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Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2002
The author comments on a question asked by an audience member of a program on Shari’a and fatwa on whether using razors is halal or haram. He also comments on the fact that a Saudi fireman prevented his fellow firemen from entering a preparatory school for girls to save the girls from fire because...
Date of source: Friday, June 7, 2002
The stereotyped picture of Muslim preachers is no longer acceptable in the age of globalization. Arabic satellite channels propagated a new generation of preachers known as young preachers. Analysts say that the phenomenon of young preachers has nothing to do with the decrease in the activities of...
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2002
The Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Waqfs of the Emirates organized a seminar about the niqab to discuss whether it is an Islamic obligation and whether Islam allows women to participate in the different public activities of life.
Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2002
The article gives an overview of the history of Wahhabism, how it entered Egypt and its effect on the Egyptian society.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
The Turkish government declared the banning of veiled women from entering a university or driving cars. This declaration provoked the feelings of many Muslims especially since many of them believe that Islam is the hijab and niqab. The author does not agree that Islam is simply a hijab and niqap....
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2005
I have recently received a phone call from an intellectual woman, the wife of a rich businessman. Her voice was a mix of sadness and anger over the notion that extremists are influencing the young men and women of the poor class.
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2005
The niqāb has been misused recently as a cover for a suicide attack. Hence its banning has become a security necessity to protect the nation regardless of what the extremists say about it being a religious duty.
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2005
Grand Imam of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, said if a woman wore the niqāb to cover her face with the aim of committing a murder or intimidating the innocent civilians, God would double her punishment because in this case she is like a hypocrite that pretends piety while concealing...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 3, 2003
The article discusses the phenomenon of veiled and bearded students [Islamists] at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Christian students asked to have a church on campus just as Muslim students now have a mosque. However, the administration of the university made it clear that it does not want...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2005
Rose al-Yousuf, March 26-April 1, 2005, AWR, 2005, week 13, art. 11 was angry about the campaign of several human rights organizations, including the Land Center for Human Rights, about the death of Nafīsa from Sarandou village in al-Buhayra. AWR asked Karam Sābir, Executive Manager of The Land...
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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.