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Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
A digest of articles covering Coptic-Muslim Brotherhood relations, focusing on American Coptic leader Michael Munīr’s recent visit to Egypt, halting attempts to establish dialogue between the two groups and the impact of the Brotherhood’s success in the last parliamentary elections on Muslim-Coptic...
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006 to Friday, January 13, 2006
In this 1949 article, the late Egyptian intellectual ‘Abbās al-‘Aqqād argues that the Muslim Brotherhood, which he says has sparked unprecedented sedition in Egyptian society, has dubious origins, saying that the grandfather of the Brotherhood founder was a watch fixer in Morocco, a job that was...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
The Brotherhood participation in the democratic process, if genuine, constitutes a qualitative leap that entails the renunciation of violence, refraining from the takfīr [to rule that someone is infidel] ideology and accepting peaceful political activities as a means to reach power.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Souzī al-Jindī argues that there is no problem when groups offer hard-line platforms, as long as they do not seek to impose their agendas through violence and murder.
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
The Muslim Brotherhood’s unprecedented success in the recent parliamentary elections has raised fears over the future of the political process in Egypt. Kamāl Zākhir Mousa argues that Egypt’s major opposition group does not have a clear agenda for a civil state, in which all citizens enjoy the same...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
The author writes that the Muslim Brotherhood has made use of religion to serve their political interests. According to Dr. Midhat Khafājī, the Muslim Brotherhood has offered no party line, only dreamy slogans, to urge people to vote in their favor.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
A press review of attitudes to the Muslim Brotherhood and its role in the new parliament, criticism that the group is putting party politics over the Egyptian people, and statements by leading figures in the group questioning the Holocaust.
Date of source: Sunday, December 18, 2005
An examination of why only 20 percent of eligible voters took part in Egypt’s elections, and why so many voted for Islamist candidates.
Date of source: Thursday, December 15, 2005
The success of Muslim Brotherhood members in the parliamentary elections has reopened discussion about an Islamic state in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2005
Muhammad Habīb, the deputy murshid, commenting on Murshid cĀkif’s statements that the Muslim Brotherhood would respect existing treaties between Israel and Egypt, said any agreement concluded by a state "is not Qur’ān. It is human action that is subject to review.”
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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.