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Date of source: Saturday, March 9, 2002
Members of the radical group Al-Da’wa Wa Tabligh distribute pamphlets about actresses who repented among pilgrims. The author believes this to be a kind of trade. The article gives three of repentance stories mentioned in these pamphlets.
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2002
Amr Khaled speaks about the reasons behind his going to London and the doctoral thesis he prepares there. He speaks about his relations with Islamic movements. He refuses to comment on the retreat from wearing the higab by some veiled actresses.
Date of source: Saturday, January 19, 2002
The Islamic communities need different sources to form the minds and souls of the people. The mass media and the preachers who are aware of the realities of life and the truths of the religion have a very important role to play. The mass media should give opportunity to the scholars and clergymen...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
The Turkish government declared the banning of veiled women from entering a university or driving cars. This declaration provoked the feelings of many Muslims especially since many of them believe that Islam is the hijab and niqab. The author does not agree that Islam is simply a hijab and niqap....
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2002
“Al-Muntakhab [The Select or The Selected]” is the first Egyptian-English translation of the Qur’an. It is considered one of the greatest references with respect to the explanation of the Qur’an. The Ministry of Awqaf charged a gynecologist who lives in America to translate it into English. It...
Date of source: Friday, July 4, 2003
The author interviews three Muslim scholars to comment on whether removing the veil is considered apostasy, especially since Dr. Sabry Abdel Ra’ouf has issued a fatwa in which he condemns retired artists who wore the veil and then removed it as apostates.
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2005
Female students of mass communication colleges in Lebanon are facing a huge problem that obstructs their career. The problem is that no TV channels, except Hizb Allāh’s al-Manār, would to hire them while wearing the Muslim head cover.
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2005
I have recently received a phone call from an intellectual woman, the wife of a rich businessman. Her voice was a mix of sadness and anger over the notion that extremists are influencing the young men and women of the poor class.
Date of source: Thursday, June 19, 2003
Basing on the fatwa of Sheikh Dr. Sabry Abdel Ra’ouf, a lawyer filed a request to declare some artists who retired and wore the veil and later took it off as apostate. The author approaches those artists as well as religious scholars to comment on the fatwa.
Date of source: Thursday, June 19, 2003
The article is an interview with Sheikh Dr. Sabry Abdel Ra’ouf over his fatwa which judges women who took off their veil [hijab] as apostates. He states that women who publicly declare that hijab is not an Islamic obligation are apostates.
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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.