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Date of source: Friday, April 2, 2004
A German [Southern] state of Baden-Wuerttemberg yesterday endorsed a law banning teachers from wearing the veil in public schools, but the same law allows Christian and Jewish symbols. This [law] foretells an outbreak of debate similar to that witnessed in France. The governments of six states want...
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
The Committee for Children’s Rights of the United Nations asked France yesterday to edit the law of banning religious symbols so that it does not lead to the expulsion of students from schools. The Committee stated that “the state should guarantee that the rights of individuals are not violated and...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Shabina Begoum, A 15-year old Bengali Muslim student living in Britain, said that the school prevented her from wearing a jelbab that covers her entire body except her hands and face. She said that her education has been affected and her human rights violated as a result of this decision. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
For four concessive weeks, the issue of prohibiting wearing the hijab in French schools
occupied the Arabic press. Tens of articles have been published as to elucidate Chirac’s decision
from different aspects. On the one hand, few writers believe such decision is a French domestic
subject that...
Date of source: Monday, January 12, 2004
Due to the fact that he is close to decision-making
circles, or to be more correct at their center, he knows all the facts. He is a good reader of
various issues, with all their reflections and the input on current situations. Here lies the
importance of this interview with Dr. Usama Al-Baz, the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2004
The
article reports about the response of Tareq Ramadan, a Swiss Islamic intellectual and the
grandson of Hassan Al-Banna [the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt] to the decision of
someone of the municipality of district No. 12 in Paris for canceling the lease of a hall where
Ramadan...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2004
Mamdouh Ismail criticizes the opinions of Prince Al-Walid Ibn Talal [the owner
of the music satellite channel Rotana] on the issue of the veil in France and of martyrdom
operations. The prince voiced his opinion in an interview with the French paper Le Figaro.
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The Grand Imam of Al Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi
confirmed that the veil is an Islamic obligation and whoever denies it is considered an apostate.
During the meeting of the head authority of the International Islamic Council for Da’wa and
Relief, he said that dealing with the French veil ban...
Date of source: Sunday, February 22, 2004
Today, a
harsh delusory media campaign would be mounted against France due to the law banning the donning
of explicit religious symbols. We might as well take France’s ’lead and put our house in order
by going after the countless issues we tend to shelf or place ’on hold’, leaving them...
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
A British court upheld the right of a Muslim girl student to wear her hijāb [headscarf] inside her school in a case that sparked a public uproar reminiscent of the one in France about the hijāb in government schools.
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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.