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Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2005
President Mubārak has declared that the law does not allow forming religious parties. He responded to a question about the transformation of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to a political party.
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
There are arguments among the Copts about the call for the Misr Al-Umm [Mother Egypt] Party by some intellectuals who claimed that secularism respects and deepens national unity. But Coptic intellectuals emphasize that national unity has nothing to do with the principles of that call, which is...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 2004
The opinion of political writer Hussain Abdel Raziq, the
secretary general of the Tagammu Party, was different from other leaders of the Tagammu and most
of its members. When the Tagammu was discussing the attitude it should adopt toward groups that
claim to represent political Islam, Abdel...
Date of source: Friday, January 30, 2004
Al-Wafd continues discussing the attitude of Islamic movements towards the issues of democracy, the disavowing of violence and turning to peaceful action. During the last few years, attempts to establish two Islamic political parties, Al-Islah Party [Reformation Party] and Al- Sharia Party [Sharia...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 30, 2004
The author of this article strongly opposes the article published in the
last issue in which Dr. Hassan Hefni called for forming political parties based on religion.
According to the author of this article, forming political parties based on religion is a
dangerous call that leads to the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
The forming of a religion-based political party in Egypt is just like setting a fuel tank on fire and would never serve political stability and economic development.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Dr. Khālid al-Za‘farānī, a former key figure of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, out of the blue announced plans to apply to the Parties’ Affairs Committee for setting up Hizb al-Islāh wa al-‘Adāla wa al-Tanmīya [the Reform, Justice and Development Party, which he described as a “new democratic popular...
Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2005
Khālid al-Za‘farānī, a former member of the Brotherhood and secretary general of the frozen Labor Party, announced the establishment of a new party under the name Hizb al-Islāh wa al-‘Adāla wa al-Tanmīya [Reform, Justice and Development, and said would go through the paper work for his party soon...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2005
A delegation from the US Embassy in Cairo recently paid a visit to the Upper Egyptian city. First Secretary Ian McCary said in a number of statements to reporters that he supports the recent wave of protests in Egypt. He said that he calls for more freedom for the Copts and church building, noting...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 9, 2005
We are facing a current phenomenon about the appearance of religious parties clad in political attire during a fragile time of political reform
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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.