Date of source: Thursday, August 20, 1998
The restored church of Saint Abscaron in Samalut is related to an old miracle story.
Date of source: Thursday, August 13, 1998
There is confusion about the identity of the organization responsible for the explosions in the American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar Es Salam.
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 1998
The jailed leaders of Al-Gamaa Al-Islamia issued a call for a unilateral cease-fire.
Date of source: Saturday, August 1, 1998
Marlyn Tadros, a Coptic human rights activist, argues with Frank Wolf over his insistence on interfering in Coptic affairs.
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 1998
Archeological officials debated for three years whether to keep the museum in its current location. It has been decided to leave it where it is and to move some Islamic artifacts to other locations.
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 1998
On June 18 two Shiite clerics were killed in the holy city of Najaf in Iraq. Concerns are expressed that this could have been part of an official attack on the country’s Shiite community.
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 1998
Brigadier-General Hamdi El-Batran will probably lose his job because of a novel he published that was based on his experience in the force.
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: Thursday, July 2, 1998
Amnesty International and the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) have said in reports on the year 1997 there have been two negative developments.
The first was the People’s Assembly’s decision to extend the Emergency Law, in force since 1981, for three more years. The second negative...
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 1998
Economy Minister Yousef Boutros Ghali, a Coptic Christian, met last week in Washington with Republican Congressman Frank Wolf, author of the controversial Freedom From Religious Persecution Bill.