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Date of source: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, if the number of Europeans converting to Islam continues to increase, Europe will be an Islamic continent soon. The paper claims that international intelligence agencies reported on the spread of Islam in Europe, stressing their plan to prevent its spread,...
Date of source: Thursday, November 20, 2003
The article is a response to an article by Abdu Mubashir published in Al-Ahram on November 2, 2003. In his article Mubashir attacked the veil under the pretext that it triggers the West and causes hostility against Islam and Muslims. The article mentions the opinions of a number of Muslim scholars...
Date of source: Sunday, November 16, 2003
The article discusses the issue of the Islamic veil in the Western world and how it turned into focus that draws hostility towards Islamic life styles. The author believes that the Western rejection of the veil can be regarded as a part of the trend that rejects foreigners in Europe which is well...
Date of source: Friday, November 7, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Ali Goma’a, the Mufti of Egypt. He commented on many gender-related issues: female genital mutilation, marriage, freedom of women and gender rights. He also gave an idea about his personal life. In addition, he explained the controversial fatwa that allows women...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Scholars of the Azhar expressed their strong rejection to the establishment of a [belly] dance school in Egypt, stressing that the foundation of such a school is contradicting with the Islamic Sharia and the Egyptian constitution which states that Islam is the official religion of the state and...
Date of source: Sunday, September 7, 2003
Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi met with a large number of people in a seminar held in the Ahli Club. The author discusses the fatwas he gave concerning the hijab, niqab, singing, and bank interest.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 19, 2003
The writer rejects the concept of hating any person because of his or her religion or moral. If God promises unbelievers and sinners of torture in the afterlife, it does not mean that Muslims should hate them in this lifetime. He adds that extremists embrace such a dangerous attitude. They hate...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 19, 2003
The author gives examples of what he believes is external religiosity. He expresses the opinion that external religiosity is one of the consequences of “the crisis of identity” Egyptians are going through.
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 2003 to Friday, August 1, 2003
The author creates an imaginary scene where he and a prominent Pharaonic figure, called Ani, decided to visit a convent. There, Ani saw that nuns wear veils. On the tongue of Ani, the author argues against the veil and concludes his article with the call: “take off the veil covering our minds.”
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2006
A seventeen-year old Muslim girl has been prevented, according to a court verdict from the highest legal authority in Britain, from wearing hijāb [headscarf] at her school, the author writes.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.