Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The Supreme Administrative Court issued a ruling authorizing women wearing a Niqāb to have access to public places, provided that they reveal their faces when the “public interest” implies. The Court annulled the American University in Cairo’s [AUC] ruling preventing women wearing the Niqāb from...
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Terrorism has proliferated in nearly all Islamic and Arab countries despite the differences between the ruling regimes. Within the Palestinian people’s resistance against the Israeli occupation, the phenomenon spread that some called “suicide bombing” and others called “martyrdom operations.”
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A terrorist blast and shooting rocked downtown Cairo on Saturday afternoon leaving the three assailants killed and seven people wounded
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2004
According to officials in Athens, the number of Muslim women participating in this year’s Games is the lowest since 1960. Several Muslim countries have sent no women athletes at all; others, such as Iran, are taking part with only one, in full hijab. (Editor’s Note: Egypt sent three women; all in...
Date of source: Saturday, April 21, 2007
A group of unknown youth allegedly distributed anti-Muslim pamphlets in the metro and under doors. The church denounces the behavior and a Muslim dā‘iyah.
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2007
Muslim women in Europe are under increasing pressure to abandon the niqāb.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
The following lines show the result of a poll carried out in the U.K concerning the situation of Muslims there and their opinions on the British stances regarding Islamic issues like the niqāb.
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The author presents viewpoints of six girls that represent three samples of young women in Egyptian society today. Viewpoints about life, religion, and sex vary from one to another. The young women are chosen from different social and educational levels.
Date of source: Friday, March 30, 2007
The author discusses weak hadīths they are accepted by most of the Muslims. He also talks about the fabricated and authentic hadīths on the hijāb and niqāb, and the status of woman.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2007
The writer provides evidences and examples to prove that the hijāb did not exist during the Prophetic period and that it was ordained to the prophet’s wives.