Date of source: Saturday, December 6, 2003 to Friday, December 12, 2003
The article is a letter to Rose Al-Youssef by a retired pilot. He comments on a program aired by Iqraa TV channel. The program interviewed a sheikh commenting on the issue of hijab. The sheikh stated that a woman told him once that she does not like to wear hijab. He answered her she does not need...
Date of source: Friday, August 29, 2003
The Azhar University is now examining the strategy of the channel it will establish in cooperation with the Supreme Council of Universities.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 19, 2003
The author gives examples of wrong fatwas given via Arab satellite channels. He also criticizes religious mistakes committed in the programs broadcasting such fatwas.
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2005
Islam has come under fire in some international media circles. Qur’ānic verses are sometimes taken out of context in an attempt to distort the meanings of the Holy Book. The author discusses the media’s interaction with Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, August 13, 2005 to Friday, August 19, 2005
Al-Nās [people] television channel will begin broadcasting from Egypt funded by the Saudi Arabian al-Barāhīn Gulf Company, and featuring Egyptian hijāb-wearing television presenters.
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2005
There are more than 32 Christian satellite channels in the world directed at Egypt and the Middle East. The number of Islamic channels is continuously increasing. It is as if they are in satellite competition.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Some satellite channels still don’t see the difference between screening entertainment and religious shows. The Arab viewer who longed for religious reform is subjected to a new wave of religious extremism. He lived for decades as victim of religious fundamentalist rhetoric not able to adapt to the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 2004
In a serious attempt to bridge the gap between Muslims and non-Muslims in the United States and to show the true nature of Islam, which has been severely attacked in the aftermath of September 11 attacks, news agencies announced launching the first English speaking Islamic channel transmission...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 2004
It is a television program called Muwagahat [confrontations] on Iqra’ satellite channel presented by Mr. Muhammad Barakat. In all episodes I watched, the host interviewed retired veiled actresses and looked up to them as if they were promised heaven.
- See art. 24: status of women in Islam.
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
A female Muslim dā‘īya has said in an interview that women should not wear make-up or perfume except inside their homes with their husbands.