Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2007
The Islamic Research Academy, affiliated with the Azhar, recently brought charges of insulting heavenly religions and God against Egyptian feminist and writer, Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī, who is now in Brussels and is planning to stay away for six months so she can teach at a number of U.S. universities.
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2004
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued a new report on Muslims' civil rights during 2003 revealing a 70% increase in discrimination cases against American Muslims in 2003 compared to the previous year.
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For the third week in a row, Wafā’ Costantine still dominates the scene in Egypt. Her story has become a burning issue, even more compelling than the Palestinian issue. [Editor: for a background of this issue see AWR, 2004, week 51, art. 13]
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In the wake of the murder of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by a suspected Islamic fundamentalist who has dual Moroccan and Dutch nationality at the beginning of last November, a group of Dutch Muslims and Jews are making endeavors to continue dialogue and bridge the gap between the two sides.
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Articles appearing in the Egyptian press advocated the importance of differentiating between terrorism, which is rejected by all countries, on the one hand and on the other hand, legitimate resistance against occupation.
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Many Arab authors and thinkers highlighted the necessity of using the Arab participation at the Frankfurt Book Fair as ''guest of honor'' to mirror a positive image of Arabs and Muslims to the West. The fair administration dedicated about 1260 m2 for the Arab publishing houses, the biggest space...
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The report released by the US Commission for International Religious Freedom is considered by the Egyptian press to be one of the most critical reports by an American organization because it represents serious interference in Egyptian domestic affairs, especially in terms of education. Journalists...
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The visit of the US Commission on Religious Freedom to Egypt received the attention of almost all Egyptian press outlets. Many articles highlighted the difference between Egyptian and American approaches to the subject of religious freedom. Most of the authors who wrote on this subject reject the...
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Almost all Egypt-based newspapers give a considerable space to hail the decision of President Husni Mubarak to abolish punishment by imprisonment to journalists in so-called "publication cases.” The decision of the president was announced by the head of Journalists? Syndicate during the fourth...
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The Arab Culture Conference in Cairo, which was organized by the Ministry of Culture and the Supreme Council of Culture, from the first to the third of July, received a lot of criticism. It is believed to have called for Western intervention and for anti-Islamic ideas. The conference, titled ?...