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23. The author of “The Battle for God” speaks to Al-Ahram: in Europe, Islam encounters racial and cultural bias, rather than religious bias
Date of source: Monday, August 4, 2003
The writer interviewed Karen Armstrong, the author of “The Battle for God” in Ottawa. She comments on the image of Islam in Western media and the reasons behind the wrong image American academic circles have of Islam. She also comments on the role Europe can play in regard to the dialogue between...
36. The mufti refutes Western claims about Islam in an interview with an American writer…Islam did justice to women but the West treats them as commodities
Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Dr. Margo Badran, American professor of Islamic Culture at Northwestern University, interviewed the Mufti of Egypt on the position of women in Islam. The Mufti refuted western allegations in that respect.
10. Mahram for female patients. Conflict in the Physicians Syndicate
Date of source: Saturday, July 19, 2003 to Friday, July 25, 2003
A warning for physicians: do not examine a female patient without the presence of her mahram [A person with whom marriage is forbidden. A relationship by marriage or close blood ties that permanently prohibits marriage between two people, and therefore they are allowed to be in privacy together...
8. Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi: Who will protect Muslims against the new Tatars?
Date of source: Thursday, March 6, 2003
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi comments on different issues: The US war against Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, cloning and gender issues.
24. The haram culture in Egypt
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2003
With many photos for veiled actresses and belly dancers, modern preachers and politicians involved in scandals, the author discusses the relation between art and morality and politics and morality.
21. A professor at the Azhar University asks Egypt´s mufti to appoint a female mufti for women and accuses the Grand Imam of the Azhar of ignoring her demands
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2003
Dr. Soad Saleh, comparative jurisprudence professor at the Azhar University, says that the Mufti of Egypt welcomes her demand to appoint a female mufti. She accepts women assuming presidency of the State but rejects that a woman be appointed as a grand imam of the Azhar
20. A professor at the Azhar University asks to grant women the right to issue fatwa, after a woman was appointed judge
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2003
Dr. Soad Saleh, comparative jurisprudence professor at the Azhar University, demanded that an office be allocated to a female jurist at Dar Al-Ifta, so that women may present their inquiries to her and receive answers.
19. A dispute between the Grand Imam of the Azhar and Sheikh Al-Qaradawi over appointing a female judge
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2003
The appointment of the first Egyptian female judge in the Supreme Constitutional Court caused a dispute between the Grand Imam of the Azhar and Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi concerning women working in the judiciary.
18. The liberation of Muslim women at the time of the message and in modern times
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2003
Overview of opinions voiced in the conference of the liberation of women in Islam. The conference discussed women in the Qur´an, the Sunna and the fiqh and the liberation of women between the Islamic and Western views. It discussed the contents of the encyclopedia written by the late Abdel...
13. Violence disappeared but extremism appears at the universities
Date of source: Friday, January 24, 2003
Extremists try to propagate their ideas inside campuses and among students. They want to separate male students from female students in lecture halls. They tell the girls to put on veils and to avoid wearing trousers.

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