Date of source: Friday, August 7, 1998
A official source in the Interior Ministry denied the existence of information about any threats from the militant group Al-Jihad to launch attacks against American targets.
Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 1998
A discussion on the number of Copts in different functions.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 12, 1998
The staff of the Azhar University files a law suit against the annulment of the Azhar Scholars Front.
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: Thursday, August 6, 1998
The jailed leaders of Al-Gamaa Al-Islamia issued a call for a unilateral cease-fire.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 12, 1998
Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the Sheik of the Azhar Mosque, launched a violent attack on the press and some Arab satellite channels accusing them of wanting the project of developing the education at the Azhar to fail.
Date of source: Monday, August 10, 1998
Hazem Al-Kilani, a young member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria, submitted his resignation from the Brotherhood, along with an extensive critique of the organization.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 4, 1998
A controversy over the release of movies and video films dramatizing events in the lives of Christian saints.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 4, 1998
The Azhar’s web site is full of spelling mistakes in the Qur’anic verses.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 5, 1998
Three men were killed and a woman injured in a shooting in Dairout.