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Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
Wā’il Lutfī writes about the fate of Muslim Brotherhood after losing in the parliamentary elections. Salāh ‘Īsá thinks they will not turn to more secretive violence because they would not want to jeopardize their public existence.
Researcher Wahīd ‘Abd al-Majīd thinks that MB will probably turn...
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
In the 75 years of Muslim Brotherhood history, MB gained zero parliament seats 3 times .
In 1942 (when they first ran for parliament), then in 1945, and finally in 2010, MB didn’t win any seats in the parliament.
In 1987, (al-Islām Hūwa al-Hal) Islam is the solution, the well-known slogan in MB...
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...
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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.