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Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
A discussion of tolerance and the relationship between religion and politics in Egypt from the era of Muhammad Ali, through the Nasser and Sadat years and concluding with two choices for the future for Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
70 fanatics in Alexandria were arrested on suspicions of
belonging to al-Qā‘idah. The Islamic group claims that they are innocent of the attempt to
assassinate the author Nagīb Mahfūz.
Date of source: Saturday, August 26, 2006
The state security arrested, last week, a
new Muslim Brotherhood organization headed by a professor of at
the Nuclear Energy Authority and seized for the
first time survey forms contain questions about the kind of
obstacles facing the group activities in the
society.
Date of source: Friday, August 25, 2006
The author discusses an article written by
Dr. Steven Metz,
Associate Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, in which he warns Western
governments that
information offered by the experts about Islamic fundamentalism is inaccurate.
Date of source: Thursday, August 17, 2006
A court order
has been issued to keep Dr. ‘Isām al-
‘Iryān and five more members of the
Muslim Brotherhood Group in custody for 15 days pending the
investigations into allegations of holding a
secret meeting.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 2, 2006
The author reviews a document purportedly sent by
Hasan al-Bannā, the founder and murshid of the Muslim Brotherhood, to the 1944 Arab conference in
which he demanded pan-Arab political, economic and military cooperation.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The author criticizes calls made by Islamic writer Dr. Muhammad ‘Umāra for the return of an Islamic caliphate under the Muslim Brotherhood. He cites opinions by some scholars who argue that the caliphate belongs only to the history books and can never be applied in contemporary times.
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
The author argues that the quota system for Egyptian Christians in parliamentary and state positions will not offer a good solution to the problem of religious fanaticism. The only way to address this is to stick to secularism and to belongingness to the nation, before religion.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Five children were accused of belonging to a terrorist organization and were detained
for two hours in the Marsa Matrouh governorate.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The author discusses the arrest of a number of
students and supervisors at a summer
camp believed to be connected with a Muslim Brotherhood school, and
notes different viewpoints on whether such
schools should be allowed.
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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.