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Date of source: Wednesday, February 12, 2020
In this editorial, the author analyzes the political role al-Azhar has played in the years following the 2011 revolution and how it tried to resolve the political and social crises at the time. The author then compares the work that al-Azhar did to that of the Muslim Brotherhood and its inability...
Date of source: Thursday, October 10, 2013
Salāh Abdul Ma’būd, the representative of the Nūr Party in the Constituent Assembly, that they insist on keeping Article 3. He stated, “We refuse to replace ‘Jews and Christians’ with ‘non-Muslims’”. He stated that amending it to read “non-Muslims” “opens the door to evil” (Wahīd Sha’bān, Gihān...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Al-Nūr Party has warned against amending the article. Dr. Sha’baān Abdal ‘Alīm, the assistant secretary general of the party, stated that amending the third article may allow the marriage of gays and stated that Islam only recognizes Christianity and Judaism.
Date of source: Sunday, February 25, 2018
The duality is one of the most prominent standards that characterize the Salaf trend in Egypt, especially the branch based in Alexandria. Presided by Yāsir Burhāmῑ, the deputy of the Salafi Daʿwa, the Call has contradictory positions that were manifested on many issues after the revolution of...
Date of source: Monday, November 10, 2014
The vice president of the Nūr Salafist party, Talaʿat Mazrūq, praised several elements of the new election law, stating “the most important of the positives in the current election law is that it has sacked all the remains of the previous regime (filūl) and identified their most important weapon—...
Date of source: Saturday, September 27, 2014
Leaders in the Nūr party confessed to having contacts with former NDP members in order to convince them to put their names on the Nūr electoral lists.
Date of source: Saturday, March 28, 2015
The Nūr Party has welcomed the announcement of Field Marshall Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī’s bid for presidency and his resignation from the post of Minister of Defense in preparation for the presidential race. Eng. Galāl al- Murrah, Secretary General of the Nūr Party, stated on his Facebook account, “...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Shaykh Yāssir al-Burhāmī, vice president of al- Da’wah al-Salafiyah, has issued a new fatwá, stating that watching sinful movies is permissible, as long as one denounces them in one’s heart. He said he would not allow people to be deemed as unbelievers for participating in television programs that...
Date of source: Friday, July 18, 2014
Head of the al-Nūr political party Yūnis Makhyūn declared that the “Egyptian Nation” coalition has excluded his party more than the Muslim Brotherhood ever did. In addition, Makhyūn stated that ‘Amr Mūssa, head of the Committee of Fifty, and Sayyid Badāwī, head of the al-Wafd party, did not contact...
Date of source: Thursday, September 4, 2014
The Alexandria Court for Urgent Affairs has decided to postpone the case of dissolving all religious parties till the session of the October 1, 2014.
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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.