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Date of source: Sunday, September 18, 2011
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A French law banning prayers in the streets, which was approved by the government the day before yesterday (September 16), caused widespread controversy between French Muslims, when the decision forced them to rent military barracks to perform their Friday prayers due to size constraints in...
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2011
'Grow your beard before Ramadan' is the slogan of a campaign planned by the salafists, who are calling for a million men to be bearded before the holy Muslim fasting month, corresponding with August.
"I would like to see similar campaign for a million women to wear the niqāb [full-face veil],"...
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2011
Hundreds of salafists, including dozens of fully-veiled women, protested outside the Azhar offices in northern Cairo, urging the Muftī, a senior Muslim cleric in Egypt who issues religious edicts, to backtrack on his view on the head-to-toe veil.
The protesters raised banners that went further...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
A number of 100 niqāb-clad women protested in front of Dār al-Iftā' (Iftā' House) on April 29, 2011, for banning women wearing the niqāb from entering the exam rooms.
Muftī of the Republic Shaykh 'Alī Jum'ah had issued a fatwá banning niqāb in exam halls, then the Supreme Administrative Court...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Nīvīn Mus'ad writes that there were posters raised on the day of the constitutional referendum saying that voting for 'yes' is a religious duty. These posters had the sign of the Muslim Brotherhood but they deny having anything to do with it.
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2011
AWR's managing director Hānī Labīb visited Tahrīr square and closeby Maspero (Egyptian Television building) on March 11, 2011 where a large (uncounted) number of protestors and demonstrators from many governorates were: Muslims and Christians, young and old, and men and women came to unify their...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
AWR's Directing Manager, Hānī Labīb went to the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) building [Maspero] and was a witness on demonstrations there.
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2011
AWR was pleased to cooperate with Encounter, a program of ABC radio, Australia. For the interviews and transcript of ABC please check this address: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/encounter/stories/2011/3147651.htm#transcript
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
CIDT Intern Hibah Mutāwi‘ interviews the founder of the Islamic Hotline service....
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The headscarf is a controversial topic in the West, but popular discussion often neglects to consider how women who wear the hijāb think and feel about it. This interview with an Egyptian student girl who chose to cover her hair is not a general explanation about why women wear the hijab, but...
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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.