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Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 1999
In an effort to stem "crimes of honor," the Jordanian Women’s Union (JWU) has joined the national effort to curb these crimes by holding a two-day conference entitled "Crimes of Honour.
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 1999
The National Jordanian Campaign Committee to Eliminate the so-called "Crimes of Honor" has made some strides in its bid to increase public awareness of the problem but is nowhere near where it should be.
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 1999
The National Jordanian Campaign Committee to Eliminate the so-called "Crimes of Honor," said on Saturday it has collected around 8,000 signatures in the first month of the nationwide campaign calling for the cancellation of Article 340 of the Jordanian Penal Code which gives those who kill in the...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 1999
This Freedom from Religious Persecution Act gives America the right to interfere in diplomatic ways to the concerned governments and if a government does not respond, it is the right of the U.S. administration to impose any sanctions that it (the U.S.) sees fit. The author stresses that several...
Date of source: Thursday, September 23, 1999
The legal advisor of the French Government supports the decree of the Ministry of Education of driving away two veiled students from one of its secondary schools.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 1999
The Administrative Jurisdiction Court took a decision to cancel the decision of firing a student in one of the secondary schools for refusing to take off her niqab.
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 1999
His Majesty King Abdullah’s advisor on Islamic affairs called for amendments to the penal code which they believe encourages men to kill female relatives for involvement - real or suspected - in illicit relationships.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Reasons are given why some women wear the headscarf and sometimes even cover their face with the nigab and why others don’t do this.
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 1999
An analysis of the city of Port Said, and Al-Sayyed Hussein Mahmoud Soliman, the 40-year-old clothes vendor who stirred up public resentment when he attacked President Hosni Mubarak’s motorcade during a visit on September 6 to Port Said last week. Soliman was hot dead by Mubarak’s bodyguards.
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
A review of the book: "The Marriage Bed. Sexuality in Islam" by Abdelwahab Bouhdiba. Published in London by Saqi Books, 1998. In this book is one of the few attempts at dealing with the dimension of sexuality in the teachings of Islam and the way in which these teachings have become distorted by...
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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.