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Date of source: Wednesday, September 24, 2014
The conflict between Salafīs has escalated in intensity to the extent of making accusations of treason.
Date of source: Thursday, February 13, 2014
Sabrah al-Qāsimī, general coordinator of the Moderate Front (an Islamist initiative to combat extremist Islamism thought) that supports al- Sīsī’s bid for presidency , said that the front's religious committee is preparing a project named “Revisions of thought” to include all Islamist parties -...
Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2014
Dr. ‘Abāss Shūmānn, Deputy of the Azhar Shaykh, stated that the Azhar Shaykh is not above criticism and that the Azhar shall not be silent in the face of violations of principles of the faith (Diā’ Abū al-Safā, al-‘Akhbār, Aug 11, p. 2).
Date of source: Friday, August 1, 2014
Sources have revealed to al-Tahrīr newspaper that a meeting is to be held within the next 48 hours between prominent sheikhs in the Salafī organization and leaders within the Ministry of Endowments.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: Article II of the Egyptian Constitution reads, “Islam is the official religion of the state, Arabic its official language and the principles of Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation”. Salafists seek removing the word ‘principles’ or replacing it with the word ‘...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2012
A wrangling erupted on Saturday (May 12) between veteran journalist Farīdah al-Shūbāshī and ‘Abd al-Zāhir Mufīd, the secretary of political education at the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), during a seminar hosted by the ministry of social affairs on drama handling of issues of...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
In a statement on the “Sawt Al-Salaf” or the “Voice of Salaf” video footage, Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī issued a religious edict (fatwá) saying that ”Muslims who oppose the Sharī’ah-based Constitution are hypocrites, even if they fast and pray according to Islamic rules and consider themselves Muslims”. ...
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2013
The Nūr party has threatened to pull out of the Constituent Assembly after his requests were rejected. Sharīf Taha, the spokesman of the party, stated that there were agreements concerning Article 219 of the Constitution, but the requests of the party were not achieved. Salāh Abdul Ma’būd, the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī, Islamic preacher, said in an interview with Akhir Sā’ah Magazine that it is allowed to use mosques to mobilize people to vote in the elections or referendums for the victory of the Islamic sharī’ah. However, liberals and secularists are not allowed to use mosques to call for...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Al-Dustūr newspapers reports that Yāsir Burhāmī, deputy leader of the Salafī Da’wah Movement, accused the Muslim Brotherhood of ‘infiltrating’ the Salafī groups and its Nūr Party with the aim of polarizing the group’s leader Shaykh Sa’īd ‘Abd al-’Azīm, gaining thus more supporters for the upcoming...
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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.