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Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 10, 2012
On the other hand, the parliamentary body of the FJP, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood group, is holding a closed meeting on January 18 under FJP leader Muhammad Mursī, and in the absence of the group’s murshid (guide) Muhammad Badī’, to name the party’s candidates for the post of People...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 9, 2012
A once reluctant United States is reaching out to the Muslim Brotherhood in a nod to Egypt's new political reality, but concerns linger about the group's attitude toward minorities, women and the peace treaty with Israel, according to a report by the Agence France Presse (AFP). [Author Not...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2012
On the other hand, nearly final indications in the North Qena constituency – home to the townships of Abū Tisht, Naja’ Hammādī, Dishnā, al-Waqf and Farshūt – showed that ‘Abd al-Rahīm al-Ghūl, a figure of the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP), was out of the runoff elections despite his...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2012
Meanwhile, the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy approved in a meeting on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, amendments to the law on the Azhar, including the retirement of the Grand Shaykh at the age of 80 or upon his request.
Grand Shaykh Dr. Tayyīb, during the three-hour session, was in favor to have...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2012
On the other hand, political parties traded accusations on the second day of the third round of Egypt’s People’s Assembly elections on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, as leaflets handed out in the western Egypt governorate of Mersa Matrouh judged that anyone voting for the liberal Egyptian Bloc would...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2012
Minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrāhīm sent a congratulatory cable to Pope Shenouda on the occasion of the Coptic Christmas.
Ibrāhīm sent similar cables to Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī, Head of the Evangelical Community Council in Egypt, and senior ministry officials, officers, constables, conscripts and...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2012
Al-Azhar vehemently rejected the setting up of a so-called Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), asserting that the top Sunni Muslim establishment is the only Muslim reference concerned with religious affairs in Egypt. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Jan. 5, p. 14...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 4, 2012
A group of Salafī young men launched an initiative called Salafists for the Guarding of Churches through coordination among Islamist groups and parties, security agencies and church officials. [Author not mentioned, Al-Jumhūrīyah, Jan. 4, p. 3]
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 2, 2012
Egyptian churches celebrated the New Year on December 31, 2011 as priests prayed for the stability and peace of Egypt.
Dozens of activists and young people were outside the Two Saints Church chanting slogans of national unity while Coptic youths chanted slogans against Mustafá Muhammad Mustafá, a...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 2, 2012
The Court of Urgent Matters in Alexandria on Sunday looked into the case of the bombing attacks that targeted the Two Saints Church to the February 5 session after the defense counsel demanded the inclusion of other parties to the case, Field Marshal Husayn Tantāwī in his capacity as Chairman of...
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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.