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Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 1999 to Wednesday, June 23, 1999
The campaign for the new National Assembly elections in Kuwait got off to a dramatic start. The government ordered a crackdown on unlicensed Islamic charities which it accused of funneling funds collected for Kosovo refugees into electioneering. It then turned on the tribal groups who were...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 1999
A Kuwaiti Islamist leader called on the state to close unlicensed churches, which he said were harming Kuwait, instead of cracking down on Muslim charities, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Kuwait’s historic decision to grant full political rights to women added spice to the Gulf state’s election campaign, sparking comments that ranged from enthusiastic support to outright rejection. Opponents include Kuwaiti Islamists and even some women.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The decree giving women the vote and allowing them to stand as candidates in parliamentary and municipal elections in 2003 was issued by Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah last week and has sparked off fierce debate in the tiny Gulf state. The Islamist movements are up in arms over the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The Emir of Kuwait has issued a decree enfranchising women to vote and stand for public office in 2003. Opposition to the decree was immediate from the groups in opposition to the government, some of it on religious grounds.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Egyptian prosecutors have remanded in custody for 15 days several suspected members of the militant group jihad, some of whom had been deported from another state, an official daily said on April 15.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
A member of Kuwait’s People’s Assembly presented an interpellation against the minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs concerning the printing of 120,000 libelous copies of the Qur’an, in addition to printing errors and the presence of blank pages in the printed books.
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999 to Wednesday, April 21, 1999
Less than one week after her eviction from Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced on April 9, that it was lifting the travel ban it had imposed on Lebanese singer Najwa Karam.
Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 1999
The Lebanese singer Najwa Karam has received numerous threats and insults. In Jordan, a number of religious scholars called for the shedding of Najwa’s blood through explicit Fatawi (religious decrees).
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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.