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Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The committee concerned with the law on developing the Azhar finalized the draft and will refer it to the Islamic Research Academy. The development includes restructuring the senior ulema board and choosing the Azhar’s Grand Shaykh among them. [Muhammad 'Abd al-Khāliq, al-Ahrām, Dec. 27, p. 14]...
Date of source: Monday, December 26, 2011
In a step that is expected to spark row, Egypt Free Shops Company (EFSCO) received instructions from the finance ministry to refrain from selling liquor and cigarettes in its branches outside airports. [Hishām Yassa and Yūsuf al-'Ūmī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Dec. 26, p. 4] Read the original text in...
Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2011
Supporters of the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party in al-Beheira governorate handed out fliers in which they urged voters to cast their ballots in favor of the party and that anyone not voting for al-Nūr would be "a sinner in the heart, profligate and dishonest because they letting down the party that...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The trial of suspects from the military involved in the virginity tests and the October 9 Maspero incidents before a court martial is underway, according to Maj. General 'Ādil al-Mursī, the president of the military judiciary organization. ['Alī Shām, Al-Ahrām, Dec. 21, p. 3] Read the original text...
Date of source: Thursday, December 15, 2011
A military court on Dec. 14 sentenced blogger Michael Nabīl to a two-year imprisonment term and a fine of LE200 (roughly $40) after he was found guilty of insulting the armed forces and publishing false new on his blog. ['Alī Shām, al-Ahrām, Dec. 15, p. 29] Read the original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The New Cairo Court on December 13, 2011 looked under Counselor Tharwat Hammād in a closed session inside the deliberations chamber into the renewal of investigative custody of 28 persons facing charges of involvement in the October 9 clashes in Maspero that left a number of armed forces personnel...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Presidential hopeful Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā said he agreed that an elected president of the republic may be a Copt or a woman as long as this is the will of the people in free fair elections. [Māhir Najīb, al-Akhbār, December 13, 2011, p. 1] Read the original text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
The Egyptian people are the first among other nations when it comes to love for the Prophet Muhammed, Āl al-Bayt (the Prophet Muhammad's Household) and al-salaf al-sālih (good Muslim ancestors') and to respect for their teachings. Muslims and Christians have lived together in Egypt for thousands of...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2011
Judge Muhammad Muqbil, general attorney of Qena's Prosecution, ordered to refer the culprits, al-Husaynī Kamāl Mubārak Sādiq and 'Alā’ 'Abd al-Satār 'Alī to Qena's Criminal Court as they cut the ear of a Christian citizen named Ayman Anwar Mitrī, torched his apartment in a premeditated plan, and...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2011
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), under the chairmanship of Field Marshal Husayn Tantāwī, approved the new composition of the Supreme Council of the Press proposed by Dr. 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister.
The proposed council is to be composed of the president of Shūrá Council, as a...
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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.