Date of source: Monday, December 28, 1998
Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, Sheikh Al-Azhar has been much opposed by more conservative or radical Muslims. Examples are given.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Muslim and Christian religious leaders have announced their agreements that family planning is religiously acceptable and the lawful right of a man and wife. The leaders have also agreed that abortion is unacceptable under any circumstance unless the birth threatens the mother’s life.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
The General Guide of the Ikhwan Al-Muslimun (Muslim Brotherhood) did not answer the questions of Dr. Sai’d Al-Nagar, head of the liberal ’New Call Society’, the [human rights]lawyer Maurice Sadek, and Hazem Al-Kilani, from a splinter group of the brotherhood and one of the founders of Al-Wasat (...
Date of source: Friday, October 9, 1998
Arguments are given against orfi marriage from an Islamic point of view.
Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 1998
The article discusses the Al-Misyar marriage, a form of marriage that is applied during travel, which has become a phenomenon not only in the Arabian Gulf countries, but in other Arab countries as well.
Date of source: Thursday, September 24, 1998
Should women, according to Islamic law, be allowed to travel abroad alone with the permit of her husband, father or brother or not? That’s the issue addressed in this article.
Date of source: Friday, September 18, 1998
The author interviewed Dr. Mohammed Zakzouk, the Minister of Endowments, who stressed Islam is fair to women and gave her economic independence. She is not secondary to men.
Date of source: Saturday, August 29, 1998
A Turkish university opposes women wearing veils.
Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 1998
Westerners claimed that Islam subjected Muslim women to ignorance and poverty. Examples are giving showing this is not true.
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 1998
Lawyer Fatma Lasheen files a law suit asking to be appointed as judge. If she wins, the door will be open for women for the first time to sit on the bench.