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Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The review discusses the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hasan al-Bannā, the founder and first guide of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, and counterarguments that al-Bannā was not angry about the 1940s assassination of Judge al- Khāzindār. It also describes the parliamentary battle between...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The recent recommendations of the National Council for Human Rights (N.CH.R.) to remove any religious reference from national identity cards and its repeated calls to replace the emergency law with anti-terrorism legislation have brought it into confrontation with the government, which believes...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl, the pastor of the Hanging Church, replies to an article by Coptic thinker Jamāl As‘ad, in which he accused Father Khalīl of igniting sectarian sedition in Egypt. The pastor reviews As‘ad’s recent book, ‘Annī A‘tarif’ [Reviewer: I confess] in which, according to Father...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
This review deals
with the annual national unity
iftār, an occasion that brings together Muslim and Christian senior
officials and dignitaries
during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadān, as Pope Shenouda III of
Alexandria and Imām
of the Azhar Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī stressed...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Bilāl al- Dawwī expects a "bargain" between the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, and the Egyptian government after he was denied the right to go on a ‘umrah a few weeks ago. He also discusses recent financial difficulties facing the group and which he says are...
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The review deals with statements
made by the deputy guide of the
Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Muhammad Habīb, in which he said the passing of
power to Jamāl Mubārak,
the son of President Husnī Mubārak, will never be accepted by
the group and it "will be over our
dead bodies." The statements...
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Views of Muslim scholars differ over whether to accept the so-called "apology" of Pope Benedict for the remarks he made about Islam a few weeks ago. Nearly 38 Muslim scholars and leaders sent a letter to the pope to indicate their appreciation of the pope’s expression of regret and his affirmation...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
At a
time where the Pope’s controversial statements about Islam are still arousing reaction,
another campaign by
emigrant Copts has been launched, cursing Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Jehovah’s Witnesses could break through the Egyptian haphazard societies to spread their preaching. The review provides the historical background of the group and the opinions of some Coptic figures.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
This article
says that religious dialogue has turned into a source of
income and that most of the shaykhs who travel abroad are
not qualified for this mission.
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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.