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The author discusses failures in Egypt to ensure full citizenship rights for women, children, the elderly and the Copts. He notes that a conference, to be held in December, will address issues of citizenship.
The author reviews a book written by an Indian Muslim scholar discussing the position women enjoy in Islam and refuting allegations that Islam encourages polygamy.
The author deals with the issue of democracy and how Egypt was a liberal state until the outbreak of the 1952 revolution that brought a military regime in power, which disbanded all political parties and established a one-party system with no clear political agenda in mind.
This interview with Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī deals with the latest fuss when she and her daughter, Muna Hilmī, appeared on a television program to call for giving children to the names of their mothers, not just their fathers.
Dr. Muna Hilmī expresses her astonishment at the reaction to her initiative to give the child the surname of his/her mother, besides the father’s name, and comments on some of these opinions.
Dr. Thanā’ Fou’ād ‘Abd Allāh discusses the issue of improving the conditions of women in Saudi Arabia. Although there is trend that asks for the liberation of women, there is also another stream that opposes what they call ‘westernizing’ Saudi women.
The writer discusses the idea of beating wives as punishment in Islamic Shari´a. He quotes many scholars who argue in favor of beating one´s wife. He believes that such arguments are gender biased and have nothing to do with the Qur´an.
The article comments on the murders, in the name of “honor,” of young Jordanian women who are believed to have had illicit relations or even to have simply befriended men. There is currently an attempt underway to cancel an article in the Jordanian constitution that prescribes a light punishment...
The author gives examples from many countries showing that violence is still practiced against women despite the many rights they have been granted.
Overview of opinions voiced in the conference of the liberation of women in Islam. The conference discussed women in the Qur´an, the Sunna and the fiqh and the liberation of women between the Islamic and Western views. It discussed the contents of the encyclopedia written by the late Abdel...

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