Date of source: Monday, November 20, 2006
After her first baby, Muná Mahmūd, an
Egyptian Muslim,
discovered that her husband was Christian and that he had been deceiving her the whole time by pretending to
be a Muslim.
Date of source:
Wide controversy surrounds the Dutch government’s
decision which approves a
parliamentary proposal to ban wearing the Niqāb in public places.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Dr. Husām ‘Afānah, a professor of the fundamentals of fiqh, responds to a question about whether a female student is religiously permitted to remove her Ḥijāb to abide by the regulations of her school.
Date of source: Thursday, December 21, 2006
The article sheds light on a report issued by the Immigration Bureau in Vienna on the Islamophobia phenomenon.
Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2006
The author poses the question whether women in Upper Egypt, who encourage their children to carry out the undesirable traditional habit of feuds...are victims of harsh conditions or semi-criminals.
Date of source: Sunday, November 12, 2006
A new law to ban wearing the Niqāb in public places is presented in Dutch parliament.
Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2006
A book from a Turkish researcher criticizes Arab rulers for adopting western-based strategies in dealing with the Ḥijāb. The researcher demands that the Ḥijāb remain so as to curb the Western hegemony over Arab and Islamic countries.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Known for her stance against the Niqāb, Dr. Āminah
Nusayr, a professor of theology
and Islamic philosophy at the Azhar University, explains that the Niqāb
is a
traditional dress that existed before Islām. She urges men and women to integrate into society while maintaining
modesty
and piety.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Amongst the opponents of the Niqāb is Dr. ‘Abd al- Mu‘tī Bayyūmī, the former dean of the Azhar’s Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion and a member of the Islamic Research Academy, who described the dress as the result of lack of knowledge of religion.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Ākhir Sācah published a heated discussion about the alleged obligation of Muslim women to wear the Niqāb.