Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2017
“We kept quiet, so he barged in with his donkey” is a popular idiom that exemplifies the state of religious parties, which started appearing directly after the 25th of January Revolution.
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Interviewer: Quinta Smit
Language of interview: Unknown (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: requested and no objection received
Nādir Bakkār, Spokesman of the Nūr-Party, explains what the term Islamist means to him and how Islam should in...
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Interviewers: Eline Kasanwidjojo, Quinta Smit
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Requested and no objection received
Khālid Manṣūr talks about the reasons for establishing al-Iṣlāḥ Party and its relation to...
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Interviewer: Aidan Mascarenhas-Keyes, Quinta Smit
Language of interview: Arabic (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Interpreter: Aḥmad Ibrāhīm
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Requested and no objection received
This is the first of two transcripts of interviews with Maḥmūd...
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Interviewer: Quinta Smit
Language of interview: Arabic (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Interpreter: Jayson Casper
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Requested and no objection received
Al-Sharīf talks about the reasons for establishing Al-Aṣāla Party, its membership...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit, Eline Kasanwidjojo, Jayson Casper
Language of interview: Arabic (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Interpreter: Jayson Casper
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Requested and no objection received
This transcript of an interview with Ihāb Shīhā...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
One of the interesting subplots to the Egyptian revolution is the fate of ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān, known as the Blind Shaykh, who is incarcerated in America for his role in organizing the 1993 attempt to blow up the World Trade Center. His family has maintained a small sit-in protest outside the US...
Date of source: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Salafi politics has taken Egypt by storm. This has surprised many commentators who underestimated their base of thought and non-political nature. For others, it has been a validation of years of Salafi work in mosques and surrounding communities to preach Islam and help the poor.
As an aid to...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Many Islamist factions are disagreeing over the Azhar document and the propsed governing principles of the constitution. Salafists have declined to negotiate with Dr. 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister of Egypt, over the governing constitutional principles. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Group...