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Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2006
This review, in the context of ramifications from the culture minister’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb, discusses various opinions on whether the Ḥijāb is a religious obligation and how such controversial discussions should be tackled by society, religious and political bodies...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
This review discusses political responses to Fārūq Husnī’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb.
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An
Islamic-Christian dialogue conference was held in Cairo from December 18-20. All the participants stressed
the
importance of building a "culture of dialogue" that can face the challenges confronting the Arab
societies from
outside and inside. The conference presented "A charter for a...
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Former British
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared that
the attacks in America were not condemned strongly enough by British
Muslims. She added that the people who
attacked the two towers of the WTC were Muslims and that Muslims should
prove that this terrorism was not
Islamic. British...
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Italy’s Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi stated that he read about Islām and found out that all of what he read was
absurd and
could not be compared to the Western civilization, which he said was superior to Islām. He also
associated between
Islam and those who are anti-globalization and said...
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An
Egyptian Copt, who had lived in
America for 22 years, was killed in his shop in Los Angeles, at the hands of three
Americans. His death is
believed to be part of the Americans’ hatred campaign against Arabs and Muslims, which
started after the
attacks in America. al-Usboa and al-Arabi...
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The
Sheikh of the Azhar declared that any coalition
with the USA is H...
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The judges of the State Council supported the ruling that
the Administrative Judiciary Court handed down in the
case of al-Nabaa. It also rejected the appeal Mamdouh
Mahran, the Editor-in-chief of the paper, lodged against the
head of the Supreme Press Council.
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The Appeal Court rejected an
appeal presented by
Mamdouh Mahran’s defense to change the members of the jury. It was proved to the appeal court
that there
was no animosity between the judge and the defendant, and therefore the appeal did not rely on real
reasons.
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The president of the Labor Party dismissed Magdi Hussein, the editor-in-chief of
the now
closed al-Sha‘b paper, and other 10 members from the Party. The dismissed members represent the
Islamic trend in
the Party. The Muslim Brotherhood refused describing Shukri’s decision as a change in the...
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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.