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10. Sadat’s life but not his death
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 1998
Authorities have banned the production of a film on the assassination of President Anwar El-Sadat by Islamist militants in 1981.
9. Rodinson’s book should not have been banned
Date of source: Wednesday, June 3, 1998
Dr. Christian van Nispen criticized the ban of the Minister of Education to teach the book of Maxime Rodinson’s book Muhammad at the American University in Cairo after Salah Montassir criticized it in Al-Ahram of May 13, 1998. Salah Montassir believed the book constituted an attack on Islam but van...
11. America and religious persecution
Date of source: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
[Comment: In 1998 the RNSAW accepted requests from readers to remain anonymous. From the summer of 1998 this policy was changed.] In a previous article in Al Ahram Mohammed Al-Samak mentioned a number of names of people he believes are behind the Freedom of Religious Persecution Act. A reader...
11. Church report denies persecution of Copts
Date of source: Friday, April 3, 1998
The weekly gives an overview of reactions in the Egyptian press on the report of the New York Council of Churches.
17. The Pope prevents a priest form communion and banns prayers for him
Date of source: Monday, March 23, 1998
The Pope prevents a priest form communion before he dies and banns prayers for him, because of his opposition to the church leadership.
3. Toning Down ’the Yellow Press’
Date of source: Thursday, March 12, 1998
Following a meeting with President Hosni Mubarak, who criticized sensational elements in the Egyptian press, the Supreme Press Council started to regulate the press market.

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