Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
This review discusses political responses to Fārūq Husnī’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
The review deals with Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī’s latest
remarks in which he termed the H...
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
A critique of a number of articles published on the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group’s website, deeming individuals or institutions to be kāfir.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Shaykh Yūsuf al-
Badrī filed a lawsuit against Dr Su‘ād Sālih, accusing her of insulting the wives
of the Prophet Muhammad, after she announced her rejection of the Niqāb.
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: 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
A supplement published by the mouthpiece of the Ghad
Party, al-Ghad newspaper,
entitled "The worst 10 figure in Islamic history," has provoked strong
public reaction and led Islamic lawyer,
Mamdūh Ismā‘īl, to sue the newspaper. The
list of names included some of the
prophet’s companions and ‘...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Many religious pages, especially in national newspapers, suffer from repetition and boredom which has led to an absence of creativity. They have become mere clichés that rarely present something new to the contemporary man.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
This article discusses the manipulation of religious issues by some newspapers
in order to increase
their sales.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The review deals with varied opinions about Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks
considered offensive in Muslim and
Arab countries amidst calls to expel the papal nuncio in Egypt and put the
interfaith dialogue with the
Vatican on the back burner.