Organizations
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List of organizations used in AWR-Articles
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Responsible for appointing imams of mosques after July 2013. Those imams need to meet Azhar criteria
A religious minority in Egypt, cases of discrimination and attacks against Baha'is have been reported and calls for religious freedom and recognition have been raised by the Baha'is, for example related to the identity card- issue (only choice between Christian, Muslim and Jews ).
Estimation of the numbers of Baha'i living in Egypt ranges from 500 to over 7000 (according to online souces)
A feminist group from different local communities, intrested in eliminating domestic violence against women in Egypt as one of the main societal issues. It started working on the issue of domestic violence in April 2015 through a blogging campaign on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/fjportal?ref=stream&hc_location=stream, around 750,000 followers [April 2016]
Egyptian organization headed by the Coptic Orthodox Pope and the Grand Imam of the Azhar which aims at bringing Muslims and Christians together
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is a Palestinian-led campaign promoting various forms of boycott against Israel.
Beijing Chengda Normal School - progressivist Islamic school and teacher’s college in Beijing. Established in 1925, the Chengda Normal School formed the centre of Muslim modernisation efforts between the 1920s and 1940s. Many Chinese Azharites pursued an education at Chengda Normal School before leaving for Cairo. Its director Ma Songting is known as one of the ‘Great Four Ahongs’.
This is a group, fighters who are ready to fight both security forces and Muslim Brothers
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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.