Arabic News Daily Page for 7/4/1997
Daily Edition - Friday, July 4, 1997
- Offenders of Islam should be killed, Egyptian Grand Imam says
A top Egyptian Muslim cleric Grand Imam of Al-Azahar Mosque Dr. Sayed Tantawy said today that the person who drew posters placed in the West Bank city of Hebron depicting the prophet Mohamed as a pig stamping on the Koran must be killed. Egypt, Politics, 7/4/1997 - Algerian rebel leader's surrender, a myth
Algerian newspapers dismissed as untrue the reported surrender of a leader of the Armed Islamic Group. Algeria, Politics, 7/4/1997 - Syria-Iraq bus link
Iraq will start a bus line to Damascus for travelers next week, following the resumption of overland trade links, the official newspaper Al Thawrah said on July 2. Iraq-Syria, Politics, 7/4/1997 - Israel halts Golan oil exploration
Israel has withdrawn permission for the state-owned oil company to carry out oil exploration on the Golan Heights, captured from Syria in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, officials said on July 2. Israel, Politics, 7/4/1997 - Iraqi delegation to visit Lebanon
A delegation of Iraqi businessmen will visit Lebanon, which severed diplomatic ties with Iraq in 1994, in August. Iraq-Lebanon, Economics, 7/4/1997 - Panel rejects ban on primaries
Parliament's interior and defense committee on June 28 rejected a draft law calling to disband all forms of primary elections, the head of the committee said. Lebanon, Politics, 7/4/1997