Date of source: Wednesday, October 6, 1999
The RNSAW has made excerpts of the annual report on International Religious Freedom for 1999 with a focus on religious freedom in the Arab World; Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab...
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 1999 to Wednesday, August 18, 1999
[taken from Al-Hayat of August 4, 1999]
Until recently, the official word was that Morocco was immune to Islamic fundamentalism, a phenomena which is prevalent in other North African countries. A statement made by the late Moroccan king asserting that women and cultured people comprise a bulwark...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The Emir of Kuwait has issued a decree enfranchising women to vote and stand for public office in 2003. Opposition to the decree was immediate from the groups in opposition to the government, some of it on religious grounds.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 30, 1998
Did the Islamist project fail or does it continue to form a government in waiting? Interview with the Tunisian sheikh Rashed Al-Ghenoushi (57) who lives in exile in London.
Date of source: Friday, December 11, 1998
In a blatant intervention in Egypt’s affairs, the US asked the Egyptian government to close the file of charges against the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights.