On Child Marriage
Egypt senior national team not to fast ahead of Rwanda match
Egypt senior national team not to fast ahead of Rwanda match
Bikya Masr
31 August 2009
CAIRO: Ahead of a must-win match on September 5 versus Rwanda in Kigali, Egyptian national team players apparently have agreed not to fast on match day, President of the Egyptian Football Assocaition (EFA) Samir Zaher, said in a press statement. According to him, the squad has agreed that it is not a good idea to fast after a number of religious leaders, including the country’s top religious institution, issued fatwas – Islamic opinions – over the subject. read more »
Islam: What you didn’t know about the Islamic fatwa
Islam: What you didn’t know about the Islamic fatwa
Joseph Mayton
Bikya Masr
30 August 2009
Egyptian woman passes a Cairo mosque in the early morning hours read more »
Egypt: Female circumcision crackdown
Egypt: Female circumcision crackdown
Bikya Masr
30 August 2009
CAIRO: Reports on Thursday said that the first doctor in Egypt was being charged under a new Egyptian law that forbids the controversial practice of female genital mutilation, or FGM. The man allegedly illegally circumcised a young girl last week and is being charged after a local hospital notified the authorities following the 11-year-old girl’s admittance into the hospital with heavy bleeding as a result of the procedure.
According to al-Arabiya news organization, the doctor performed the procedure at the girl’s Minya home – some 400 miles south of Cairo – for 150 Egyptian pounds ($27). read more »
Egypt: Al-Azhar website hacked
Egypt: Al-Azhar website hacked
Bikya Masr
30 August 2009
CAIRO: The prominent Sunni Muslim religious institution has become Egypt’s latest Internet victim after it was hacked early Sunday morning. Visitors to the website seeking information on Islam were surprised by the new homepage created by the hackers, who had replaced the original site with a new network that posted the name “sovalye-starturk” in its place. read more »
Opinion: Accessorizing hatred – t-shirts, Holy War and the Clash of Radical Religion
Opinion: Accessorizing hatred – t-shirts, Holy War and the Clash of Radical Religion
Kaitlyn J. Laird
Bikya Masr
29 August 2009
T-shirts? Where’s a good, old-fashioned cross burning when you need one?
It’s common knowledge that the way to deal with hatred and discrimination is more hatred and discrimination, much like rubbing soil into your shirt will remove mud stains. The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, FL that has been making waves with their new T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Islam is of the Devil” on the back. read more »
BM Opinion: Islam is of the Devil?
Islam is of the Devil?
Ruqaya Izzidien
Bikya Masr
The Dove Outreach Center of Gainsville, Florida, instructed its followers to wear T-shirts that read “Islam is of the Devil.” Yes, you read right. The group that seeks to alienate us poor Satanists through an offensive and even violent medium is called the Dove Outreach Center.
This “Church” has no doubt achieved one of its aims, that is, publicity, after a number of schoolchildren were sent home for wearing the shirts and the issue began to get the attention of the press. read more »
Pregnant Egyptian woman stabbed to death in Germany as a result of veil
Bikya Masr
3 July 2009
CAIRO: A German man outside of a Dresden, Germany, courtroom stabbed a 32-year-old Egyptian woman to death on Wednesday after she had won a defamation case against the man, Egypt’s Youm El Saba’a newspaper reported late Thursday. According to security sources in the German city, Marwa Al Sherbini, was stabbed.
Local news reported that Sherbini was three-months pregnant at the time. Her husband, who was finishing a scholarship at a German institute in genetics, was also shot outside the court, moments after the verdict had been handed down.
Sanctioned Sexual Assault
The Afghan president said Saturday he had ordered a review of a new law that critics say makes it legal for men to rape their wives, responding to criticism from around the world that included sharp comments from President Barack Obama.
"Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" Movie Redistributed, Prompts Hatred, Angst and Disgust
Mass-distribution of film, Obsession, is financed by pro-McCain groups and prompts hatred, angst and disgust.
Islam and Democracy
Among the many stereotypes said about Islam is that Islamic governments are autocratic. It's clear that anyone who believes such a stereotype has never heard of the Caliphs, or has never read about Islam and its history. Let's put that aside and take a look at how Allah teaches us democracy in the right ways.
Shura in the Qur'an
Egypt Scores 2.9 in Corruption Perception Index!
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