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Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Cairo Personal Status Court deferred looking at the lawsuit started by Nabih Al-Wahsh, against Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi and her husband Dr. Sherif Hatata. The courtroom was filled with Egyptian intellectuals and foreigners who came to support Sa’adawi. The court listened to arguments from both sides....
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2001
Next Monday the Personal Status Court will look at the lawsuit that aims to separate Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi from her husband. The lawyer who started the lawsuit accuses Sa’adawi of defaming religions and claims she has left Islam. In her opinion the lawsuit is not legal as the State Prosecution...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2001
Cairo’s First Degree Personal Status Court will look, on June 18, at the lawsuit started by a lawyer against Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi and her husband. The accusation is that she announced opinions against Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, June 9, 2001 to Friday, June 15, 2001
The author argues that Egyptian society can turn against those [The Azhar Scholars Front] who accuse it of apostasy. It can even give evidence that they work for the interests of bodies that aim to eliminate the cultural role of Egypt and accuse them of distracting Egyptians from their real...
Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2001
The Public Prosecutor decided to end the investigations into the case of Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi. Al-Sa’adawi stated that the accusations against her were based on misreporting by a newspaper.
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2001
The separation of a husband and wife as a result of one of them leaving Islam is not directly based on the Qur’an or Mohammed’s tradition, but rather on jurisprudence conclusion that since the apostate is no longer a Muslim, and since a Muslim female cannot marry a non-Muslim male, they are to be...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
Nawal Al-Sa’adawi sent a letter to Rose El-Youssef to defend herself against the apostasy charges directed at her. She said that when she talked about going on pilgrimage and kissing the black stone, she spoke out of Sufi philosophy, which her father adopted and which gives priority to the core of...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2001
Scholars and gynecologists commented on Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s opinions on circumcision. Doctors said that stopping female circumcision may lead most of them to lesbianism. Scholars explained that Imam Abu Hanifa said that circumcision for men is Sunna and it is a noble deed for women. Imam Shafai...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2001
Azhar Scholars demanded that a couple should not be separated, in a case where one of them has rejected a foundation of Islam, until the case has been discussed and ruled on in court. Professor Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi said that what has happened with Nawal Sa’adawi should be discussed before taking the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2001
Attorney Nabih Al-Wahsh filed a lawsuit against Nawal Al-Sa’adawi to separate her from her husband because she has left Islam and has not repented of her community-damaging ideas. The Mufti thinks that what Al-Sa’adawi said requires her to leave Islam and includes denials of what she knows about...
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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.