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Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
The widespread phenomenon of the Niqāb in Egyptian society has provoked strong reaction from many thinkers and writers, as well as from well-known European politicians, including Jack Straw, the leader of the House of Commons, who said in a recent statement that wearing the "full veil" [...
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2006
In this interview, the minister of religious
endowments
warns of "foolish acts" by some Muslims, which he says could pose a real threat to the Muslim
nation, stressing
that the niqāb is a tradition and not a religious duty.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The niqāb is stirring controversy in different parts of the World. An Egyptian university professor is to be sued for criticizing it; the Egyptian muftī advises that women don’t wear it and students wearing it will be barred from accessing a university hostel. In Western countries it is regarded as...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The author discusses what he describes as an anti-Islam campaign in the West, for which, he says, Muslims are partly to be blamed. He noted that Muslims and Arabs have changed their perceptions about Europe after successive clashes and attacks on its teaching in several European countries.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
The review takes up the issue of the niqāb as Jack Straw, Leader of the House of Commons, called on Muslim women in Britain to take off their veils in workplaces, while in Egypt, the President of Hilwān University made a decision to prohibit all niqāb-wearing students from entering the...
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
This review addresses the issue of the reported kidnapping of a 15-year old girl called Lorāns who is in her secondary school stage of education. Conflicting versions of the story have emerged: Sawt al- Ummah says Lorāns said that she was kidnapped by four men and a woman wearing a niqāb...
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
The government was
accused of sidelining the church and giving
a preferential treatment to Britain’s Muslim community, while Jack
Straw’s statement still sparks
controversy in the British community.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
Jack Straw’s statement revealed deep divisions within Tony Blair’s government and inside British community
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
Jack Straw’s statement on veil and niqāb provoked anger and indignation from the Islamic community in Liverpool who accused him of being responsible for an attack in which a woman’s niqāb was torn from her face.
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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.