Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2007
Some people still consider women as a taboo, and should subsequently be avoided. Others believe that a woman working with men constitutes adultery and infidelity. Some Fatwás say that men shaking hands with a woman is Ḥarām, as are music and songs.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Some Copts from the
village of al-Hamām in Assiut accuse a Muslim family, al-
Suwayfī, of stealing their plot of
land. At the same time, they criticize officials from the village’s police station
of delaying procedures
to obtain their land back.