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Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 1999
The controversial ties between Muslim Brotherhood "hawks" in Jordan and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the self-rule areas were the hidden reasons behind growing feuds within the Brotherhood ranks, Islamist and independent sources said this week.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 13, 1999
Amman Governor Qaftan Majali on Monday reiterated controversial demands that women wearing the full-face veil reveal their faces at polling stations in Amman in upcoming nationwide municipal elections in a bid to wipe out possible fraud. Official figures indicate that 50 per cent of over one...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 1999
The Ministry of Public Works and Housing on Saturday awarded a local firm a JD 5 million contract to construct tourist facilities near the biblical site of Bethany where Jesus Christ was baptized. Ministry of Tourism officials said the development of the baptism site is expected to attract both...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 6, 1999
An ad hoc committee formed last week to review the banned Egyptian film "State Security."
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
The director of the Press and Publications Department (PPD) in Jordan decided to form a committee of media personnel, deputies, clerics and members of PPD’s audio/visual censorship department to review its decision to ban the Egyptian film "State Security," from cinemas and video houses because it...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
The Muslim Brotherhood has frozen the membership of several hard-line members against the backdrop of internal feuds over financial and administrative issues, well-informed sources told the Jordan Times on Friday [July 2, 1999].
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999
Pope John Paul II said in a letter on Wednesday he intended to make a major pilgrimage to the Holy Land, starting from Jordan, to mark the Great Jubilee of the year 2000.
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999
Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood [in Jordan] on Wednesday confirmed reports of feuds between "centrists" and "hardliners" over financial and administrative affairs.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 30, 1999
The Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 15 years in jail after convicting them of killing their wives on suspicion of immoral behavior in two separate incidents in 1997 and 1999.
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 1999
More than pride, more than honesty, more than anything a man might do, female chastity is seen in the Arab world as an indelible line, the boundary between respect and shame. An unchaste woman, it is sometimes said, is worse than a murderer, affecting not just one victim, but her family and her...
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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.