Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 1998
[and Al-Ahrar, August 10, 1998]
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies issues its second ’Report on the Religious Situation in Egypt’.
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 1998
Lawyer Fatma Lasheen files a law suit asking to be appointed as judge. If she wins, the door will be open for women for the first time to sit on the bench.
Date of source: Friday, July 24, 1998
In a meeting with the American ambassador to Egypt, Dr. Nasr Farid Wassel, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, said that there is no religious persecution of Christians by Muslims.
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 1998
Islamic Sharia has nothing against women nominating themselves for public office and voting said the Grand Mufti Nasser Farid Wassel.
Date of source: Saturday, July 18, 1998
Dr. Nasr Farid Wassil, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, said that peace is the origin of the relationship between Muslims and other nations.
Date of source: Saturday, July 11, 1998
Dr. Nasr Farid Wassel, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, caused an uproar when he said that smoking is haram [religiously forbidden.
Date of source: Thursday, July 9, 1998
Three Egyptian Muslim leaders will travel to the US to attend a conference on Islamic unity.
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: Sunday, March 29, 1998
The author is asking why the Islamic leaders of Egypt have not commented on Dr. Sayed El-Qimni’s remarks which they consider in violation with Islam.