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Date of source: Sunday, August 26, 2012
Tāriq al-Khūlī, spokesman for the April 6th Youth Movement’s “Democratic Front” has said that he will hold a press conference where he is expected to announce plans to expose the Muslim Brotherhood’s control over protest movements and Revolutionary forces (Muhsin Simīkah, al-Misrī al-Yawm, August...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Meanwhile, human rights activists, intellectuals and preachers concurred that the presidential system is the best for Egypt at present.
In a symposium on Article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution, organized by the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT) at the al-Sa’īd association on...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
In his election platform, presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā said Egyptians are equal before the law, adding any discrimination among Egyptian citizens on the basis of religion, ethnicity or sex is a crime that has to be punishable by the law. [Muná Abū Sakīn, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 9] ...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Meanwhile, a well-placed source at the committee supervising the papal elections said it approved announcing the initial list of candidates for the Coptic Orthodox patriarch post on May 19, adding the list will include only seven out of the 15 candidates who applied for the position so far.
The...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2012
A wrangling erupted on Saturday (May 12) between veteran journalist Farīdah al-Shūbāshī and ‘Abd al-Zāhir Mufīd, the secretary of political education at the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), during a seminar hosted by the ministry of social affairs on drama handling of issues of...
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The Center for Arab-West Understanding had faced numerous obstacles from the moment the founders wanted to establish the organization in 2004, despite its lofty goal of facilitating understanding between communities in Egypt and the Arab World and the West, through producing material for Arab-Wes
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2012
Dūs said he believes in Abū al-Futūh’s political platform and that the presidential candidate is offering nothing to be afraid of, adding Abū al-Futūh represents the moderate Azharite Islam.
A person attending the conference asked Dūs about the “price Abū al-Futūh had to pay for Salafists to get...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Additionally, the Committee in charge of the papal elections resumed reviewing candidates for the St. Mark chair after the process was delayed because of the sanguinary incidents of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
A source from the committee said that there are 16 candidates, including monks, archbishops and...
Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
In a statement on the “Sawt Al-Salaf” or the “Voice of Salaf” video footage, Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī issued a religious edict (fatwá) saying that ”Muslims who oppose the Sharī’ah-based Constitution are hypocrites, even if they fast and pray according to Islamic rules and consider themselves Muslims”. ...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā described Pope Shenouda as a “patriotic leader who has never bowed to pressures to get involved in sectarian strife from abroad or at home,” adding the pope has stood firmly in the face of divisions.
“Pope Shenouda’s stances were many, including...
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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.