Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
A few Copts, no more than twenty persons, claim Copts in Egypt are persecuted. Copts in Egypt refute this.
Date of source: Monday, August 31, 1998
A new advanced computer program offers the possibility of getting a picture of a certain person through inserting information on the person’s features.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
The British Authority of Advertising Standards warned no religious symbols for the promotion of products should be used after Muslim organizations had complained about this.
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: Monday, July 27, 1998
An extensive feature on the market for religious audio tapes.
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 1998
Top on the agenda of problems that have to be solved in the Islamic world is the problem of illiteracy which reached 45% and terrorism which results in some countries in a wrong understanding of Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 1998
President Hosni Mobarak delivered a speech in the opening of The Tenth Conference of the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs including the situation regarding the peace process, and the Islamic nation’s obligation towards the holy sites in Jerusalem and the Muslim minorities throughout the world.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 8, 1998
A high profile Muslim response to an offensive Internet web site succeeded in having the site removed from one server, only to see it reappear on the web.
Date of source: Friday, June 26, 1998
America on Line announces that it has canceled a site on the Internet that contained forged Qu’ranic verses.
Date of source: Monday, June 22, 1998
Qu’ranic verses are forged on the Internet. The site called suralikeit contains Arabic words written in the style and rhythm of the Qur’an to form sentences opposed to it in meaning.