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Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2000
The article relates the story of a first year preparatory school student, whose French school prevented her from entering the classroom because she was wearing a hijab. While the student’s father confirmed that what the school did clashes with the principle of personal freedom, the school insists...
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2000
Adel Hamouda uses a very sarcastic tone to relate two stories. One is about a bearded man who did not allow a lifeguard to save his veiled wife, who was fighting for her life in the waves of the sea, because the lifeguard is not related to her and thus does not have the right to touch her. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
The incident began on November 17, 1998. G.K.B. filed a warning request against M.L.G. of applying to his rented Beit El-Ta’a [literally means, house of obedience. It is the husband’s house to which a woman, in a case of unlawful desertion, must return]. Based on that request, the defendant filed...
Date of source: Thursday, August 24, 2000
A strange and negative thing about the Islamic culture in the Muslim world, is our need to discuss subjects while the Qur’an and Mohammed’s tradition have been telling us about the ideal community and about a Muslim woman’s political rights and political practices.
Date of source: Sunday, August 6, 2000
The Center of Saint Youssef for the Holy Family in Cairo is witnessing a great uptake by Christians, from the three denominations [Orthodox, Catholics and Protestant], and also Muslims who are about to get married. The Center organizes two courses per year; a winter course that lasts six months...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2000
Islamic scholars and intellectuals refuted the opinions of Dr. Gabir Asfour concerning the cases Aqidaty discussed with him in its last issue. They confirmed that the Qur’an is a holy text and, according to the Qur’an, the hejab is an Islamic obligation and not a tradition that was confined to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 8, 2000
Aqidaty had an interview with Dr. Gaber Asfour, the General Secretary of the Supreme Council for Culture. In this interview, he was asked about the criticized conference about women. In addition to this he received questions about creativity, Islamic literature and about the Qur`an being a...
Date of source: Sunday, July 16, 2000
Dr. Mohammed Said Tantawi, Sheikh of the Azhar, decreed that womb transplant is allowed as long the operation does not involve transplanting the womb to a woman who is related to the donor. Dr. Muhammed Bakr Isma’il, Chairman of the Department for Shari’a Law at the Azhar University, supports the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2000
[Translator’s note: the Hijab is the head cover worn by women in Muslim societies, covering their hair] TV drama directly reflects the truth of public and private life in Egypt. This is what it should be. The Hijab resembles one of the most important attributes of the Egyptian society. It is also...
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2000 to Friday, June 16, 2000
In this article, the author briefly relates three recent incidents of mischief where the niqab was used as a disguise.
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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.