Date of source: Saturday, November 4, 2006 to Friday, November 10, 2006
‘Abd Allāh Kamāl
defends the policy and aims of Rose al-Yūsuf, which has been strongly attacked after issuing a number
of articles against dā‘iyah [Islamic preacher] ‘Amr Khālid and some Islamic
concepts, such as Ḥijāb and Niqāb.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
The Muslim Community and the Muslim Lebanese Union replaced Shaykh al-Hilālī, an Egyptian, with Shaykh Sāfī, Lebanese, to undertake the responsibilities of mūftī. As a result, demonstrations were held to protest the decision.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
This article says the Australian Muftī was wrong to compare unveiled women to uncovered meat, and that only perverts regard women as sexual objects.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Arguments about the Ḥijāb and the Niqāb have not ceased, neither in the Islamic world
nor in the West.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Shaykh Yūsuf al-
Badrī filed a lawsuit against Dr Su‘ād Sālih, accusing her of insulting the wives
of the Prophet Muhammad, after she announced her rejection of the Niqāb.
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2006
This
article suggests that clinging to Islām is the solution to all our problems and that the U.S. and Israel are
fighting Islamic movements under the cloak of their war on terrorism.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
Declarations from the chairman of the European Commission about Islām and Muslims’ way of dressing.
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2006
Dr Su‘ād Sālih discusses issues that are related to women in the Islamic sharī‘ah, such as the Ḥijāb, female Muftīīs and the right of women to work in Islām.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
The speech of Australia’s Muftī, Shaykh Tāj al-Dīn al- Hilālī, during the holy month of Ramaḍān in which he described women who do not wear the veil as ’uncovered meat’ that attracts sexual predators caused heated controversy around Australia yesterday.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
The widespread phenomenon of the Niqāb in Egyptian society has provoked strong reaction from many thinkers and writers, as well as from well-known European politicians, including Jack Straw, the leader of the House of Commons, who said in a recent statement that wearing the "full veil" [...