Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2005
A study titled "Arabs in Israeli curricula" said Israelis have always been giving Arabs and Muslims an antagonistic look despite several peace treaties signed between the two sides, as still Israeli curricula are based on the Zionist ideas and principles laid by Theodor Herzl and others.
Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2005
The Italian Minister of Justice, Roberto Castelli, has declared that the law does not allow for anybody to cover his/her face in public. He referred in his speech to women who wear clothes covering their heads and faces, namely the niqāb.
Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2005
The veil has taken a huge space in the German elections. This happened as the German Christian Democratic Party vowed to ban the veil from schools in case it would win the elections.
Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2005
The scenes of dancing veiled girls have lately increased on video clips and on TV. These offensive scenes have opened the debate on the veil and how it should be treated, and approached especially in media, which usually does not allow veiled TV presenters.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 31, 2005
The Egyptian Orthodox Church celebrates Jesus’ Holy Journey to Egypt on Bashans 24th (June 1). This day is a festival for all Egyptians. Because of Jesus’ arrival, Egypt became another Holy Land after Palestine.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Dr. Mustafa al-Shak‘a raised a thorny issue when he called for a ban on consumption of carbonated beverages in Egypt, claiming that the enzymes produced by pigs are essential ingredients in the industry of these beverages.
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2005
The UN Committee Against Torture attacked Sweden to hand over terrorists to Egypt in December 2001. It was claimed that terrorist Ahmad Husayn cUjayza had been tortured after he returned to Egypt. The Committee mentioned that Swedish authorities should have known that Egypt continuously resorts to...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 17, 2002
Father Basilious from the monastery of Anba Bola issued a statement on behalf of the monasteries of Beni Suef and on behalf of the Council of Monks, expressing their condemnation of the Israeli practices against the Palestinian and President Arafat. They asked the international community to take...
Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2002
A member of Parliament of the Muslim Brotherhood said that Egypt should prevent the trade of wine because Egypt is an Islamic country. However, Dr. Zeinab Radwan and Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi believe that there is nothing wrong about non-Muslims drinking wine in Egypt. Dr. Georget Sobhi [a Christian...
Date of source: Thursday, August 7, 2003
Prominent sources in Ankara declared that there is an American plan to Christianize thousands of Iraqis in the north of Iraq. The sources asserted that the US is trying to control all Iraqi cities and at the same time exert efforts to help the work of Christian missionaries there.