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Date of source: Saturday, February 7, 2004
The article is an interview with the poet Ahmad Abdel Mo’ti Hegazi. He criticizes the campaign of takfir [accusation of being an apostate] that he is suffering at the hands of an Egyptian paper.
Hegazi comments that the problem of accusations of takfir results from the fact that we are not...
Date of source: Friday, February 20, 2004
The guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad Mahdi Akef
rejects the projects of change that come from abroad, stressing that change that is effected by
force or top level decision will have a limited effect. “Solutions imported from abroad will not
solve our problems,” Akef said.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Intellectuals opposed the idea of forming a political party based on religion.
We
reject the Muslim Brotherhood initiative [for political reform] because it was issued by an
illegal group. The Muslim Brotherhood has remained in political life by force, and violence
constitutes a great part of...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2004
In total secrecy, the Ministry of Interior released 100 prisoners and detainees from the Gama’a Islamiya, who have completed their prison sentences and detention periods. The Ministry made the released members sign a written promise that they will rejoin the trend within the group that believes in...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Muslim intellectual Dr. Abdel Azim Al-Mata’ani said the Azhar is playing a vital role in the confrontation against deviant thought that views itself as innovation, adding the Azhar is not entitled to confiscate any works of art.
Date of source: Monday, November 15, 2004
An Egyptian newspaper published yesterday that authorities had released 700 members of The Gama’a Al-Islamiya that was charged with carrying out terrorist attacks in the nineties before its recent initiative to reject violence.
- See art. 11: Sayyed Al-Qimni criticizes pro-terrorism fatwas given...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2004
The Grand Imam attempted to calm the worries [of the public] concerning the decision to give jurisdiction of judicial confiscation to Al-Azhar’s inspectors.. He explained that the publications that are outlined in this decision do not fall under the category of creativity, but rather conflict with...
Date of source: Saturday, April 9, 2005
‘Alī ‘Ashmāwī joined the Muslim Brotherhood when he was 24 years of age. He became the last declared commander of the group’s armed militias, or what has been called the Special System. He was arrested in 1965,
imprisoned and released in 1974.
Date of source: Saturday, April 9, 2005
The issue of demonstrations was not on the
agenda of the four-day National Democratic Party (NDP)’s 4th session that included representatives of 15 parties. The meeting
saw a split as some parties were of the opinion that demonstrations give the impression of unrest and embolden foreign...
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2005
The U.S. Department of State human rights report on Egypt slammed human rights abuses and security officials’ transgressions against journalists and anti-Mubārak protestors.
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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.