Date of source: Saturday, May 8, 1999
And the same subject (& article) in the English-speaking press.
Date of source: Thursday, May 6, 1999
The recent "National Role of the Egyptian Church throughout the Ages" symposium was exemplary as a useful. Sabah Al-Kheir followed on the event and attended the researches, studies and discussions presented.
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 1999
The Minister of the Interior Habib Al-’Adly emphasizes that Egypt is secure and everything is under control, denies that there is any religious persecution in Egypt, or that there is any compromise between the security forces and terrorist groups, and talks about the release of repentant ex-...
Date of source: Thursday, May 6, 1999 to Wednesday, May 12, 1999
A Cairo court sentenced two Islamic militants to life in prison on charges of trying to kill former ministers and belonging to an illegal Islamic group.
Date of source: Friday, May 7, 1999
The article claims that the educational curricula being developed at the Ibn Khaldoun Centre is part of a Zionist plot to destroy faith and Islam. It attacks Ahmed Mansour, an academic who was sacked from his job at Al-Azhar University for claiming that the prophets, including the prophet Mohammed...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 1999
The author states that the Ibn Khaldoun Center which is a centre for [social] development has recently arrogated to itself more powers to the point of intervening to change the curriculum for the religious subjects taught in the primary and preparatory schools. He also talks about Dr Ahmed Sobhi...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 4, 1999
More protest against the curricula development project at the Ibn Khaldoun Centre. The anonymous author lists that he regards as the three focal points of the Center’s policies.
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 1999
The Management Judgment Court canceled the order issued by the governor of Cairo to dissolve Al-Azhar Scholars’ Front and ordered the forming of a temporary board for a year.
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
It is certain that there will be fewer marriage proposals made by rapists to their victims, now that the People’s Assembly has approved the annulment of clause 291 of the Penal Code, which waives aside criminal charges against a rapist if he offers to marry his victim. The removal of the clause is...
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 1999
The secretary of the Jewish community in Cairo said that there are only 198 Jews are in Cairo, only six of which are men. The Jewish community is slowly disappearing, especially as they don’t have a Rabbi who leads their religious services.