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Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 2010
The Muslim Brotherhood opposition front has announced its support of the group’s decision to withdraw from the parliamentary elections.
Leading member of the opposition front, Mukhtār Nūh, said that the front will release a statement today to clarify its position on the group’s decision. He added...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 2010
This report is a review of a recently-published book by Tharwat al-Kharabāwī, a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood. The book is entitled, The Heart of the Brotherhood: Courts of Inquisition.
The book, as reviewed, consists of background material on the author and narration of internal...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Muslim Brotherhood member Magdī ‘Āshūr found his way to the Egyptian Parliament in the recent elections. The result, however, does not seem to please the outlawed group, which had decided to boycott the elections due to their alleged unfairness and falsification committed by the regime against the ...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
Al-Sayyid al-Badawī, head of the Wafd Party, visited the Muslim Brotherhood in a controversial step. Both parties agreed on the necessity of uniting the opposition efforts, stated Muhammad 'Abd al-Quddūs, a member of the Journalist Synidcates board. Al-Badawī stressed that the Brotherhood should...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Badī‘ told Newsweek that the group will not be running for the upcoming presidential elections. Badī‘ said that the group only participated in the parliamentary elections for monitoring purposes and that any criticism of electoral infringements will positively...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 2010
In a speech yesterday, Endowments Minster Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq criticized the Salafīs for their obsession with appearances, saying they embarrass Islam with their short jilbabs (a long, loose-fitting garment for women), hats, and flip-flops. Zaqzūq also said that all Egyptian Muslims are Salafīs...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2010
A National Democratic Party candidate in Beni Suef sparked controversy for distributing campaign flyers with his photo set next to a photo of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus in an attempt to win over the Coptic vote. Ibrāhīm Sharīf with the Egyptian Union for Human Rights said that the actions...
Date of source: Friday, November 26, 2010
The National Coalition for Democratic Transformation issued a report on the pre-voting stage of the parliamentary elections. The report discussed the illegal use of places of worship and religious slogans, which allegedly help stir sectarian violence. It also addressed several other issues, such as...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
The Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria was officially made a member of the Council of Cardinals by Vatican Pope Benedict XVI yesterday, making him the third Egyptian member of the council in history. In a statement, Bishop Antonius Najīb said that religious discrimination in Egypt is non-...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
In an interview with al-Wafd, the official spokesman for the Egyptian Catholic Church, Father Rafīq Greish, said that former U.S. President George W. Bush is responsible for the Sayyidat al-Najāh Church massacre in Iraq because it is one of the consequences of the President allegedly destroying...
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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.