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Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Edward Cody, writer in the Washington Post, writes that the biggest winners of the [January] 25 revolution are the Salafists. He described them as Islamic fundamentalists who would like to see the strictest form of Islam applied to all of Egypt and across the Middle East.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Grand Sheikh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb said no one can impose on Muslims anything that runs counter to their faith, adding the issue of homosexuality should not fall within the concepts of freedom.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The recent revolution has led to many new parties being formed and established parties being reorganized, including several Islamist groups.
The Muslim Brotherhood is the group expected to dominate future Egyptian politics. They are now trying to cast off their image of being radicals.
Other...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2011
As part of its interaction with the protests and demonstrations, the Muslim Brotherhood group issued a statement in which it said that the regime’s reaction to popular demands will determine how long the dialogue will last. This was a reference to the dialogue to which Vice President ‘Umar Sulaymān...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2011
Manāl ‘Abd ‘Azīz critically discusses Coptic calls for a civil state and the abolishment of Islamic sharī‘ah as the main source of Egypt’s legislation, as stated in the second article of the Egyptian Constitution. While she argues that such Coptic reform propositions are understandable when viewed...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
In a previous article, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz criticized the alleged misapplication of Islamic Sharī‘ah by some Muslims. As she predicted, she received criticism. In particular, she refers to an e-mail from a Western woman who does not like Sharī‘ah and argues that ‘Abd al-‘Azīz should have questioned Sharī...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
A lawsuit was filed against Minister of Information, Grand Imām, Grand Muftī, and a number of responsible parties that approved airing (Yūsuf al-Sidīq) series on the Egyptian Satellite (NileSat).
According to Islamic Sharī‘ah, prophets can’t be represented by any actor in any cinematic way because...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
In this Egyptian Gazette article, Manāl ‘Abd al-‘Azīz questions whether Sudanese president ‘Umar al-Bashīr is seeking to unite or divide the nation of Sudan by threatening to apply Islamic Sharī‘ah law if South Sudan carries through with its plan to separate from the North.
‘Abd al-Azīz says that...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Sahar Al-Ja'ārah writes about a Fatwá made by Shaykh Mahmūd ‘Āmir, President of Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah group at Damanhūr, which calls for the slaying of Muhammad al-Barād‘ī, former president of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for civil disobedience and incitement to disobey...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Muhammad Dā’ud, professor of Islamic Sharī‘ah at Suez University, says that the recent Fatwá issued against opposition leader Mohammad al-Barād‘ī for allegedly inciting civil unrest is fanatical.
According to Dā’ud, the Fatwá is based on a crucial misunderstanding about Egyptian politics. “Al-Barād...
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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.