Displaying 1 - 10 of 16.
Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2024
According to a Health Ministry official, Egypt’s female circumcision rate has significantly decreased, especially for girls under the age of 19.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Media figure Ibrāhīm ʿĪsa said the presence of Dār al-Iftāʾ clashes with the principles of a democratic state, adding: “With all due respect to all opinions, thoughts, persons, and institutions, but there is no democratic state that has an iftāʾ house.”
Date of source: Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Dr. Īhāb Ramzī, a member of the Legislative Committee of the House of Representatives, stated that his suggestion to divide the ʿIsmah between husbands and wives was not new and that his intention was merely to simplify the steps of the current khulʿ.
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2012
Nājī Mikā’īl, a member of the FJP, said that the party decided to have 30 church leaders on their party lists during the upcoming parliamentary elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
“This compromise would settle the differences between the camp that seeks changing the Egyptian nation’s Islamic identity by just stopping at sheer general principles and the camp that seeks including the rulings of the Sharī’ah into the constitution,” said ‘Isām Dirbālah said in statements.
“The...
Date of source: Thursday, May 12, 2011
In a conference held by the Muslim Brotherhood in al-Mansūrah stadium, Murshid [Guide] Dr. Muhammad Badī' said that the MB will bring up Egyptians on faith and conscience until they demand the application of hudūd.
He added that the hudūd is an obligation and the people do not get punished for...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Muslim Brotherhood's Irshād (Guidance) Office chose Dr. Muhammad Mursī to be the leader of the group's Freedom and Justice Party.
However, he has to give up his membership in the MB Irshād Office.
The MB Shūrá Council decided to compete over 45 to 49 percent of the parliamentary seats.
Islamist...
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2011
Dozens of salafists distributed fliers in Qena protesting against the cabinet statement issued on April 20, 2011.
Date of source: Thursday, April 21, 2011
The full title of this article is "Disaster: 'Jihād' calls to cancel private universities and foreign languages departments--Jamā'ah Islāmīyah attacks civil state, accusing it of covering adultery."
Islamic Jihād group decided to establish a political party to present their views in a peaceful way...
Date of source: Saturday, February 20, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Abū al-‘Illā Mādī, Secretary General of al-Wasat Party, asking about reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.
Pages
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.