Date of source: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 to Wednesday, May 12, 1999
The infamous Article 291 of the penal code, which exempts a rapist from punishment if he marries his victim, was canceled by the People’s Assembly on 20 April. Lawyers and women’s activists, who’d been pushing for years for amendment to the law, hailed the decision as a partial victory for women’s...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
A member of Kuwait’s People’s Assembly presented an interpellation against the minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs concerning the printing of 120,000 libelous copies of the Qur’an, in addition to printing errors and the presence of blank pages in the printed books.
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Under the existing law, a rapist has the choice of either facing criminal charges or marrying his victim. Article 290 of the Penal Code stipulates that rape is punishable by death, but Article 291 states that if a rapist offers to marry his victim and she agrees, criminal charges are dropped and...
Date of source: Thursday, April 1, 1999 to Wednesday, April 7, 1999
In an exclusive interview, Pope Shenouda III speaks frankly to Al-Ahram Weekly about the national role of the Church, the new draft Personal Status law, and other controversial issues.
Date of source: Thursday, March 18, 1999 to Wednesday, March 31, 1999
Last May [1998], students in an American University in Cairo (AUC) course on Muslim politics complained about Maxime Rodinson’s biography "Muhammad". In less than 24 hours after a columnist decried its teaching as blasphemous, Ministry of Higher Education Minister Mufeed Shehab ordered the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 1999
Dr. Sa’ad Al-Din Ibrahim of the Ibn Khaldoun Center accuses Egyptian authorities of carelessness and considers himself the only one who cares, in the opinion of Rose El-Youssef. Gamal As’ad says: Egypt is not in need for these suspected syllabuses. This article contain excerpts from the many...
Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 1999
It seems that extremist groups have managed to infiltrate again into university using the atmosphere of freedom. They are trying to impose their extreme ideas by stopping all the activities of university students.
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 1999
Marriage among Christians in Egypt has become a time bomb that may blow up anytime to increase the disputes among Christian churches and create a crisis in the Coptic Orthodox Church. More than 44,000 Copts have obtained divorce decrees, but they are unable to get permissions for a second marriage...
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 1999
Ahmed Omar Hashim accused an Egyptian TV serial of doing harm to Muslim scholars.
Date of source: Sunday, February 28, 1999
Yassin Serag Al-Din, head of the opposition in the Egyptian People’s Assembly, proposes the stripping of Egyptian nationality from Egyptians marrying Israelis.