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Date of source: Thursday, May 5, 2011
Most of the editorials in the newspapers are criticizing salafists' practices in sparking a fitnah in the nation.
They comment on salafists' protests in front of Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abāsīyah demanding the release of both Kāmīliyā Shihātah and Wafā' Constantine, reportedly detained by the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
On Thursday, May 5, 2011, the salafī cleric Yāsir al-Burhāmī stated that jihādist leader Usāmah Bin Lādin was a martyr who died with his "head held high."
He further accused the United States for disposing of Bin Lādin’s corpse in the sea, thereby once again showing a complete lack of “sanctity...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III will announce on May 4, 2011 new details in the Kāmīliyā Shihātah crisis.
Bishop Aghabius of Dayr Mawās said he was ready to testify in the Kāmīliyā case.
On the other hand, Shaykh Abū Yahyá said that Bishop Ahghabius is going to be a suspect according to the CD...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Cairo's prosecution starts investigating the Kāmīiya Shihātah case after referring it to the Western Cairo Prosecution in light of the various reports about her disappearance [Read original text in Arabic].
In Ākhir Sā'ah magazine, page 12 and 13, May 4, 2011, Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī said that neither...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
'Abd al-Mun'īm al-Shahāt, a salafī spokesperson, says that democracy is dangerous and has many defects like vote buying and powerful candidates' exploitation of the media for their own interests in their election campaigns.
Shahāt added that Islamic shūra (consultation) is better than democracy as...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Followers of salafī leader Hāfiz Salāmah prevented the imām of al-Nūr mosque in al-'Abāsīyah from ascending the mosque pulpit to give the Friday sermon.
Salāmah ascended the pulpit to prevent Turk from giving the sermon, asserting that the pulpit of al-Nūr mosque will not be ascended by anyone...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Around 30,000 salafists gathered in front the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, calling for freeing of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and any other Copts who, according to them, have converted to Islam and were locked inside the monastery.
The military police surrounded the Coptic cathedral to prevent any possible...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
On 1 May protesters suspended their sit-in outside St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo for 15 days. After the Friday Prayer, Cairo witnessed three separate protests staged by Salafists, calling for the release of Coptic women who converted to Islam, but were supposedly held against their will be the...
Date of source: Monday, May 2, 2011
Fahmī Huwaydī wonders what the salafists want, noting that salafists distorted their image by the violent practices they perpetrate.
They have the right to have presence provided that they respect the law.
He wished that they have something good to offer the nation, not to terrorize the people....
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
The article talks about the latest developments in Qena where salafists flamed fitnah in the governorate, then returned during the Friday prayers to cause it again.
Salafists had refused to stand for a minute of grief for the victims of the incident and Shaykh Qurshī Salāmah, potential amīr,...
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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.