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11. Allowing the hijab at universities divides Turkey and the secularists resort to the Constitutional Court
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
The Turkish Parliament approved a draft law that allows women to wear the hijāb at Turkish universities. While advocates of the law consider it a step forward, opponents believe that it is a threat to the secular nature of the Turkish republic.
70. Constitutional amendments or embedment of the current emergency law
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
While some consider the proposed anti-terrorism law a violation of an individual’s freedom and privacy, others consider this proposed constitutional text to be a means of avoiding terrorist attacks in Egypt. Arguments about citizenship and article two are still the main subjects of all debates...
9. Union of Muslim apostates
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
Islamic thinkers express their views about establishing a union for Muslim apostates.
22. The Minister of Information: Phone call from top official behind definitive ban of television series Bint min Shubra [A girl from Shubra]
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2004
Minister of Information Dr. Mamdouh al-Biltājī asserted that the television series Bint min Shubrā will not be broadcast on Egyptian Television.
2. Al-Arabi newspaper urges president to crack down on armed gangsters within the regime, Wide-scale anger in Egypt over intimidation of political opponents, Intellectuals: Thuggery is latest brainchild of the so-called ?new way of thinking?
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Shock shrouded political circles in Egypt after Abd al-Halim Qandil, the Executive Editor-in-Chief of al-Arabi newspaper, the mouthpiece of the opposition Nasserite Party, was kidnapped, beaten and left stark naked on the Cairo-Suez desert highway on the dawn of November 2, 2004. Hundreds of public...
2. Visit of the US Commission for International Religious Freedom creates a debate in Egypt
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The report released by the US Commission for International Religious Freedom is considered by the Egyptian press to be one of the most critical reports by an American organization because it represents serious interference in Egyptian domestic affairs, especially in terms of education. Journalists...
2. Angry reactions to the visit of the US Commission on Religious Freedom to Egypt
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The visit of the US Commission on Religious Freedom to Egypt received the attention of almost all Egyptian press outlets. Many articles highlighted the difference between Egyptian and American approaches to the subject of religious freedom. Most of the authors who wrote on this subject reject the...
2. Pressreview: Reactions to the visit of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom to Egypt
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 2004
Press review based on Al- Usbūʿ, Al-Aḥrār, Al-Maydān, Al-Wafd and Ṣawt al-Azhar. The visit of the delegation of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom to Egypt has caused much controversy within Egyptian political and religious circles, with many considering it an unwanted...
3. Islam guarantees the freedom of belief in [any] religions
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
Religious freedom is a modern term that has occupied the minds of many scholars and intellectuals. What does religious freedom mean to the moderates, how do some try to deny that freedom, and could religion be forced onto someone? Dr. Youssef al-Qaradawi will answer these questions.
3. Al-Azhar bans a novel by Nawal al-Sa’adawi
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Signs of a new crisis have jumped to the front of the cultural arena in Egypt and have revived the scenario of confrontation between the Azhar institutions and liberal intellectuals. The most bizarre incident is the banning of Nawal Al-Sa'adawi's "Soqout Al-Imam" [The Fall of the Imam] that was...

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