldwide and says that the existence of several Islamic groups is a healthy phenomena. He says the United States will fall down because this is God’s law. He also says that Muslims are responsible for the retardation of...
Date of source: Friday, March 26, 1999
"I read yesterday a commentary by ...the editor-in-chief of Akhbar El-Saa’a on an article published in the French Le Figaro newspaper about oppression of Copts in Egypt. [T]his is a stupid and cheap showpiece. Despite the stupidity and emptiness of this allegation, the question frequently arises:...
Date of source: Saturday, April 3, 1999
Conclusion of Islamic-Christian dialogue organized at the Gregoriana Papal Catholic University. The article discusses the Muslim idea of who will make it to Paradise, the position of non-Muslims in modern Islamic society, and Muslim-Christian relationships.
Date of source: Saturday, March 27, 1999
Islamic-Christian dialogue organized at the Gregoriana Papal Catholic University. Discusses Islamic Sharia (law) as a source of legislation in countries with a Muslim majority, human behavior and the Islamic Ijtihad.
Date of source: Thursday, March 25, 1999 to Wednesday, March 31, 1999
To the more hardline of Britain’s 1.75 million Muslims, this month’s 75th anniversary of the destruction of the Islamic State (Khilafah) by modern Turkey’s secularist founder Mustafa Kamal is a stark reminder of the West’s enduring hostility to Islam.