Date of source: Wednesday, March 25, 1998
Indian Muslim organization, Jamaat-e-Islami will hold its conference in Kerala on April 18-19 and focus on Muslim unity.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 24, 1998
An agreement is signed between Kosovo Muslims and the Serbian authorities concerning education.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 25, 1998
A review of the role of Muslims in Indian politics.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 1998
Massacre of ethnic Albanians who are Muslim in Kosovo.
Date of source: Monday, March 16, 1998
An interview with a controversial writer who questions traditional interpretations of the Qur’an. Al-Qimni and the author who is a religious person apparently clashed over thoughts, resulting in an article that could result in problems for al-Qimni with Islamist radicals.
Date of source: Friday, March 6, 1998
Egypt’s minister of interior denounced the publication of the extremists statement in el-Destour and said that newspapers should investigate such statements thoroughly before publishing them because they affect the public’s sense of safety. The minister also said he is against a dialogue with...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 1998
Destour published a text of extremists calling for the death of three Coptic businessmen which led to the subsequent closure of the newspaper and a discussion in the Egyptian press on the (limits of the) freedom of the press. In this week’s translation only the text of the statement of the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 5, 1998
Two extremists groups gave out a statement saying they operate now as a unity targeting Americans and Israelis. An Egyptian terrorist expert, however, dismissed the claim as an attempt of the various militant groups to appear united.
Date of source: Friday, March 6, 1998
The article discusses whether or not working with tourists is forbidden in Islam. Some radical sheiks advocate that Muslims do not work in the tourism industry while mainstream Islam rejects such opinions.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 4, 1998
The author Rifa’at Sa’id argues that Islam in his view is humanistic and is not the way Islamists present it. The Prophet Mohammed presented a flexible, logical and human method in dealing with people who have different beliefs or opinions. There are no people with infallible interpretations of the...