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Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2012
Egyptian churches on Friday (June 29) held a mass to pray for the new president, Muhammad Mursī, and ask God to bestow on him wisdom to take the right decision. [‘Imād Khlīl and ‘Amr al-Shaykh, al-Misrī al-Yawm, June 30, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
[Editor: This is a report of a meeting between a delegation of the University of Vienna, Austria, and Dr.’Amr As’ad, former board member of the Center for Arab-West Understanding on May 25, thus before the second round of the elections. Yet, ‘Amr’s remarks are nevertheless still very interesting to...
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Muhammad Mursī was declared president Sunday after several days of uncertainty that resulted from a presidential election that exposed deep polarization in Egyptian society - those who favor an Islamist civilian president and oppose a member of the Mubarak regime were pitted against those who fear...
Date of source: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Who will be Egypt’s next president? Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Mursī or the representative of the old National Democratic Party, Ahmad Shafiq? Both claim victory. Mursī has claimed victory from the first minute that the polling stations closed on June 17. How he could know this? I don’t...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2012
Presidential candidate Muhammad Mursī pledged that if he won the presidency, his vice presidents will not be from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), adding his government will not be dominated by the Brotherhood and the coming prime minister will be an “independent national...
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2012
In provocative statements by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, she said Egypt's military must "fulfill its promise" to turn over power to the winner of a presidential runoff vote, as the country's election commission has delayed Thursday's planned announcement of the results. [Author Not...
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2012
Several political movements and public figures on Saturday (June 23) called for respecting court decisions and accepting presidential election results, due today (June 24), regardless of what they would bring, and rejected attempts to heat up the streets and trading of accusations. [Hānī ‘Izzat, al...
Date of source: Saturday, June 16, 2012
Security authorities disclosed plans to targeting the destabilization of Egypt and spark chaos during the presidential runoff round, asserting that 23 “terrorists” from the Palestinian ‘Iz al-Dīn al-Qassām Brigades entered Egypt through the tunnels to carry out terrorist operations. [Mamdūh Hassan...
Date of source: Friday, June 15, 2012
The foreign ministry summoned the Nuncio of the Vatican in Cairo for explanations over a reported agreement between the Holy See and Tel Aviv which implied recognition of Israeli sovereignty over all parts of occupied Jerusalem and West Bank. [Muhammad Hindāwī, al-Akhbār, June 15, p. 14] Read text...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The political carousel that has been spinning during the past few days in Egypt is reminiscent of a saying that goes "why taking the long road while there is a shortcut available".
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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.