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Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
In the weekly seminar for Al-Nidaa’ Al-Gadid [The New Call] organization, the attendees attacked the scholars of Al-Azhar, saying that they adopt a kind of Fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] called "Fiqh Al-Nakad" [Fiqh of annoyance]. The attendees said that they [the Azhar scholars] aim by it to defend...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 1999
Two controversial items in the draft of the new Personal Status Law are Al-Khul’a [a woman’s right to divorce her husband without explanation in exchange for renouncing all her marriage rights and returning the dowry he had given for her], and the right of a married Muslim woman to travel on her...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 1999
The birds of darkness have returned to flap their wings once again, in an attempt to stop the wheel of progress in this country [of Egypt]; the occasion is the draft of the new Personal Status Law, that tries to lift some burdens off the Egyptian woman. Last week was the rage week of extremists,...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
The surprise was very cruel and bitter when people were struck by a 22 year old girl throwing a Molotov bottle in the library of the church of Ain Shams. The bitterness grew more and more when the confession of this girl resounded. She stated she did not intend to kill innocents, thank God no one...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 1999
The struggle about obtaining voting rights for women in Kuwait. Muslim Brothers in Kuwait oppose women getting these rights.
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999 to Wednesday, July 14, 1999
The sweeping of Kuwait’s parliamentary polls on July 3 might bode well for women’s suffrage, but it also raises the prospects of a new showdown between MPs and the emir’s government. Opposition candidates won a two-thirds majority in the poll, giving the liberals and Islamists the power to block...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 1999
Counting of votes which could herald a new era of women’s rights in Kuwait went into the early hours of Sunday [July 4, 1999] with first returns showing a tight race between opponents and supporters of proposed full female emancipation. A key issue in the Gulf nation’s parliamentary election held...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Kuwait’s historic decision to grant full political rights to women added spice to the Gulf state’s election campaign, sparking comments that ranged from enthusiastic support to outright rejection. Opponents include Kuwaiti Islamists and even some women.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The decree giving women the vote and allowing them to stand as candidates in parliamentary and municipal elections in 2003 was issued by Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah last week and has sparked off fierce debate in the tiny Gulf state. The Islamist movements are up in arms over the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The Emir of Kuwait has issued a decree enfranchising women to vote and stand for public office in 2003. Opposition to the decree was immediate from the groups in opposition to the government, some of it on religious grounds.
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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.