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Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
The court said that Article 60 of the Constitutional Declaration has mentioned that the People’s Assembly and Shūrá Council are to meet to choose 100 members of the constituent assembly to draft a constitution but it has not clearly stated that the members of parliament will obtain membership of...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Counselor Mohamad Abdul Salām, advisor to Shaykh of al-Azhar and the rapporteur of the basic principles subcommittee in the Constituent Assembly (also known as the 50-member committee) stated that the committee has removed al-Azhar from being a reference on the issues pertaining to sharī’ah. It...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
The Shūrá Council’s financial and economic affairs committee has endorsed the Islamic Research Academy’s rejection of the Finance Ministry's proposal for Islamic bonds.
“We reject the bonds in terms of economy and in terms of Sharī’ah,” committee chairman Muhammad al-Fiqī said.
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2016
Transitional Justice Minister Hunaydī reported to the National Egyptian Council for Human Rights that he has begun to implement many recommendations that Egypt had received at a recent human rights conference in Geneva. He mentioned that there were many recommendations to review, including...
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Presidential hopefuls and a number of public figures expressed their condolences and deep sorrow for the death of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III.
Namely, 'Amr Mūsá, Mansūr Hasan, Hamadīn Sabāhī, Dr. 'Abd al-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh and Hāzim Salāh Abū Isma'īl, Dr. Muhammad al-Barād'ī and Ahmad Shafīq...
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Shaykh Mus'ad Anwar, Salafī, called on Islamists to unify in order to confront liberals and seculars who wants to limit Islam to be only in mosques.
Salafī Shaykh Muhammad 'Abd al-Maqsūd said that applying Sharī'ah is not an option, it is mandatory for all Muslims or else they will go to hell.
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Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2011
Approximately 300 Coptic youth, representing different Coptic movements, cut access to Ramsīs Street objecting threats by a number of Muslims to demolish Idfū church in Aswan governorate.
Coptic movements demanded forming a fact-finding commission to investigate the attack on the church, arresting...
Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2011
The Supreme Administrative Court postponed the case of rejecting the formation of al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah's Political Party Hizb al-Binā' wa al-Tanmīyah to October 10, 2011.
The Political Parties Affairs Committee had barred the formation of the party as it was proposed to be based on religious...
Date of source: Sunday, September 11, 2011
Parties and political forces expressed the same currents of dissatisfaction and deep concern over the events in Egypt yesterday (September 10) of assault and damage to buildings and vital installations.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Azhar's Grand Shaykh called many of the political groups to attend a dialogue meeting, on August 17, 2011, to discuss the Azhar's document.
That invitation came as a mean to seek agreement between different political groups about the country's identity. Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah accepted the...
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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.