Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The author discusses the issue of the ordination of women in various Christian denominations and traditions.
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
Dr. al-Bayādī reacts to the
calls for reform of the
electoral process for the position of head of the Evangelical Community Council.
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
Marsīl Mahnī is the first woman to take up a clerical
leadership position within the
Episcopal Church in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
Asmā’ ‘Abd Allāh reports on differing opinions
about
appointing a woman as head of the Anglican Church of America.
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
Are women
allowed to be heads of states under Islamic sharī‘a?
The decision of well-known feminist,
Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī, to run for president
during the elections of 2004 was opposed
by a large number of Muslim scholars, who argue that the
physiological nature of women prevents them from...
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Preaching on public transport has become a phenomenon in the past few years. “It is very
common in microbuses to
find people giving cassette tapes with religious content to the driver to play
throughout the journey.”
Walīd Ahmad, a university student, says.
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2006
The article focuses on the disagreement
among Christian denominations on ordaining women as elders after the Evangelical church inaugurated a woman as an elder.
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2006
Pastors of the Evangelical church and the Hanging Church in Egypt elaborate on the issue of ordaining women priests and elders.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
The article reports on discussions concerning the ordination of female ministers in the Evangelical Church.
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003 to Friday, September 26, 2003
Women are eager to work in the field of Da´wa [Islamic missionary activity] and study Islamic dogma to the degree that they have excelled men. People who are responsible for Da´wa say that this is due to the awareness of women of her role to correct some misunderstood conceptions. The cultural...