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Date of source: Wednesday, June 26, 2002
The Egyptian police detained five supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria and four of its leaders were sentenced to an additional prison term. The detentions took place five days before the parliamentary elections.
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2002
Al-Arabi wrote that the Brotherhood did not participate in the demonstrations against the events in Palestine. Yet, other papers claimed that the Brotherhood was behind most of the demonstrations. Brotherhood members explained that the Palestinian issue is always at the top of their agenda and...
Date of source: Thursday, March 14, 2002
One of the four books published recently by the Gama´at Al-Islamiya is titled “The Illegality of Extremism in Religion and of Charging Muslims With Kufr [unbelief].” In it, the leaders of the Gama´at consider charging Muslims with kufr an illegal act. They cited many Qur´anic verses and hadiths to...
Date of source: Thursday, March 7, 2002
[Hisba is a term referring to the right of a Muslim to defend public morality and suing on behalf of religion.] The article comments on one of the four books published recently by the Gama´at Al-Islamiya. The book discusses the concept of hisba. The leaders of the Gama´at admitted that hisba was...
Date of source: Saturday, March 2, 2002
The leaders of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya expressed their complete agreement to end the actions to kill. They affirmed that their mistakes in the past came as a result of a false Ijtihad. In this article they explain the legal basis behind their renunciation of violence and reconsideration of old...
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2002
The general secretary of the Tagammu party, Dr. Rifa´at al-Sa´id accused Montasser Al-Zayyat of writing “Al-Zawahri as I knew him” to settle his account with Al-Zawahri. He said that the book justified terrorism. Al-Zayyat said that the book was a review of the Islamic movements and their positions...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2002
The article is more of a letter directed to the Sheikh of the Azhar. It comments on the dismissal of one of the Azhar University professors. The author asks the Sheikh of the Azhar to stop expressing his anger against his opponents, even if they are members of the Azhar Scholars´ Front, which he...
Date of source: Saturday, January 5, 2002 to Friday, January 11, 2002
Zakariya Moussaoui until now is the only one facing formal charges in connection with the events of September 11. He refused to speak before the judge. The judge considered his silence a denial of the charges. So, she ordered the initiation of the trial in front of a jury the following 14 October...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
The author reviews a book that tackles the history of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, particularly during the 1970s.
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
Egyptian Interior Minister, Habīb al-‘Ādlī speaks out on a number of controversial issues, including the surprise win of Hamās in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, claims about the deaths of 19 detainees in Egyptian prisons and the increasing role of the Muslim Brotherhood on the political...
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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.