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Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
The speech of Australia’s Muftī, Shaykh Tāj al-Dīn al- Hilālī, during the holy month of Ramaḍān in which he described women who do not wear the veil as ’uncovered meat’ that attracts sexual predators caused heated controversy around Australia yesterday.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
The widespread phenomenon of the Niqāb in Egyptian society has provoked strong reaction from many thinkers and writers, as well as from well-known European politicians, including Jack Straw, the leader of the House of Commons, who said in a recent statement that wearing the "full veil" [...
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
The author records the relations between Arab Muslims and the West, noting that many Westerners believe
that all Muslims are terrorists and that Islām is a religion of violence and terror.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The niqāb is stirring controversy in different parts of the World. An Egyptian university professor is to be sued for criticizing it; the Egyptian muftī advises that women don’t wear it and students wearing it will be barred from accessing a university hostel. In Western countries it is regarded as...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The author discusses what he describes as an anti-Islam campaign in the West, for which, he says, Muslims are partly to be blamed. He noted that Muslims and Arabs have changed their perceptions about Europe after successive clashes and attacks on its teaching in several European countries.
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
A battle over the veil has developed between the Tunisian government and Islamists after President Zayn al- ‘Ābidīn Bin ‘Alī stressed the need to combat these so-called "sectarian uniforms," which is the description of the veil being circulated in official media.
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2006
A new Islamic satellite channel
launched five
months ago is said to be successful with the people, but is also criticized by scholars for promoting
extremist salafist ideas.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Egyptian television prevents presenting any series that includes actresses who wear the hijāb.
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2006 to Friday, October 6, 2006
A new war has been launched between veiled and unveiled actresses in finding a place in the over-busy schedule of the Egyptian TV during Ramadān. The veiled stars attack officials of the Egyptian TV for preventing their serials, claiming it is a conspiracy against Islam and hijāb.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006 to Friday, September 29, 2006
The author of this
article reports on changes in Muslims’ attitudes or
behaviour during Ramadān, like girls who usually go
unveiled but wear the veil during this month or the
tendency to see more people reading the
Qur’ān while on their way to work or home.
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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.