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Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
A discussion of sectarian tensions and citizenship rights in Egypt, based on a discussion on Watani Forum.
Date of source: Thursday, October 6, 2005
Everyone is calling for change, particularly since there is a growing social anxiety that stability is turning into total paralysis. Yet should democracy be stifled to prevent worse alternatives?
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
In an interview with al Arabiya satellite news channel, ‘Umar al-Sharīf said he is against applying the Islamic sharī‘a in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Salāh ‘Īsa believes that the increasing popularity of political Islam currents has become an obstacle to political and democratic reform in the Arab world.
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2005
At this critical period of Egypt’s history, the author argues that position of the Copts seems unclear as far as modernization and political reform are concerned.
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2004
The purpose behind making Shari’a a source of legislation is because it is a fully developed legal system acknowledged by the international law assemblies. Since the Shari’a includes various concepts, it should be subject to well-formulated legal rules as Shari’a here is the source of legislation,...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
The London-based Arabic newspaper of Al-Quds Al-Arabi [The Arab Jerusalem], has conducted a poll in which about 11,000 visitors of their website took part. The poll showed that 41 percent of voters are in favor of the exclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood. The other 58.9 percent of voters opposed the...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2004
With the vastness of the Islamic nation due to the Islamic conquests in the era of Omar Ben Al- Khattab, the first Islamic Shura council comprised 70 members of the wisest and most faithful men of the umma [Muslim nation]. In the practical and verbal Sunna, the prophet applied the Qur’anic concept...
Date of source: Friday, October 22, 2004
The West lays responsibility for the current instability at the Muslims’ feet in the East. Western policy has always regarded Islam as an enemy. Such attitude is clear in “The Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel P. Huntington and the “End of History” by Fokumaya.
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
A press release issued in the name of civil society organizations, potential political parties and banned groups, such as the Brotherhood and communists, listed a number of legal and constitutional demands. The signatories of the press release announced that they intend to push for modification of...
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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.