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Date of source: Sunday, March 28, 2004
There has been a wide political debate about a
judicial complaint calling for the confiscation of the book “Al-Hijab: Ro’ya ‘Assriya” [The
Headscarf: A Contemporary Perspective] by and the dismissal of the author and editor-in-chief of
Hawa [Eve] magazine Iqbal Baraka from her job.
The...
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 2004
Human Rights Watch has launched a severe attack on Egypt claiming that women’s rights are being flagrantly violated in Egypt. The American organization issued a statement in which it condemned all sorts of discrimination practiced against women,most notably restrictions regarding their right to...
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2005
Heated discussions are taking place in the National Council for Women and some non-governmental organizations to propose amendments to articles 237 and 277 of the penal code, which differentiate between a husband and his wife in case of adultery.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2005
Dr. Yousuf al-Qaradāwī said the western vision does women injustice because it considers her equal to man in work and deprived her from assuming responsibility at home, for husband and children.
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2005
A Christian wife, Qatqouta, found out that
her husband, a lawyer, is married to someone else. She filed a lawsuit to request the cancellation of her marriage for it no
longer complies with precepts of the Christianity that forbids polygamy.
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2005
A Copt faked a
death certificate for his first wife in order to marry the second. It was not until he tried faking his new wife’s bank
account, that his secret was unveiled.
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: Saturday, April 2, 2005
The Union of
Islamic Organizations of France (UOIF) held its 22nd conference, March 25-28, at Le Bourget, under the title ‘For a special
Islam of France,’ a motto held by many French Islamic Organizations to stand the previously established idea ‘Islam in
France.’
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2005
Tāriq Ramadān, grandson of late Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood founder Hasan al-Bannā, has urged freezing capital
punishment in Islam like stoning and decapitation.
Ramadān also urged the mobilization of Muslims worldwide to ask
their governments to stop applying the hudoud, alleging the application...
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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.