In 1998, Grand Ayatollah Sistani of Iraq, issued a fatwā prohibiting University of Virginia professor Abdulaziz Sachedina from ever again teaching Islam due in part to Sachedina's writings encouraging acceptance of religious pluralism in the Muslim world.

" Mahavira-Le Grand héros des Jaïns " Maisonneuve et Larose, Paris 1998.

Among his credits were Birdman of Alcatraz ( 1962 ), The Manchurian Candidate ( 1962 ), Seven Days in May ( 1964 ), The Train, ( 1964 ), Grand Prix ( 1966 ), Black Sunday ( 1977 ) and Ronin ( 1998 ).

Jean's eldest son, Prince Henri, was appointed " Lieutenant Représentant " ( Hereditary Grand Duke ) on 4 March 1998.

She also won nine Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar year doubles Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Back to back Grand Slams have been achieved on five occasions, by Wales in 1908 and 1909, by England in 1913 and 1914, 1923 and 1924 and 1991 and 1992, and by France in 1997 and 1998.

Olivier Panis driving for the Prost Grand Prix team at the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix

Prost became the president of Prost Grand Prix at the start of 1998.

* Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania ( 1998 )

Other Minardi drivers also came close to scoring points, including Shinji Nakano who finished 7th at the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix.

* In 1998, he was only the second person to be awarded the Grand Cross in Special Design of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the other being Konrad Adenauer.

Kelly led the Swans to the AFL Grand Final in 1996 — its first since 1945 — and was considered one of the best players in the competition during the mid-1990s, but from 1998 onwards was severely hampered by injuries.

Prior to round one of the 1998 season, Carey booted six second half goals in the Ansett Cup Grand Final against St Kilda, earning himself the Michael Tuck Medal, as the best on ground in the pre-season Grand Final, and issuing an ominous warning to the rest of the competition that he was over his injury woes of the previous year.

* 京杭运河史, 姚汉源, 中国水利水电出版社, 北京 1998年 ; A History of the Grand Canal, Yao Hanyuan, Waterpub, Beijing 1998

Davenport started 1998 by reaching the singles semifinals of the Australian Open, which was her second consecutive Grand Slam singles semifinal.

Davenport's next victory on tour was her first Grand Slam singles title at the 1998 US Open, defeating fifth-ranked Venus Williams in the semifinals and top-ranked Hingis in the final.

In 1998, Davenport reached all four Grand Slam doubles finals with Zvereva, losing to teams that included Hingis all four times.

At the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Davenport and Zvereva beat Hingis and Jana Novotná, to whom they had lost in three of the four 1998 Grand Slam doubles finals.

Since 1990, he has been voiced by Jim Cummings ( who is also the voice of Pooh ), with the exception of Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin ( 1997 ), A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving ( 1998 ), and Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine For You ( 1999 ), in which Winchell reprised the role of Tigger.

In 1998, after Rafter defeated Sampras in the Cincinnati Masters final, Sampras, at the time winner of 11 Grand Slams, when asked about the difference between himself and Rafter, famously stated " Ten grand slams ", that a controversial line-call cost him the match, and that a player had to come back and win another Grand Slam title in order to be considered great.

He has been described as " closely linked to al-Qaeda " — having released prepared statements from Osama bin Laden after the 1998 United States embassy bombings — but also as the " Tottenham Ayatollah ", " little more than a loudmouth ," and " a figure of fun.

Hojjatieh ( in Persian: انجمن حجتیه ) — also called Hojjatieh Society — is a semi-clandestine traditionalist Shia organization founded in Iran in 1953 ( in Tehran ) by Shaikh Mahmoud Halabi ( a Tehrani mullah from Mashhad ; 1900 – 1998 ) with permission of Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi.

Osama bin Laden issued two fatwās — in 1996 and then again in 1998 — that Muslims should kill civilians and military personnel from the United States and allied countries until they withdraw support for Israel and withdraw military forces from Islamic countries.

On September 10, 1998, the U. S. Post Office issued a 32-cents stamp as part of its Celebrate the Century series recalling various important events in the 20th century.

