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Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood made strongly-worded statements during the past few hours after the Supreme Constitutional Court handed down rulings striking down the political disenfranchisement law, thus allowing Mubārak’s last prime minister, Ahmad Shafīq, to continue in the runoff round against the MB’s...
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2012
The fatwá is commonly known in the West as a death sentence. Among Muslims, the fatwá can be among the most powerful tools of Islamic populism. On a third front, the fatwá is simply a bureaucratic function. Which definition encompasses reality?
Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Leaders of the three Egyptian Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical churches cast their vote in Egypt’s first post-revolution presidential elections and urged all Christians to vote. [‘Imād Khalīl, Hamdī Qāsim and Yāsir Shimays, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 24, p. 7] read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Azhar scholars said that attacking public property, intimidating citizens and killing soldiers and workers are all against Islam and their perpetrators must be punished. [Dīyā’ Abū al-Safā, al-Akhbār, May 6, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
This month has seen a scathing battle in the mass media over visits by some Egyptian Christian citizens to Jerusalem, soon followed by another wrangling over a visit by Muftī of the Republic ‘Alī Jum’ah to the holy city, where he led worshippers for prayers at al-Aqsá Mosque.
Date of source: Monday, April 23, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius said he is not ready to run for the papal post, adding he is more than 77 years old and has his own congregation in the northern Egypt governorate of al-Beheira. [Majdī Fikrī and Hānī Samīr, al-Dustūr, April 23, p. 3] Read text in...
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2012
Pressures are being practiced to convince acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius to quit his current interim position to officially run in the elections to select a new pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of deceased Pope Shenouda III. ['Abd al-Wahāb, al-Wafd, April 22, p. 1] Read original...
Date of source: Thursday, April 19, 2012
A recent visit by Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah to Jerusalem and prayers at the al-Aqsá Mosque along with official Jordanian figures sparked a row among clerics and scholars in the Muslim world. [Ahmad ‘Abd al-Fattāh and Nādir Abū al-Futūh, al-Ahrām, April 19, p. 13] Read original text in...
Date of source: Thursday, March 29, 2012
Presidential hopeful ‘Amr Mūsá said that corruption is the largest enemy facing the second republic, adding corruption must be uprooted and the rule of equality and law established.
“The new republic should develop the cultural and educational process which will include all the society segments...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Differences between the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists over the constitution have taken a new turn after al-Nūr Party and the Building & Development Party called for amending Article II of the Constitution to clearly indicate that the Islamic sharī’ah is the main source of legislation while...
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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.