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Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
14 men sentenced to execution and 37 others to imprisonment, accused of being linked to the Muslim brotherhood organisation which is believed to ‘have political motives’. This decision has been deemed to be ‘totally unfair’ by the human rights watch who oversee affairs in the Middle East and North...
Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, Vice President of the Salafist Call, has spoken out about a number of matters dealt with by the Egyptian courts, specifically divorce and khulʿ(practice of Islamic law whereby a woman seeks a divorce from her husband but must give him compensation). He declared that divorce in...
Date of source: Sunday, April 12, 2015
Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, Vice President of the Salafist Call, has spoken out about a number of matters dealt with by the Egyptian courts, specifically divorce and khulʿ(practice of Islamic law whereby a woman seeks a divorce from her husband but must give him compensation). He declared that divorce in...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Five women’s rights activists released in China
On Monday, the Chinese police released five female human rights activists who were detained last month during International Women’s Day celebrations. The five women, who belong to a Chinese women’s rights association, will remain under police...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Human rights: Israeli settlements profit from exploitation of Palestinian children
Human Rights Watch have uncovered that, in the West Bank, Israel is exploiting Palestinian children as young as 11, most of whom come from poor areas, by making them work in dangerous conditions in order to gain...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Guardian: Activist Ghadīr Ahmad has launched the ‘female revolution’ in order to emancipate women
British newspaper the Guardian has cited Ghadīr Ahmad as one of the most important female activists involved in the Arab revolution in the continent of Africa. In 2012, on the first anniversary of the...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Al-Azhar: Calls to remove the veil is an assault on Muslim women
Al-Azhar declared its rejection of calls to remove the veil, which some journalists are encouraging, considering this to be an assault upon the dignity of Muslim women. It also declared that it is not permissible for men to ask women...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Egyptian women involved in the planning of the National Population Council’s strategy
The National Women’s Council participated in the meeting held yesterday by the National Population Council in preparing its strategy for 2015-2020. The strategy includes a number of different axes, the most...
Moroccan businesswoman: A cultural centre is needed to change society’s perception of Moroccan women
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Moroccan businesswoman: A cultural centre is needed to change society’s perception of Moroccan women
Moroccan businesswoman Fātima Zahrāʾ has expressed her dissatisfaction with the widespread view among Egyptians that Moroccan woman come to Egypt only for leisure rather than for work, marriage or...
Date of source: Monday, April 13, 2015
Tunisian political party al-Nahda ask for revocation of execution sentences administered to members of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
Tunisian Islamic party al-Nahda have called for the revocation of the death sentences of 14 members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, including the general leader...
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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.