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Date of source: Monday, June 6, 2005
The dilemma of 30 veiled Egyptian TV presenters has recently surfaced again after their lawsuits against the Radio & Television Union (ERTU) kept getting postponed. This happened aftera TV commission report advocated their right to appear on TV with their veils.
Date of source: Saturday, June 4, 2005
Dr. Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘ā, Muftī of Egypt, said that Islam has limited polygamy. In a Hadīth reported by Sālim, his father, Ghaylān Ibn Salāma al-Thaqafī, had ten concubines when he embraced Islam. The Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] told him to “chose only four of them” to marry.
Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2005
Based on two lawsuits filed against decisions made by the American University in Cairo and the judges clubs, Egyptian judges decided to re-examine two cases that sought to allow veiled women access to both places.
Date of source: Saturday, May 28, 2005
Muftī of the Republic Shaykh ‘Alī Jumca said that dialogue during a recent trip to Germany, which aimed at rectifying the image of Islam in the West, focused on the issues of gender equality, human rights and whether Islam is actually a religion of tolerance.
Date of source: Monday, May 30, 2005
Minister of Awqāf, Mahmoud Hamdī Zaqzouq, reiterated statements that the spread of the niqāb [an all-covering veil for Muslim women showing only the eyes] is really a disaster for it conceals the identity of female terrorists.
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Psychologists say that violence against women is an unhealthy masculine phenomenon, which starts with childhood, when children see their mothers beaten and insulted by their husbands. This behavior creates a gap in the children’s psyche. They become accustomed to violence against young girls who...
Date of source: Saturday, November 2, 2002
Members of the Creed and Philosophy Committee say that they are not new legislators and have not intentionally denied one of the fundamentals of religion, in an alleged attempt to justify their recommendation concerning the punishment for apostasy. They just want to terrorize anyone who thinks of...
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2002
When political Islam started, the policy of hijab began, upheld by force. In this terrorist atmosphere, the idea of Islam was merely to cover the hair, even if morality was nude. Qur’anic verses on hijab distinguish between free women and slave women and between chaste women and unchaste women.
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2002
Nine female announcers of Egyptian TV retired to wear the hejab. This fact makes a respectable career like that of an announcer join the club of disreputable careers that can only be redeemed by wearing the hejab. It cannot be separated from the belief that a woman without the hejab is less...
Date of source: Saturday, August 10, 2002
Rose El-Youssef’s special series on extremism sheds light upon the extremist Al-Tahrir Party [Liberation party] that plans to establish Islamic rule, the book of “Al-Sufur Wa Al-Hijab [Unveiling and Veiling]” and so-called Islamic medicine. It also interviews the Sheikh of the Azhar on Islamic...
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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.