Date of source: Friday, October 16, 1998
In light of the recent re-instating of the Khomeini Fatwa against Salman Rushdie by Iran’s radical groups, Rushdie is to meet with British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook to discuss his security.
Date of source: Friday, October 16, 1998
Robin Cook says Western civilization is in debt to Islam and its civilization, and it is our plan to create a new framework to strengthen our relationship with Islam as a friend because it is the religion of forgiveness and love.
Date of source: Saturday, October 17, 1998
In a speech made in London last week, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook called for a dialogue between the West and the Islamic World and for establishing channels for more cultural exchanges between the two sides.
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 1998
Last Thursday Abdallah Abdel-Rahman, son of sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, was arrested and detained for 48 hours.
Date of source: Monday, October 19, 1998
Reconciliation has started between the Sheikh of the Azhar Mohammad Sayyed Tantawi and members of the Azhar’s Islamic Scholars’ Front.
Date of source: Monday, October 19, 1998
The Scholars of the Azhar have decided to establish a new front to confront the current situation of the Azhar.
Date of source: Monday, October 19, 1998
The use of Fatwas (religious decrees) has been exploited to the full: the murder of President Sadat generated a Fatwa, the attack on the Population Conference in 1994 resulted in another Fatwa, the lootings of gold shops was followed by a Fatwa and the list is long.
Date of source: Monday, October 19, 1998
The inheritors, considering acting to be a sin, have burned all of Hussein Sedki’s films. The issue is whether acting is forbidden or not. Sedki was a veteran Egyptian actor.
Date of source: Monday, October 12, 1998
The celebrations of ’Bethlehem 2,000’, which will be held this coming Easter marking 2,000 years since the Birth of Christ, have been opposed by the Israelis who said the attendance of Christian pilgrims at the celebrations in Bethlehem would be ’a security threat’.
Date of source: Saturday, October 10, 1998
The church in Stockholm organized a photo exhibition with inappropriate pictures of Jesus Christ. Swedish security guards are protecting the exhibition, which has inappropriate pictures of Jesus Christ in the form of a gay [person].