German 10 DM commemorative coin issued by the Federal Republic of Germany ( 1998 ) designed by Carl Vezerfi-Clemm on the 900th anniversary of Hildegard of Bingen's birth

On January 30, 1998, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration ( NTIA ), an agency of the U. S. Department of Commerce, issued for comment, " A Proposal to Improve the Technical Management of Internet Names and Addresses.

In 1998, an ad hoc CCAR committee on Human Sexuality issued its majority report ( 11 to 1, 1 abstention ) which stated that the holiness within a Jewish marriage " may be present in committed same gender relationships between two Jews and that these relationships can serve as the foundation of stable Jewish families, thus adding strength to the Jewish community.

Also in 1998, the Responsa Committee of the CCAR issued a lengthy teshuvah ( rabbinical opinion ) that offered detailed argumentation in support of both sides of the question whether a rabbi may officiate at a commitment ceremony for a same-sex couple.

In 1998, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) issued a first report on the consequences of the tax havens ' financial systems.

On April 23, 1998, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Marshall Islands issued an official Circular Note, denouncing representatives of both " EnenKio " and " Melchizedek " for making fraudulent representations.

In 1998, the American Psychiatric Association issued a statement opposing any treatment which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality is a mental disorder or that a person should change their orientation, but did not have a formal position on other treatments that attempt to change a person's sexual orientation.

The patent was issued in 1998 and is now owned by Open Invention Network ( OIN ).

The final report of the South African Truth and Reconciliation commission, issued in 1998, found " Ms Winnie Madikizela Mandela politically and morally accountable for the gross violations of human rights committed by the MUFC.

Global issue of high-yield bonds more than doubled in 2003 to nearly $ 146 billion in securities issued from less than $ 63 billion in 2002, although this is still less than the record of $ 150 billion in 1998.

The following year, however, on July 21, 1998, the Ministry of Public Security issued Document No. 555, " Notice of the Investigation of Falun Gong ".

Originally scheduled to be premiered at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival with Janet Leigh, Walter Murch and Rick Schmidlin attending, the screening was canceled in the eleventh-hour after threats of litigation from Welles ' daughter, Beatrice Welles, who has in the past issued similar threats against some parties who try to show or alter her father's work ( such as the Touch of Evil restoration or the completion of Welles ' last film The Other Side of the Wind ).

In March 1998, during the negotiations for the Good Friday Agreement, the LVF issued a statement expressing support for the stance of the anti-agreement Democratic Unionist Party, saying the party's leader, Ian Paisley, had got it " absolutely right ".

On October 19, 1998, participants at IFOAM's 12th Scientific Conference issued the Mar del Plata Declaration, where more than 600 delegates from over 60 countries voted unanimously to exclude the use of genetically modified organisms in food production and agriculture.

A CD and a VHS video of the concert were issued in 1994, followed by a DVD in 1998.

Three years later she issued the Christmas album Etta James Christmas in 1998.

In 1998 the record company CPO issued his entire output on CD, in performances by the Austrian ensemble Klangforum Wien.

Produced by Pip Williams, Sonic Origami, originally issued in Japan in 1998, then, a year later, in the U. S., had " a grand, epic tone throughout " that, according to rock critic Steve Huey, " doesn't always match Uriah Heep's journeyman-sounding prog-tinged hard rock ," still being " a solid entry in its chosen genre.

The band issued the self-titled Eve 6 in 1998, attaining platinum success with hit singles “ Inside Out ” and “ Leech ,” the former capturing the # 1 spot on the Modern Rock charts and crossing over successfully to Top 40 radio.

Similarly, Guyana issued a set of 32 stamps showing team pictures of all the participants in the 1998 World Cup – after the tournament eight of these were reissued with an overprint announcing France's win.

On January 28, 1998, Hawaii issued its first ever " condition black " legally closing all North Shore beaches including Waimea bay.

After a review of the United Kingdom coinage, it was decided that a general-circulation £ 2 coin was needed, and a new bi-metallic design was issued on 15 June 1998 ( dated 1997 ).