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Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
Meanwhile, Dr. Muhammad Badī’, the Murshid (Guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood, received on Sunday (July 8) acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius and his delegation.
Badī’ asserted during the meeting that Egypt’s progress will be at the hands of all its sons, as has been the...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
The salafī al-Nūr Party caused a crisis over its attacks on Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb for his position to keep Article II of the Constitution unchanged and reject the inclusion of an explanation of the word ‘principles’ in the same article.
[Reviewer’s Note: Article II of the...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
Judicial sources said that the Supreme Constitutional Court is expected to hand down a ruling on a contest challenging the constitutionality of the Shūrá Council, the upper house of the Egyptian parliament, within 45 days, by the end of August or early September. [Khālid Mīrī, al-Akhbār, July 9, p...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
While the Muslim Brotherhood welcomed the decision and described it as a “victory for the values of the constitution and law,” civil political powers and parties categorically rejected it as an “unprecedented violation of the nation’s top court – the Supreme Constitutional Court”.
Rif’at al-Sa’īd,...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
According to presidential decree no. 11 of 2012, decree no. 350 of 2012 by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) dissolving the People’s Assembly, the lower house of the two-chamber Egyptian parliament, is repealed.
The decision also included a call for holding snap elections within 60...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
A top theorist of the Jamā’ah, Ibrāhīm preferred to quit any posts in the group and focused on reconsidering all political and fiqh (jurisprudence) visions being pursued during the early years of the group. He has become a model of altering extremist ideologies and switching bravely to moderation...
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2012
The Azhar appealed to all Egyptians to maintain their national unity and rise above differences and divisions as much as they can in order to spare the nation a conflict.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, in a statement on Saturday (June 23), asked Egyptians to preserve Egypt’s...
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2012
The Azhar appealed to all Egyptians to maintain their national unity and rise above differences and divisions as much as they can in order to spare the nation a conflict.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, in a statement on Saturday (June 23), asked Egyptians to preserve Egypt’s...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
In another development, a military court acquitted three army soldiers who had been charged with involvement in the October 9, 2011 incidents outside the state radio & TV building in the area of Maspero, which left dozens killed or wounded.
The court said that the three soldiers were in legal...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
A church source in the committee in charge of the papal elections revealed that Bishop Mūsá of Youth accepted to run, adding the bishop will officially present his papers on Saturday (May 19).
Counselor Munsif Sulaymān, a member of the committee, said the initial list of candidates will be...
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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.