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Date of source: Saturday, May 7, 2011
Around 300 Islamists rallied in anger in Cairo on May 6, 2011 over the killing of al-Qā'idah leader Usāmah Bin Lādin by US forces in Pakistan.
The demonstrators were watched on by police as they gathered around a salafist mosque and unfurled a banner bearing a picture of Bin Lādin that declared he...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
'Abd al-Mun'īm al-Shahāt, a salafī spokesperson, says that democracy is dangerous and has many defects like vote buying and powerful candidates' exploitation of the media for their own interests in their election campaigns.
Shahāt added that Islamic shūra (consultation) is better than democracy as...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
On 1 May protesters suspended their sit-in outside St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo for 15 days. After the Friday Prayer, Cairo witnessed three separate protests staged by Salafists, calling for the release of Coptic women who converted to Islam, but were supposedly held against their will be the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2011
Salafists in Kafr el-Sheikh distributed thousands of flyers demanding that people not celebrate Shām al Nīsim, saying that it is considered polytheism.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Shaykh 'Abd al-Mun'im al-Shahāt, spokesperson of salafīyah call, said that despite salafists' refusal of shrines, they did not demolish any of the shrines or incite to torch them.
He added that salafists refuse to take matters into their own hands because they believe that this is the duty of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Throughout Egypt`s governorates, salafīsts have gained in strength since the revolution. While liberals fear salafīsts as Muslim fundamentalists, the latter are keen on improving their image, accusing the media of continously damaging it. Accordingly, salafī preacher ‘Abd al-‘Azīm pointed out the...
Date of source: Thursday, April 14, 2011
Preacher 'Abd al-Mun'im al-Shahāt, the spokesperson of the Salafist Call group in Egypt, said that the participation of women in parliament contradict with their intellectual nature.
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2011
The article talks about he source of finance that helps salafists to spread their ideologies in Egypt.
One of the Muftīs of the Gulf countries admits that the "Commision for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vices" spent 25 Billion dollars during the past 25 years to help spreading...
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Kamāl al-Hilbāwī, a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member, urged Egyptian Islamists to join hands and adopt moderate Islam in order to shape a bright future for their country.
Hilbāwī said salafists should never insult other factions and the Brotherhood should not deny other Egyptians their right to...
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2011
The salafīs do not seem ready to tolerate anyone who might question their ideas. They seem to be determined to take the law into their own hands to compel moderate Muslims and non-Muslims to feign appreciation for their dogmatic ideas.
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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.