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Date of source: Friday, July 12, 2024
During a mourning session for a deceased man, Shaykh Hishām Samīr ʿAntar was reciting lines from the Qurʾān as is customary. However, he drew criticism for seemingly moving his body in an obscene manner that is not appropriate for Qurʾān recitation.
Date of source: Friday, February 12, 2016
Fūʾād Bilqāsimī, the national leader of the Islamist organization Sharia4Belgium and a Moroccan-Belgian, has chosen to take his case to the Belgian Supreme Court in protest of a ruling made by the Court of Appeal a few weeks prior, which sentenced Bilqāsimī to 12 years in prison and a fine of €30,...
Date of source: Thursday, March 13, 2014
A proposal to amend Article 20 of the Moroccan Personal Status Law Code, specifically concerning the marriage of minors under the age of 18, has caused division among the ruling majority and opposition groups within the country’s House of Representatives. Demands were made by the progressive...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Dr. Candace Lukasik is an assistant professor of Religion and faculty affiliate in Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures at Mississippi State University. Her research focuses on the transnational politics of migration, violence, and indigeneity in the Middle East, specifically Egypt and Iraq,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 9, 2024
A lawsuit against the Takwīn center’s board of trustees was launched by attorney and former president of al-Zamālik sports club Murtaḍā Manṣūr. On Sunday, June 9, the State Council’s Court of Administrative Justice decided to postpone the case.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Dr. Īhāb Ramzī, a member of the Legislative Committee of the House of Representatives, stated that his suggestion to divide the ʿIsmah between husbands and wives was not new and that his intention was merely to simplify the steps of the current khulʿ.
Date of source: Monday, May 27, 2024
The young man, Sharīf Jābir, received a sentence of a total of five years in jail by the al-Ismāʿīlīya Court of Misdemeanour for posting films on social media that incited atheism and insulted religion. Prior to this, he had caused controversy with videos he posted on his YouTube channel...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Shaykh Khalīfa bin Zāyīd Āl Nahyān, announced new legislation that will administer severe penalties and criminalize any act inciting religious hatred.
Date of source: Friday, May 3, 2024
Grand Muftī of Egypt, Dr. Shawqī ʿAllām, said women’s taking of leading positions is permissible according to the sharīʿa, which does not consider gender but rather efficiency and professionalism in accomplishing work.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The Faculty of Sharīʿa & Law in Cairo organized a symposium under the title ‘Principles of International Humanitarian Law and Common Denominators with the Principles of Islamic Sharīʿa.’
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.