Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2006
A conference held at the Azhar
University, attended by Muslim scholars and medical
doctors from Africa, Asia and Europe, condemns female
circumcision and denies that it is a religious
practice.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 4, 2006
Anti-Muslim Brotherhood releases in the Egyptian press.
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Wide controversy surrounds the Dutch government’s
decision which approves a
parliamentary proposal to ban wearing the Niqāb in public places.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 23, 2006
A U.S. authority
denies entry of a Muslim scholar to the U.S., detains and then deports him to an
unknown destination.
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 15, 2006
The
court ruling previously pronounced by a lower administrative court giving Bahā’īs the rights to
state their religion in official documents is overturned by the Supreme Administrative Court.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2006
The author wonders why attacks
target only Orthodox churches and not
Catholic or Evangelical churches in Egypt.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 14, 2017
The Egyptian authorities have started a large-scale arrest campaign against members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, but the reasons for the detentions remain unclear to most observers.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 12, 2006
The conviction of a young journalist, Amīra Malash, in a libel suit has created uproar amongst the press and journalists and human rights activists have stood up defending freedom of expression.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 11, 2006 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 17, 2006
The conference held in Denmark over the offensive Danish cartoons called for by the young controversial dā‘iya cAmr Khālid has created different reactions in the West and the Islamic world.
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Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have made a short visit to Egypt, but controversy has surrounded the decision to grant the Prince an honorary doctorate from the Azhar University.