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Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
An Egyptian delegation headed by Dr. Usama Al-Baz, political advisor to President Mubarak, left Cairo yesterday for London on a European-American tour to correct the image of Islam in the West. The delegation includes the Grand Mufti, Ali Goma’a, Deputy President of the National Council for Human...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
It became apparent to me that in four Arab countries, namely Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Lebanon, Islamists are a minority. This does not mean that they are not a majority in newspaper columns or on television screens, especially on satellite channels. But the fact that they are a majority in...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Asharq Al-Awsat obtained the publishing rights of the book written by Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiya member Nageh Ibrahim in which he chronicles the ideas of the group’s historical leaders. Titled “Al-Islam wa Tahadiyat Al-Qarn Al-Eshreen” [Islam and the challenges of the 21st century], the book presents...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Asharq Al-Awsat received news that Al-Wafd and the Brotherhood decided to form a joint committee to examine a number of issues of mutual interests to both. Sources from the Brotherhood and Al-Wafd denied the possibility of forming a parliamentary alliance between Al-Wafd and the Brotherhood.
Date of source: Friday, July 2, 2004
In his book “Islam is a Partner,” the German Arabist Fritz Shetebat [we could not find his name on the internet] responds to misconceptions about Islam that are currently being propagated in the West. An Arabic translation of the book was made by Dr. Abdel Gaffar Mekawy and released as part of the...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
Kuwait has made important progress regarding its respect for
human rights and religious freedom, the latest US State Department report on religious freedoms
worldwide said.
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2004
It appears that there is a plan
by the authorities to crack down on the members to restrict their participation in meetings
abroad. The rate of the bans on travel of Brotherhood members increased dramatically since
Muhammad Mahdi Akef was appointed supreme guide of the Brotherhood.
Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2005
Some 240 homes in Egypt meet
their waterloo on a daily basis as women get their divorce rulings in courts every six minutes while five million women are
not aware they are divorced, according to the figures of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
(CAPMAS).
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
I am not at ease about the “stalwart support” of the People’s Assembly and Shura Council for the historical decision of President Husnī Mubārak to have direct presidential elections instead of those referendums that made Egypt a paradigm of the 99,999% syndrome during Nasser’s time!
Date of source: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) has 57 Islamic countries as members, with a total population of more than one billion people. Failure of the OIC to respond to its peoples’ hopes despite its frequent meetings and despite the world media’s focus on them, has resulted in a lack of...
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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.