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Ṣaīdā, Samīra and Hind are Dutch students, studying Arabic at Leiden University in the Netherlands. All three are originally from Morocco and are now on exchange in Egypt. They share their experiences of living in Egypt and compare it to their Arab heritage.
Furthermore, Majdī Ḥussaīn,...
Majdī Ḥussaīn of Islamist Publication al-Sha‘b on the 1996 publishing of How Muḥammad became Michael
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In May 1996, al-Sha‘b newspaper published a highly controversial article on how Muḥammad became Michael featuring the story of a Muslim who converted to Christianity by Dr. Muḥammad ʿAbbās, a prominent Egyptian author. The article allegedly accused the Christian community in Egypt of...
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Following the assassination attempt on President Muḥammad Ḥusnī Mubārak in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in June of 1995, the government launched a massive campaign of clamping down on Muslim Brotherhood members. Cornelis Hulsman along with Sunnī Khālid (NPR) sat down with Egyptian Islamist and...
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The president of the Labor Party dismissed Magdi Hussein, the editor-in-chief of
the now
closed al-Sha‘b paper, and other 10 members from the Party. The dismissed members represent the
Islamic trend in
the Party. The Muslim Brotherhood refused describing Shukri’s decision as a change in the...
2. Labour party’s crisis takes
on new dimensions after the court’s invalidation of
the ban decision.
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The current crisis of the
frozen opposition party, al-Amal (Labour), entered a new stage after
the revocation, by the administrative
supreme court, of the ban imposed by the parliamentary committee of parties. There is a
high expectation of
a revival of the same party.
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2001
A demonstration against attacking Afghanistan erupted in the Azhar mosque after Friday prayers. The demonstrators were led by some parliamentary members and members of Islamic and leftist parties. They were shouting against attacking innocent Afghan people and asked for the same way of fighting...
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2001
Ibrahim Shukri, the president of the Labor Party went back on his decision concerning dismissing 11 members, representing the Islamic trend in the party. He stressed that it was General Tala’at Muslim [a given name] and not him who took such a decision. The latter denied what Shukri said about him.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2001
The head of the Labor Party said that the Brotherhood does not need the party now as they have 17 representatives in Parliament. He added that the party bridged the gap between the Brotherhood and the other parties. The mistakes of the Brotherhood made the party what it is now. He denied...
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2001
The General Secretary of the opposition Labor Party expressed his willingness to have a dialogue with the government concerning the future of the labor Party, which was suspended a year ago. Still, he rejected bargaining over the Islamic attitudes of the party. He said that respecting the decision...
Date of source: Friday, April 6, 2001
The new General Secretary of the Labor Party said that the party’s paper would be open to the Brotherhood as they have a common goal in bringing Egypt back to its Islamic civilization. He added that accusing him of co-operating with the Brotherhood members of parliament in trying to pressure the...
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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.