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Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
Former Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary candidate Majdī ‘Āshūr told al-Dustūr that he respects the group’s decision of him not representing them in parliament and that he will continue to serve the people of al-Nuzhah district as an independent member.
He said that he has been under a lot of...
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
Muslim Brotherhood leader Dr. Muhammad Badī‘ said that the group would have won over a hundred seats in the recent parliamentary elections if it were not for fraud.
He said that the group will not back down from taking legal action to “bring down the parliament,” even if it means the whole group...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
Security around churches has been tightened and extra police personnel deployed ahead of Coptic Christmas celebrations, which come just one week after the church bombing at Alexandria's Church of Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter.
Pope Shenouda III will lead the Christmas Mass as usual, with...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
In the first official fatwá issued by the Muslim Brotherhood immediately after their withdrawal from the parliamentary elections, MB Muftī, ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Bār said in his statements that MB withdrawal from the parliamentary elections in the second round is lawful (Halāl) while rigging the...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2010
According to the author, the Azhar, as an official religious institution, has taken over the religious state of affairs in Egypt, which has allowed the emergence of religious entities parallel to the Azhar that reject the its monopolization of Islamic Da‘wah.
The history of these associations...
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2010
The East Cairo prosecution listened to Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary candidate Majdī ‘Ashūr’s testimony after his family accused members of the group of kidnapping him.
He said that members of the group restricted his freedom and put him under a lot of pressure, but did not kidnap him.
‘Ashūr’s...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Columnist Barry Rubin provides his own analysis of the recent poll by the Pew Foundation regarding Middle Eastern attitudes toward Islamist groups.
The poll claims that 30% of Egyptians support Hizb Allāh, 49% are favorable toward Hamas, and 20% think positively of al-Qā‘idah.
According to Rubin,...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Dr. Muhammad Badī‘ has met with various Muslim brothers in different governorates to research the idea of legitimizing the outlawed organization.
"Badī discussed how to impose the legitimacy of the Muslim Brotherhood on society, as well as on the regime," an unnamed...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 2010
Hassān Sabrah writes that the Muslim Brotherhood has suffered political losses in every Arab country; not only in Egypt, but also in Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Iraq.
"They lost in all Arab parliaments, but won religious Du‘ā’," says Sabrah.
According to Sabrah, Muslim Brothers know the Qur’ān...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Ghazūlī begins by saying that worldwide, the separation of religion from politics and church from state is currently under pressure.
"Today, strong currents...in the West are mixing religion and politics and giving the church a growing role in public affairs; so are we to do the same?" the writer...
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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.