Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
The author investigates the rampant ultra- religious current and the niqāb phenomenon inside the Fine Arts College in Egypt, starting his 11- page news feature with a photo depicting several female students wearing the niqāb inside the college with a caption reading "this is a photo of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
Hamada Husayn reviews Dr. Nawāl al-
Sa‘dāwī statements in
an interview with al-‘Arabīya
Channel, in which she talked about the idea of
giving a child the surname of his/her mother.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
Dr. Muna
Hilmī expresses her astonishment at the reaction to her initiative to give the child the
surname of his/her
mother, besides the father’s name, and comments on some of these opinions.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Opinions of Islamic scholars on the issue of
misyār marriage, in which the
husband has no financial responsibilities for his wife.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
The author deals with the issue of Islamic outfits for Muslim sportswomen and the high demand for such sportswear that helps women practicing the sports they like while observing the teachings of their faith.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
A number of Muslim scholars have urged the Azhar’ s Islamic Research Academy to refute the recent controversial fatwas of the Sudanese spiritual leader, Dr. Hasan al- Turābī.
Date of source: Friday, April 21, 2006
Sudanese politician and prominent Islamist Hasan
al-Turābī explains some recent
controversial statements he made about the permissibility of Muslim
women marrying kitābīs
[People of the Scripture] and the misunderstanding of the word
hijāb in the
Qur’ān, as well as a host of political and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2006
Sudanese Islamic leader Dr. Hasan al-
Turābi has recently made known some of his views on a number of controversial Muslim issues, including the
hijāb, marriage between a Muslim woman and a kitābī [Reviewer: belonging to the
book, a Christian or a Jew], women leading prayers and the testimony of...
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2006
After the recent case of a Muslim man, who attempted to convert to Christianity in Afghanistan, the author argues that Germany has a responsibility to stand up for Afghan’s human rights.
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2006
The author represents an overview of Jane Smith’s book, “Islam in America,” in which she speaks about Muslims’ lives in the U.S.