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Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
Majdī 'Āshūr, MP and prominent dissenter in the Muslim Brotherhood, said that a wide number of parties including National Democratic Party (NDP) had asked him to join but that he had rejected.
'Āshūr added that he will follow the MBs ideals he was raised with even if they reject him and that he...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Office is trying to embrace the oppositional faction (The Opposing Front) (inside MB) after both sides disagreed on core issues.
Mahmūd Ghizlān, member of MB guidance office, stated that people from "The Opposing Front" have the right to object but that doesn’t mean...
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: Saturday, January 1, 2011
The most controversial fatwás issued in year 2010 were:
- The father who gives her daughter in marriage to someone who an older man is an evil doer and must forfeit the guardianship of his sons.
- The punishment of the parents, mediator, lawyer, and husband involved in the underage marriage of a...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2010
Nāhid al-Nabarāwī writes that al-Ruqqīya is alive and well in Egypt.
Studies show that people with high educations are often the ones participating in these practices, which implies the existence of religious ignorance, the article says.
The article cites various religious scholars who blame 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: Friday, December 31, 2010
Members of the Islamic Research Academy presented a draft law that calls for punishing any publisher or publishing house that misprints the Mushaf (original Qur'anic text with a fine of between 5,000 to 100,000 Egyptian pounds and 15 years in jail. In addition, the crime would now be considered a...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Ahmad al-Khatīb writes that there is currently no law which states that the Muslim Brotherhood is officially banned, but he adds, "We can still say that they are disbanded."
The National Democratic Party (NDP) had filed a report to the public prosecutor that tried to convict the Muslim Brotherhood...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
‘Abd al-Dāyīm Nusayr, counselor to the Grand Imām, says that the Azhar spends 40 million pounds of Zakāh funds annually, which benefits 13 million poor or sick Egyptians.
He added that there are three season when the aid is primarily spent: ‘Īd al-adhá, Ramadān, and the birthday of the Prophet...
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,...
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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.