Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 1999
King Hassan II of Morocco died Friday [July 3, 1999] after a brief hospitalization following respiratory problems, palace officials announced. His eldest son, Sidi Mohammad, will succeed him on the throne.
Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 1999 to Wednesday, July 21, 1999
’When I ascended the throne, people said I would not last more than six months’ King Hassan of Morocco, who marked his 70th birthday with official ceremonies on July 10, has survived military coups, leftist plots and opposition from Islamic activists during more than 38 years on the throne of one...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
A dozen Moroccan and Algerian Muslim fundamentalist prisoners called on May 27 on the Socialist-led government of Morocco for an amnesty. Among them are three members of Algeria’s banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), spending up to 14 years in jail for their involvement in arms trafficking to...
Date of source: Saturday, April 3, 1999
Conclusion of Islamic-Christian dialogue organized at the Gregoriana Papal Catholic University. The article discusses the Muslim idea of who will make it to Paradise, the position of non-Muslims in modern Islamic society, and Muslim-Christian relationships.
Date of source: Thursday, February 25, 1999 to Wednesday, March 3, 1999
Article on the Sufi artist Yassin Al-Tohami which gives some background on Sufism in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 20, 1999
The state honored the Coptic writer, Counselor Edward Ghali El-Zahabi, former Chief of the Court of State (hai’it Qadaya el-Dawla), an authority on the study of the rights of non-Muslims in an Islamic society, and a former member of the People’s Assembly, on the occasion of the Holy Mulid of the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 6, 1998
Sources in Pakistan revealed the arrest of 40 of Osama Bin Laden’s helpers in a world-wide detention campaign in which Egypt participated. The sources affirmed that 32 were arrested last month, six of them were arrested in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 1998
Egypt, having suffered from the scourge of terrorism since 1992, has repeatedly calls for a concerted international effort to fight the worldwide phenomenon.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
Representatives of the Islamic world recommended that the efforts exerted to establish an international court for the executors of terrorist operations and genocide should be supported.
Date of source: Monday, June 8, 1998
On the 17th of July Al-Azhar will receive a delegation from the Vatican, in the first meeting between the two sides after the signing of the dialogue document between them last week.