Date of source: Thursday, February 4, 1999 to Wednesday, February 17, 1999
An overview of the position of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 1999
Sidhom presents a message related to Egyptian citizens in the two villages of Ibrahim Pasha. The police forces closed their church in 1991 in which the residents used to pray. Efforts to reopen the church failed.
Date of source: Thursday, October 1, 1998
A district police chief investigates a double murder in an Upper Egyptian village. Fear for Christian-Muslim violence led to the arrest of lots of Christians.
Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 1998
The article discusses the Al-Misyar marriage, a form of marriage that is applied during travel, which has become a phenomenon not only in the Arabian Gulf countries, but in other Arab countries as well.
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: Wednesday, May 13, 1998
Hulsman argues that there are social problems in Egypt but not persecution and that if the proposals for a law promoting religious freedom worldwide becomes law they could lead to polarization between Muslims and Christians in Egyptian society. He gives examples of stories which have been...