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Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 28, 2003
A prominent Shiite scholar who has close relations with conservatives in Iran issued a fatwa that changed stoning as punishment for committing adultery. He did not mention the new punishment. Worth mentioning is that Europeans heavily criticize the stoning punishment [Ed: Amnesty International is...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2004
The Arab and foreign media were shocked by the Iranian Shura Council’s approval of a draft of a new law that gives equal portions of inheritance to men and women.
Shi’ite scholars in Egypt, Lebanon, and other Arab countries confirmed that the new proposed law concerns only inheritance cases where...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 30, 1999
The Iranian President Mohammed Khatami opened the conference of the Islamic Parliaments Organization. During the three days of the conference in Tehran, the members of the conference discussed the reality of the Islamic world and its concerns. They also discussed some of the important issues such...
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.