Date of source: Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Many literal works that were recommended to be
banned by the Islamic Research Institute, like “Waleemat A’shab Al-Bahr” [Banquet of seaweeds] by
Haidar Haidar, and most recently Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s “Soqout Al-Imam [the Fall of the Imam], are
humble and modest texts from a literary point-of-view...
Date of source:
The Council of Scientific Research at the Azhar University recommended a few
days ago that Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [The Fall of the Imam] be banned after
being released in Cairo seventeen years ago. The imam [in the novel] served as the central
symbol representing patriarchal...
Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 2004
Some
newspapers act as mouthpieces of extremism, following an approach that totally contradicts with
the approach of the [political] parties [with which these papers affiliate]. These newspapers
turned their back on the country as well as on the values of citizenship. They distribute...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2005
More than half a century, I published a book calling for a new concept of honour and ethics which depend on the essence of both man’s and woman’s behaviour.
Date of source: Saturday, April 2, 2005
There is a wide-ranged white slavery [sex traffic] affair that afflicts countries like Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan and Romania, on different levels. Dr. Sema Erder, a Turkish researcher in the social sciences, commented saying that the targeted women in sex slavery are young...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Amnesty International has recently released
a report about the conditions of women in Israel/the occupied territory entitled Israel and the Occupied Territories
Conflict, occupation and patriarchy, Women carry the burden.
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Today Turkey is attempting to join the European Union and become the link between the Christian West and the Muslim East, but without wars or armies this time. Will the Europeans give a chance for the two cultures to be joined?
Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2005
I would like to examine the issue and the consequences of the states that do not apply the Islamic penal laws, Hudud, for adultery, wine drinking or slandering. Are they Islamic countries or not? This issue explains the significance of executing penalties in Islam, because the malpractice of...
Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2005
The Suggestions and Complaints Committee of the People’s Assembly discussed a draft law that would amend the criminal law with regard to the crime of extramarital sex. They referred to the unconstitutionality of the laws, currently in effect, as they are no longer conforming to the second article...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
The Palestinians’ complaints about the Israeli transgressions are all considered anti-Semitic acts. In fact, the United States’ attitude to blur the distinction between the actions taken by the Israeli government and those of the Palestinians was not the first of its kind.