Date of source: Friday, September 8, 2006
Prominent Azhar scholars express their views about forcing young girls to wear the khimār.
Date of source: Friday, August 18, 2006
Dr. Hammād cAbd Allāh Hammād criticizes some practices in the tourist sector in Egypt especially forbidding veiled women from entering certain tourist establishments.
Date of source: Saturday, August 12, 2006 to Friday, August 18, 2006
Tāriq
Mustafá presents various opinions over allegedly
false hadīths about the torture of women in hell
sent to Muslims living abroad.
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
The author discusses the spread of Coptic
posters and missionary groups in the subway, warning against this
dangerous phenomenon.
Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2006 to Friday, June 30, 2006
The author discusses the issue of the Muslim dress code for men and women, arguing that proving the dress covers the awra, those parts of the human body that Islam has decreed should not to be revealed except to spouses and immediate family members, is indeed an Islamic costume.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The author asserts that women, who are hiding their faces or hair, are actually hiding their natural identity, which was given to them by God.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The author deals with the hijab as a new identity for Muslims, instead of playing a social role, listing some factors that led to this change.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The author reviews a book made by Egyptian famous intellectual Sa‘īd ‘Ashmāwī, in which he tackled the hijāb issue and other controversial issues related mainly to Muslims’ clothes.
Date of source: Saturday, June 17, 2006 to Friday, June 23, 2006
According to Tāriq Mousa, recently veiled actresses are no longer able to keep their place among the first tier of Egyptian leading ladies. Due to the conditions they impose with respect to the roles they play, Mousa says, veiled actresses have no option but to take low-key supporting...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
A recent workshop on the effect of religious truth on social harmony in Egypt and
Germany
was held in Lokkum, Germany. Sāmī Khashaba gives his point of view on the issue.