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Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2001
The administration of the American University in Cairo prevented veiled female students from entering the university. The administration said that the reason for this prevention was that the university is a scientific place and this decision has nothing to do with the freedoms of religions.
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
A music production company in Sana was trying to market an album for a new singer, and had the idea of hiding what the elderly singer looked like. So the cover of the album showed a lady wearing a niqab.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001 to Friday, April 6, 2001
The hair cover of the Muslim woman has different shapes and several names that have to do with the local cultures rather than the rules that had been set by the Islamic Shari’a [Islamic law]. Wearing the hijab [hair cover] is still one of the controversial issues in the Islamic world. This...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
The American University in Cairo warned a student she may be dismissed after she decided to wear the niqab and they prevented her from attending her classes. The student said that the administration of the University did not try to find a midway solution with her and just took this arbitrary...
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2000 to Friday, June 16, 2000
In this article, the author briefly relates three recent incidents of mischief where the niqab was used as a disguise.
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2000 to Friday, June 16, 2000
The article discusses the growing belief that the niqab* is falsely associated with religion. This belief comes at the time when the niqab has been used as a means of disguise and for covering up crimes. *The niqab is a veil used by Muslim women to cover up the whole of the face with the exception...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 18, 2000
"Lola Al-Molaa", the secretary-general of the Women Cultural Association in Kuwait warned people about crimes of individual assault and some other crimes, which some people are trying to say, are motivated by and acceptable on religious grounds. Her warning came as a comment on the recent attack on...
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2000 to Friday, March 17, 2000
In mosques in Heliopolis and Nasr City, a number of female preachers have starting giving speeches. It is doubtful that these preachers have enough knowledge to give fataawi on religious matters. In spite of that, they give fatwas on everything, some of which, as Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi [the dean...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
The surprise was very cruel and bitter when people were struck by a 22 year old girl throwing a Molotov bottle in the library of the church of Ain Shams. The bitterness grew more and more when the confession of this girl resounded. She stated she did not intend to kill innocents, thank God no one...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
The unemployment rate and free time of women forced them to marry extremists and to perform an important, vital and tangible role to promote extremism. Extremist women live isolated from society and have created a system of solidarity among themselves. Extremist women have children and feed them...
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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.