Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Wednesday, August 18, 1999
In the first militant attack since November 1998, a suspected Gamaa Islamiyya gunman ambushed a police vehicle ear in Dashlut village in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 7, 2012
When hardline Sheikh Abdel Sabur Sahin was fighting a fierce battle to declare professor Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid a renegade and separate him from his wife, judge Gabr Ibrahim Gabr of Cairo Court was fighting a similar battle by banning Youssef Chahine’s controversial film "The Immigrant". Shahin and...
Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Ibrahim Karim claimed on TV that he can diagnose any disease by use of geometrical shapes and the medicine will be pieces of gold, silver and bronze which are sold at one of the jewelers in the City Center. He also claimed his method of treatment is supported by the Azhar. The Azhar is now...
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2012
The great Imam of Al-Azhar says he is against all the methods of carelessness and ignorance in these schools.
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
The scholars of Al-Azhar harshly criticized Gamal Al-Banna for his opinions about the Hadiths and the necessity to establish new jurisprudence.
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
Together with hundreds of patients, Abdel Hamid Al-Missawi, popular as Sheikh Abdel Hamid, believes that he can cure a variety of illness, psychic problems and also drive out evil spirits that may haunt people.
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
Youssef Badawi whipped the young woman across her shoulders in another effort to drive away the evil genies that he said possessed his patient.
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Wednesday, August 18, 1999
A false prophet has been arrested for claiming God had sent him to Egypt to prevent Muslims from watching television, the Ministry of Interior announced on 27 July.
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Wednesday, August 11, 1999
Declaring oneself a prophet is not allowed in a Muslim country. Ali Said Mohammed was detained. Muhammad was the second "false prophet" arrested in Egypt in less than one year.
In April 1998, Egyptian authorities detained Bahaa Eddin Ahmed and 29 suspected members his cult.
Date of source: Thursday, August 12, 1999
[Compilation from wires from various agencies]
Muslims shuttered themselves indoors on the orders of clerics and others flocked to mosques Wednesday as earthquakes and an unseasonable hailstorm intensified eclipse unease in the Middle East.