Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 1998
Sheik Mohammed Tantawi nominated Sheikh Fawzi El-Zefzaf, deputy chairman of the Azhar, to be the new head of the Front of Azhar scholars after Cairo governor Abdel-Rehim Shehata ordered the dissolution of the 15-man board of directors of the Front.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 22, 1998
In an unprecedented act, security forces sealed a church in Maadi that has been build and operating for four years without a permit.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
[also in Al-Osbua, July 6, 1998] The governor of Cairo, Abdel-Rahim Shehata, issued a decree dissolving the Azhar Ulama Front according to directions from a higher religious authority.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 30, 1998
The disagreement between Dr. Mohammed Said Tantawi and the opponents to the new reforms of the Azhar university escalates.
Date of source: Friday, June 26, 1998
America on Line announces that it has canceled a site on the Internet that contained forged Qu’ranic verses.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Howeidy presents the arguments against the law in the a less rhetorical but stronger and more systematic way than the theologians.
Date of source: Friday, May 8, 1998
The declaration of the Sheik Al-Azhar that Bait Al-Ta’a, The institution of forcing the wife who has left the house of her husband to return to it, does not exist in Islamic theology, angered a lot of Muslim scholars.
Date of source: Monday, May 11, 1998
Dr. Yehia Ismail attacks Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi for defending Dr. Hassan Hanafi. In a comment on this article Dr. van Nispen argues that this attack of Dr. Ismail is unfair because he takes quotes of Hanafi out of context.
Date of source: Friday, May 1, 1998
A review of the role of the Shari’a judge in courts with a short history up to the present, including the referral of death verdicts to the Mufti.
Date of source: Thursday, April 9, 1998
Greeting form the Copts to the Muslims on the occasion of the eid-el-adha.