Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 1999 to Friday, April 30, 1999
History is a witness of the hostile relations between the West and the Coptic Church.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
Prominent men of religion and outstanding writers and thinkers denounced all sorts of racism, intolerance and disparities among Muslims and non-Muslims.
Date of source: Friday, April 16, 1999
An overview of Jews living in Egypt
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999
MENA claims that the BBC wrongly claimed that the arrested 3 journalists in Khartoum were working for MENA.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the sheikh of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious institution urged Kosovars on April 18, to stand up and fight in defense of their homeland.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
This trial is the biggest trial of suspected Islamic militants since those that followed the assassination of the late President Anwar Al-Sadat.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Of the 107 defendants tried at the Hike Step military camp, 78 were given prison sentences, 11 of whom were condemned for life. Twenty were acquitted. The remaining 9 were sentenced to death in absentia.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 27, 1999
Egypt’s mufti Nasr Farid Wasel is a staunch critic of the theories proposed to update the principles of the old schools of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). He is particularly opposed to the leaders of this campaign, Professor Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi and writer Gamal Al-Banna.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999
For the author professor Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, Dean of the School of Theology at Al-Azhar, was influenced by the daring writings of Gamal Al-Banna when he initiated his theory of updating the principles of fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence).
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
The Cairo Court for Urgent Cases will hold a hearing on May 4 on the lawsuit filed against Dr. Abd Al-Sabbour Shahin to stop the publication of his book "My Father Adam. Al-Azhar authorities called for the banning of a book by a Saudi author.