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Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
A demographic survey conducted in the late 1990s showed that half of Egyptian women have been battered at least once during the year that preceded the research while statistics on honor killings in Egypt from 1998 till 2001 showed that 79% of these crimes are the result of sheer doubts.
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
The historical facts state that unlimited polygamy was the rule since ancient times. The concept of unmarriageable persons started with mother then sisters until it reached 14 relatives in the holy Qur’ān.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2005
In dealing with the “other”, we need to engage ourselves openly with other cultures by attempting to understand their ways of thinking, identities, hopes and various philosophies. This should be accomplished without compromising our Egyptian identity, just as the “other” would not compromise his...
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
The beard, the Pakistani jilbab and the Arab features are now posing a great threat to civilization and progress and the Muslims became sheer symbols of evil and heinousness that it would no longer do to speak about the tolerance of Islam and that the religion is renouncing throat-slitters.
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Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
A Muslim girl has managed to beat the ban on hijab [veil covering a woman’s hair] in French schools. The girl took off her hijab in front of the principal who was surprised to find that she shaved off her hair. Cennet Doganay was banned from classes for wearing hijab after a law preventing school...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 26, 2001
The Administrative Court annulled the decision of the Azhar University to differentiate between male and female students concerning the admission to top faculties. The court also annulled the decision to accept male students in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Pharmacy with lesser grades...
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2001
The administration of the American University in Cairo prevented veiled female students from entering the university. The administration said that the reason for this prevention was that the university is a scientific place and this decision has nothing to do with the freedoms of religions.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2001
Eighty female Azhar students filed 80 lawsuits against the rector of the Azhar University, claiming that he discriminated them. Although both male and female students studying at the secondary schools of the Azhar were examined about the same questions and the same subjects, the percentage rate...
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2001
A lawsuit started by a lawyer against Dr. Nawal Sa’adawi to separate her from her husband raised a number of questions about the intentions and secret agendas of some lawyers and the interest groups supporting them. There is an organized group whose main concern may be to start such lawsuits...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001 to Friday, August 10, 2001
Amr Khalid started by preaching in the houses of repented actresses and businessmen. It was a retired belly dancer who promoted him among them. Dr. Ahmed Ukasha analyzed the phenomena of Amr Khalid and his likes saying that young people gathers around him due to the intellectual vacancy they are...
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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.