Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The FJP has come out of the womb of the Muslim Brotherhood group and emerged in the limelight after the glorious January 25 Revolution in a democratic attire, something that is confirmed by the statements of the party leader and senior members, writes William Sam'ān in an opinion article in al-...
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2012
Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, the deputy head of the Salafī Da’wah (Call) Movement, said fears about Islamists’ winning nearly one-quarter of seats in the coming parliament despite a relentless campaign against them as “illusion” made by “liberal mass media through lies in order to curb their presence in...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2016
Columnist Aḥmad 'Abd al-Rabu wrote in an opinion article published by al- Shurūq about the ranking of Muslim Countries in the Democracy Index, attempting at highlighting the reasons behind the declination of freedoms in those countries and whether it is secular authoritarian or Islamist regimes...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
In an opinion article published by Civic Egypt, Rāghib Al- Rikābī wrote about the difference between Islam during the early Islamic period of Mecca and the Islamic experience witnessed after the hijra, or emigration; the date of this event marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar.
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Alef Bookstore in Heliopolis is scheduled to host a symposium to discuss the book “Building moderate Muslim networks" by Angel Rabasa, Cheryl Benard, Lowell H. Schwartz, and Peter Sickle.
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The head of the City Council of Luxor organized a press conference to talk about the situation in Luxor. In November 1997, 62 people including 58 foreigners were killed in a famous tourist attraction called al Dayr-al-Baḥrī which affected tourism in Luxor greatly. Questions were asked...
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Deputy Director, Khayrī Jambik from the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS) discusses his institute‘s approach toward peace-building in the Near East, its latest dialogue programme, the general role of interfaith dialogue and other factors to be examined when looking at...
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Tūjān al-Faīṣal, the first female member of the Jordanian parliament, is being interviewed and talks about her background, the effects that the Israeli-Jordan peace treaty has on Jordan politics and democracy, pluralism and the role of intelligence in Jordan, legal and judicial...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit, Eline Kasanwidjojo, Aidan Mascarenhas-Keyes
Language of interview: English (original intverview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Requested and no objection received
Dr. Nadia Muṣṭafā works at the Institute of Progressive Civil Studies...
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The interview was recorded and transcribed by Quinta Smit. Dr. ʿImād Shāhīn has seen and approved this transcript. This interview was part of an Arab-West Report project for a book on Islamist movements during the year 2013. Data collected were placed online in June 2016.
Prof. ʿImād Shāhīn is an...