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Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 26, 2014
Interim President Adlī Mansūr has called upon the Egyptian people to vote in the presidential elections. He promised that the institutions of the state will not be biased to any of the candidates and no citizen will be guided to make a certain choice (Nāssir Abd al- Mājid, al- Wafd, May 26, p. 3).
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 25, 2014
Catholic Pope Francis I has arrived to Jordan in a visit that is the fourth of its kind in the last 50 years. This is the first visit for him to the Holy Land in which he intends to visit Bethlehem and Jerusalem. He has called for the respect of religious freedom in all areas of the Middle East...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 24, 2014
Amid very tense settings, due to the flights and mutual accusations by the two sufī leaders ‘Abd al- Hādī al Qasabī, the Shaykh of the Sufis, and head of the Islāh front, Shaykh Alā’ Abū al-‘Azāyim. The sufī elections of the Supreme Council of Sufi Orders ended two days ago (May 22) and has...
26. AWR Daily Overview May 23, 2014: Shaykh of the Azhar Orders New Preaching Convoys in Upper Egypt
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 23, 2014
The Grand Imām Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, Shaykh of the Azhar, has decided to implement a comprehensive plan to ensure that the moderate position of Islam remains widespread in Egypt. He ordered new preaching convoys to the different villages and cities in Upper Egypt. This is in addition to the convoys...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 22, 2014
General Sidqī Subhī, Minister of Defense, has stated that the armed forces will confront with force any attempt to influence the will of the people. Security sources stated that the army shall secure the election with 160,000 soldiers. Special forces shall also be deployed to the (politically)...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 20, 2014
Preliminary results of the vote of Egyptians abroad reveal a sweeping success for al- Sīsī. After 135 polling stations have finished counting the vote, results show that 245,582 citizens have voted abroad. 227,311 (94%) citizens voted for al- Sisi and 14,624 (6%) voted for Sabāhī (Muhammad al-...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 20, 2014
Early unofficial poll results of Egyptians abroad have shown that al- Sīsī is succeeding with a landslide. According to the campaign of al- Sīsī, he is winning with more than 85% so far in New Zealand and three electoral districts in Australia. The vote counting is still continuing in other...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 19, 2014
An unknown assailant detonated a handmade bomb near an electoral conference [a conference held in support of a particular candidate usually in a large tent in the street ] supporting al- Sīsī in ‘Izbit al- Nakhl, Giza [a lower class area in greater Cairo]. The explosion led to the injury of two...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 18, 2014
Ambassador Mirvat Tillāwī, Head of the National Council for Women, stated that during her participation in the population and development conference that was recently held in New York, she felt a regression against women’s rights. She added that this is not only in Islamic countries, but added that...
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 17, 2014
In preparation for Sham Al- Nissīm (Easter), the Heath Affairs Department in Cairo has announced a state of high alert in hospitals to make available health services for emergency cases during the feast. It has stopped issuing holidays to its staff and assured that mobile ambulances will be...
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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.