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11. Worldwide controversy over the niqab
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...
10. Muslim scholar denied access to the U.S.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
A U.S. authority denies entry of a Muslim scholar to the U.S., detains and then deports him to an unknown destination.
4. Muslim reactions to Western attacks on Islam; legal defense or terrorism?
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...
50. In the city of fog, terrorism is all smoke but no fire
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
The author of the article raises suspicions about the seriousness of the suspected plot to explode airplanes and implies that the arrest of Muslim suspects in Britain was planned by the U.S.
26. Livingstone joins Straw in his calls for Muslim women to take off the niqab, female da‘iyah says woman’s face is not ‘awrah
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
The review takes up the issue of the niqāb as Jack Straw, Leader of the House of Commons, called on Muslim women in Britain to take off their veils in workplaces, while in Egypt, the President of Hilwān University made a decision to prohibit all niqāb-wearing students from entering the...
17. A new step towards the "clash of civilizations," manipulating the law
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
Nahlah al-Shahhāl discusses a new law filed in America that excludes foreigners from the country’s laws.
8. Danish TV broadcasts a competition mocking the Prophet Muhammad
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
On Friday, Danish television aired an amateur video showing young members of the anti-immigrant Danish People’s Party taking part in a competition to draw cartoons ridiculing the prophet, one year after the publication of the "offensive" cartoons by the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten. In an...
52. The church accuses the government of favouring Muslims.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
The government was accused of sidelining the church and giving a preferential treatment to Britain’s Muslim community, while Jack Straw’s statement still sparks controversy in the British community.
51. The Church of England accuses the government of favouring Muslims.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
Jack Straw’s statement revealed deep divisions within Tony Blair’s government and inside British community
50. A woman’s niqab was torn from her face after 24 hours of Straw’s statements.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
Jack Straw’s statement on veil and niqāb provoked anger and indignation from the Islamic community in Liverpool who accused him of being responsible for an attack in which a woman’s niqāb was torn from her face.

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