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Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2003
The author comments on the issue of female genital mutilation, arguing that it has nothing to do with religion. He also explains its scientific and psychological aspects, showing that it does not fulfill its claimed objective, which is keeping the chastity of girls.
Date of source: Thursday, June 26, 2003
The author discusses the issue of veil [hijab] in Islam. He believes that all what is said about hijab being a religious obligation is simply interpretations that oblige only those who initiate them. He comments on the attitude of fundamentalists towards Muslim women wearing veil in Western...
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2003
The author comments on the issue of Sultana Freeman, an American woman who brought an action against the authorities of Florida State. The authorities refused to issue her a driving license that has a photo of her wearing the niqab [veil that covers hair and face]. She comments on the issue in...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2003
The author gives examples from many countries showing that violence is still practiced against women despite the many rights they have been granted.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2003
The article recounts the story of a student in a French language school in Alexandria, who was expelled because of wearing the hejab. Her father brought a suit against the school and the court ruled that she should attend her classes with the hejab.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2003
The article discusses the conditions of the Muslim community and France, its relations with the secular French society and its political influence.
Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2003
The issue of the hejab [veil] has surfaced once more in France. The French prime minister tried to explain the attitude of French schools towards the hejab. He says that students are not treated on religious bases but simply as students of the French Republic. That is why no group should be...
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2003
Unknown men have attacked many unveiled women by throwing sulfuric acid on either their faces, chests or legs, as a punishment for not wearing the veil. Such incidents coincide with another phenomenon; in the women-only carriages of the underground, women wearing niqab preach the necessity of...
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2006
The review deals with the issue of Coptic divorce and Egyptian Orthodox Pope Shenouda’s position rejecting a recent court ruling allowing divorced Copts to remarry.
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2001
The author comments on the situation of Muslims. He believes that Muslims, who should be the best among nations, are weak, disunited, persecuted and suspected everywhere. This is because they are not following the Qur´an. They only concentrate on Qur´anic verses that are related to the...
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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.