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Date of source: Tuesday, September 16, 2003
The author comments on the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Egyptian Parliament. He believes that they more or less continue the hisba [the right of a Muslim to solicit good and advocating against evil in society] issues started by some Islamic activities.
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2003
The head of the Egyptian parliament referred an urgent request submitted by a Brotherhood parliamentary member concerning the criticism which the Minister of Education leveled at Qur´an schools to the Education Committee of the parliament. The minister said that such schools are responsible...
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2003
The head of the Egyptian parliament referred the issue of applying the Islamic Shari´a to the Religious Committee of the Parliament to put an end to the arguments stirred by the Brotherhood in that respect. Moreover, representatives of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) criticized the...
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2002
A Brotherhood member of the parliament accused the government of being responsible for the fire which broke out in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He presented a question to the prime minister in this concern.
Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2005
A recent fatwa issued by the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, on the normalization of relations with Israel, has triggered heated debate among Muslim scholars.
Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2002
The new terms stipulated by the Ministry of Endowments for building mosques caused a debate between Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary members and the Egyptian government. The Brotherhood accused the government of creating obstacles to building new mosques in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2002
A Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary member asked the Egyptian prime minister to follow the example of the American president and prevent the mixing of boys and girls in schools.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 20, 2002
Al-Ahrar paper reported that some Muslim Brotherhood members ran and won in the latest elections of the ruling National Democratic Party [NDP]. They were able, through agreements with some NDP members, to occupy prominent positions in the NDP. Sources related to the Muslim Brotherhood said that...
Date of source: Monday, July 15, 2002
A member of parliament asked for a modification of the articles about committing adultery in the current Penal Law. He asked for an equal punishment of husbands and wifes and those who killed their unfaithful partners after they had been betrayed [the concept of honor killing]. But the Mufti...
Date of source: Saturday, June 22, 2002 to Friday, June 28, 2002
Rose El-Youssef created a special file on extremism and terrorism. The file discusses cassette tapes that degrade women in Egyptian society, the fact that some lawyers looking for fame collaborate with extremists, that some scholars oppose scholarly development and that terrorists have turned to...
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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.