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Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2005
The
Federation of French Muslims, the largest Muslim organization in France, called on the French authorities to reconsider the
ban imposed on wearing the hijāb at schools and to recognize Muslim holidays.
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2005
Five European Members of Parliament launched a campaign to collect their counterparts’ signatures to call upon European countries to respect personal freedom to wear the hijāb [veil covering a woman’s hair], the Sikh’s turban, the cross, as well as the Jewish skullcaps.
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2005
Mosul is around 400 kilometers north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Sentiments of fear and wariness are shrouding Iraqi Christians during their moves inside the city of Ninwa and other Christian villages. Religious extremists that have already targeted women, merchants and businessmen are...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
A recorded sermon by a new dā‘iya [a man who calls for Islam] called Shaykh Mus‘ad Nour, is selling like hot cakes on the market. On the tape, which is not authorized by the Azhar, the censorship authorities or any other organization, the unknown Shaykh says that the niqāb is a religious duty...
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-...
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
A British court upheld the right of a Muslim girl student to wear her hijāb [headscarf] inside her school in a case that sparked a public uproar reminiscent of the one in France about the hijāb in government schools.
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
Five members of the European Parliament have launched a signature-collecting campaign to forward a written petition demanding European countries to respect individual freedom to wear what one wants; Muslim hijāb, Sikh turban, Christian crucifix or Jewish yarmulke in schools or government...
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2005
The Qur’an says about the kitābis [People of the Book] that “They are not all alike” [The Meaning of The Holy Qur’ān by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall,3:113 ].
I just remembered this Qur’ānic fairness when I read about two court rulings and a political position that recently took the attention of...
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2005
With the 100th anniversary of the 1905 law, known as the law of Laïcité, or secularism in France, many French voices have started to call for expanding the ban on all religious symbols, especially the hijāb [veil covering a woman’s hair]. They want to apply this law within all hospitals,...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
Shaykh Yousuf al-Badrī used to be a permanent figure in many news items, clutching to the sword of takfir [the act of accusing someone of unbelief] against intellectuals and bringing them to court. The controversial shaykh, however, had kept a low profile for some time, but recently rose from the...
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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.