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Date of source: Thursday, March 24, 2005
A Saudi surprise
Everybody knows about the strict
law in Saudi Arabia banning women from driving their own cars (no one knows why!). What really came as a surprise was a news
item reported by many agencies about a Saudi girl, Marwa Mahmoud, who won a women’s car race held in Dubai.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 1, 2005 to Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Eleven organizations for human
rights reported to the Attorney General the death of a lady named Nafīsa, in one of the Buhayra villages, following the
abuse of a police officer called, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Hamīd ‘Ammār. The story triggered outcries from the people of
Buhayra to all people of the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2005
The Islamic state? A contradiction in terms. Jihad? Far too much emphasis these days on military action. A requirement that women wear a veil? A quaint leftover from pre-Muslim times that is not mandated by Islam.
These and other observations by Gamal Banna, an 84-year-old Egyptian author, have...
Date of source: Thursday, March 17, 2005
In an interview with al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī, Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at al-Azhar University, Dr. Sucād Sālih contended that her selection as a member of the World Union of Muslim Scholars is an acknowledgement of women’s rights granted by Islam 14 centuries ago. She stressed that...
Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2005
The Suggestions and Complaints Committee of the People’s Assembly discussed a draft law that would amend the criminal law with regard to the crime of extramarital sex. They referred to the unconstitutionality of the laws, currently in effect, as they are no longer conforming to the second article...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2005
The situation became very complicated for Christians who are either seeking divorce or are getting married again after they have secured a court ruling for obtaining a divorce. Now there are about 160,000 cases attempting to deal with this complicated issue.
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
Although the Islamic sharī‘a [code] gives equal rights and duties to men and women, the criminal law violates the principle of equality when it comes to punishing the crime of adultery.
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2005
Minister of State for the Shoura Council Affairs, Dr. Mufīd Shihāb, said that the U.S. new anti-Semitism law might become a security, political, and cultural weapon facing both Arabs and Muslims. He added that the United States, through this law, is actually trying to impose sanctions on any...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 8, 2005
It has to be understood why matters are so complicated in personal status matters for Copts, who beforehand used to belong to the Church in each and every detail of their lives.
Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
An article about honor killings:
- “He killed his wife and charred her body after she left the house without informing him.”
- “He blew his wife’s brains out because she did not serve him lunch.”
- “He threw his wife off the 10th floor for rejecting to wear the hijāb.”
- “He shot his 10-year-...
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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.