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Egypt: Niqab Ban Stirs Controversy

Written on 9 أكتوبر, 2009 at 1:44 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times

The Niqab (or face cover) is making the headlines again after the head of Al Azhar and Egypt's Imam, Sheikh Mohammed Tantawi asked a young girl to uncover her face while he was inspecting an Azhar school in Cairo.... (Continue reading)

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Egypt: The Egyptian Apostate

Written on 15 يوليو, 2009 at 23:22 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times

Egyptian progressive thinker, Dr. Sayed El Qemany was granted the State Award for Social Sciences. Egyptian liberals and seculars hailed the award while Wahabis and conservatives declared war on the "Egyptian Apostate". On Egyptian talks the following question was thrown on the table: هل يصح ان... (Continue reading)

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Egypt: Lawsuit calling for the devalidation of 25,000 Muslim Hadiths

Written on 11 نوفمبر, 2008 at 2:59 in Articles.مقالات, GLOBAL VOICES ONLINE | viewed times

Marwa Rakha translates for us today a post about an unusual lawsuit against Al Azhar University in Egypt calling for devalidation of 25,000 Muslim Hadiths. "Does Al Azhar have the right to “delete” these hadiths? Did they invent them and... (Continue reading)

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