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Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 25, 2012
The majority of Egyptian courts continued their work while other courts went on a strike in protest against the new constitutional declaration issued by President Muḥammad Mursī last week. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Nov. 25, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 28, 2012
The European Parliament said it is appalled by developments in Egypt over a constitutional declaration announced by President Muḥammad Mursī and inside the constituent assembly, adding the so-called declaration puts Mursī above the law. [Aḥmad Khalaf Allāh and Muḥammad Mursī, al-Watan, Nov. 28, p....
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood group said its Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badīʿ will visit Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II on Tuesday (November 27) for the first time since the 118th patriarch’s investiture. [ʿImād Khalīl and Teresa Kamāl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Nov. 27, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 22, 2012
An opinion poll by the Ibn Khaldūn Center for Research & Studies revealed that 67.9% are not pleased with the leadership of President Muḥammad Mursī and the government of Hishām Qandīl, appealing to the president to deliver on his pledges to step down if Egyptians’ blood was shed in protests. [...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 21, 2012
Dr. Saʿd al-Katātnī, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, instructed Coptic members of the FJP to open dialogue with leaders of churches that quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt and to set a date for a meeting with them in two days in an...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 12, 2012
Salafī leaders had contacts with the presidency in an attempt to dissuade President Muhammad Mursī from his decision to attend the enthronement ceremony of Pope Tawadrus II on November 18 on the grounds that the event is purely religious and “against the Muslim faith, sources revealed. [Mahmūd...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2012
The ‘Id al-Adhá prayers in Alexandria switched from spiritual to political as Salafī Da’wah (Call) and Muslim Brotherhood leaders delivered fiery sermons in squares all over the Mediterranean city. [Rāmī Yāsīn, al-Ahrām, Oct. 27, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic
32. AWR Daily Overview, October 25, 2012: Intellectuals shrug off preacher’s call to destroy statues
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 25, 2012
Islamic preacher Yūsuf al-Badrī sparked extreme discontent in literary and cultural circles after his remarks in a TV show a couple of days ago in which he called for destroying “all statues and idols in Egypt as a religious duty over fears people might return to paganism”. [Muná Yāsīn, al-Misrī...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Tuesday (October 23) received a delegation of Azhar clerics led by Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb and senior clergymen of the Egyptian church and discussed the role of the religious discourse in societal change. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Akhbār, Oct. 24, p. 7] Read...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 25, 2012
The Supreme State Security Prosecution started questioning Ahmad ‘Abd Allāh, better known as Abū Islām, the owner of al-Omma (Nation) TV station, over reports lodged against him by lawyers Hāmid Hassan and Nāsir al-‘Asqalānī, members of the Egyptian Bar Association, that he was involved in...
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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.