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Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Mursī, the Brotherhood’s candidate, offered several assurances and pledges for political and revolutionary powers, Copts, women and youths that his group does not seek monopolizing power.
“The presidency is going to be an institution, not a person who would take decisions on his own. The vice...
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
Rev. Rif’at Fikrī Sa’īd, the chairman of the Information & Publishing Council of the Coptic Evangelical Synod of the Nile, said his church has always been democratic and calls for equality and respect for human rights, adding the church has never directed its members to vote for any candidate...
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
The Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) had contacts with parties, revolutionary coalitions and the coordinators of the campaigns of Sabbāhī, disqualified candidate Hāzim Abū Ismā’īl and ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag on Saturday (May 26) to urge...
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
Archpriest Frances Farīd, the deputy head of the Beni Suef patriarchate, denounced claims that the church backed Shafīq in the presidential elections.
“The church is unable to instruct any of its congregation to vote for a definite candidate. Many of the Christians have voted for Sabbāhī or Mūsá...
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
Rev. Rif’at Fikrī Sa’īd, the chairman of the Information & Publishing Council of the Coptic Evangelical Synod of the Nile, said his church has always been democratic and calls for equality and respect for human rights, adding the church has never directed its members to vote for any candidate...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahman, a leading jihādist imprisoned in the United States, on Friday (June 1) said he supports Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Muhammad Mursī in the runoff round against Ahmad Shafīq on June 16-17.
‘Abd al-Rahman’s family said in a statement by his son Muhammad that the imprisoned ...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
“My bay’ah (pledge of allegiance to a ruler in Islam) will be strictly for the people, not for the Muslim Brotherhood group,” said Mursī during an interview with On TV’s talk show host Yusrī Fūdah. [Āyah ‘Āmir, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 1, p. 5] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2012
“The MB will abide by the new law as soon as it is adopted,” said Mukhtār al-‘Ashrī, the chairman of the legal committee of the FJP, in response to earlier calls by the minister of insurances and social affairs, Najwá Khalīl, on the group to legalize its position and stop practicing politics after...
Date of source: Monday, August 12, 2013
Muslim Issues
'Abd al-Ghanī Hindī, General Coordinator of the Popular Movement for the Independence of al-Azhar, announced the movement's intention to prepare a black list of Imam‘s names who call themselves '‘ulama against the coup.' These imams demanded the creation of a Free Egyptian Army,...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Other Statements
Al-Dustūr Party expressed deep disapproval of the repeated attacks against Christians in Upper Egypt and other regions over the past month, led by some elements sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood. It stressed that these practices are unacceptable and opens the doors only to...
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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.