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Date of source: Thursday, July 19, 2012
I think we all agree that the Salafist groups have been the main supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Freedom and Justice Party since February 12, 2011 till present. This was clearly evident during the referendum on constitutional amendments, in the elections of the People’s Assembly and...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party threatened to withdraw from the constituent assembly undertaking the writing of a new constitution for post-revolution Egypt and to bring together millions to refuse the constitution if Articles II and III were left unchanged in their current drafting in the 1971...
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2012
[Editor: Samir Mitri Gayed is an accomplished Egyptian Coptic Orthodox businessman, founder and director of Electro Mitry Company, a company with the largest share in nuclear energy development in Egypt]
Until I came to know the work of Cornelis Hulsman on the Holy Family tradition I was hardly...
Date of source: Saturday, July 21, 2012
The constitution-writing panel is facing two fresh crises as differences erupted once again over the drafting of Article II as well as the status of the army and the military establishment’s influence in the state. [Hamdī Dabash, Dālyā ‘Uthmān and ‘Usāmah al-Mahdī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 21, p. 1...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Representatives of Christian denominations and some Sufi Muslim leaders met several times to discuss ways to promote moderate ideologies in the society, disseminate the culture of acceptance of others and advance the rule of law, lawyer Amīr Ramzī revealed. [Ahmad al-Sa’dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd,...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2012
[Editor: Jayson Casper attended this Coptic demonstration on July 14]Traditionally, it is the Copts who look to America for support of their minority rights. With the Muslim Brotherhood now in the presidency, though not in full power, some Copts wonder if the United States is switching sides.The...
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2012
Dr. Nājih Ibrāhīm, a member of the al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) Shūrá Council, said the Egyptian society is not read now for the implementation of the Islamic sharī’ah, urging the people in power to seek socio-political justice and public freedoms. [Munīr Adīb, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 5,...
Date of source: Thursday, July 12, 2012
Scholars of the Azhar said the appointment of a Coptic vice president is permissible in Islam as long as this step would maintain the interests of the nation and the people, citing examples of Christian officials serving in Islamic caliphate countries. [Marwah al-Bashīr, al-Ahrām, July 12, p. 35]...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Egypt’s top court on Tuesday (July 10) overruled a decision by President Muhammad Mursī to reinstate the dissolved People’s Assembly, the lower house of the Egyptian two-chamber parliament. [Khālid Abū al-‘Izz, al-Ahrām, July 11, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Sunday (July 8) issued a presidential decree reinstating the dissolved parliament which would practice all its powers included in Article 33 of the constitutional declaration dated March 30, 2011. [Ahmad al-Batrīq, Ibrāhīm al-Bahī and Muhammad Fū’ād, al-Ahrām, July 9, p...
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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.