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Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2006
The author writes about the dismissal of a veiled teacher from a British school due to her refusal to remove her veil while teaching, her lawyer claiming discrimination.
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
The review deals with Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī’s latest remarks in which he termed the Ḥijāb to be "a relapse backward," drawing public controversy and anger in parliament where the ruling party, the opposition and independents agreed on the need to have the minister tender his...
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
The article addresses freedom of
expression and press freedom in Yemeni
law and internal security.
Date of source: Thursday, November 16, 2006
In an interview with
the daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, ‘Abd al-Sabūr Shāhīn stressed the importance of
showing the real forgiving face of Islām by denouncing fundamentalism and artificial exterior piety. He also
expressed that the simple veil was enough for the Muslim woman, clarifying that the Niqāb...
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2006
This review deals with Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī’s latest remarks in which he described the Ḥijāb as "a relapse backward," stimulating public controversy and anger in parliament. The ruling party, opposition and independents agreed on the need to have the minister tender his resignation...
Date of source:
Wide controversy surrounds the Dutch government’s
decision which approves a
parliamentary proposal to ban wearing the Niqāb in public places.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
Five Moroccan men and a woman are being tried in Amsterdam on
terrorism-related charges.
Date of source: Sunday, November 5, 2006
“Apparently all Muslims are not terrorists; however, the truth is that the majority of terrorists are Muslims. We should confess as Muslims that terrorism has become an exclusive Islamic project for Muslim men and women,” ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Rāshid says in al-Sharq al-Awsat. In his fourth and final...
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: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Nāhid al-Nabrāwī spots the reasons behind the backwardness of Islamic
preaching in the West, and the criteria for presentable Islamic preachers in Western countries.
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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.