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Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2011
No sooner did the authorities issue a decision to reopen a number of churches which had been closed by the former security apparatus than a crisis erupted—one in a long line of attempts to hijack the 25 January Revolution by forces opposed to democracy, freedom, and citizenship rights. Among the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The Egyptian Islamist group al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah wants to form a political party and contest the upcoming elections. To many Egyptians, the idea of such a radical group entering mainstream politics is likely to alarm secularists and Christians. However, the party said it would not field a...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Weeks after the Muslim Brotherhood declared they will not field a candidate for the presidency, questions arise about how far they will stick to their promise, especially since MB member Abul Fotouh announced to run for President as an independent. Supporter say he is determined to run for...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Al-Jama’a al-Islamiya decided to form a political party to run in the next parliamentary election. “But we won’t field a candidate in the presidential elections,” announced Abdel Akhar Hammad, head of the group’s elections committee.
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Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) inaugurated the new building of the MB party "Freedom and Justice" on May 21, 2011, in al-Muqattam.
Each of both potential presidential candidate 'Amr Mūsá and Hamdīn Sabāhī, as well as 'Abd al-'Azīz Hijāzī, Rif'at al-Sa'īd, Sāmih 'Āshūr, Mahfūz 'Azām, Ambassador Rifā'...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
The reactions to Muslim Brotherhood member Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh's announcement that he intends to run for the presidency vary considerably. One reaction is that his announcement signifies that he has effectively severed his relationship with the Brotherhood. Another predicts that he will face...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
The founders of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, applied yesterday for its registration, according to Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, a leading official in the new party. The founding members of the party totalled 8,821, including 987 women and 93 Copts. They chose Refiq Habib, a Copt,...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Middle East Media Research Institute recently highlighted a YouTube video issued by the former Muftī of Egypt, Nasr Farīd Wāsil, on May 7, 2011. In his presentation, MEMRI quotes him as saying:
The martyr Bin Lādin, Allah's mercy upon him, waged Jihad for the sake of Allah against the Soviets...
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2011
'Abd el-Mun'im Abū al-Futūh, a senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, said he would run for president as an independent, a move that could draw votes from backers of the Islamist group that has said it will not field a candidate.
Abū al-Futūh said his move did not mean the Brotherhood had...
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2011
Dr. Hassan al-Shāf'ī, one of the prominent Islamic scholars, asserts that extremist salafists distort the image of Islam and are planning to take over mosque pulpits.
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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.