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Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
The Egyptian Association for Community Participation Enhancement issued its first report on the parliamentary elections. The report shows violence inside the National Democratic Party, resulting in the death of two civilians. The report also shows various ministers' abuse of power in their local...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2010
The Church is divided over whether or not to take legal action over the "insulting" allegations made by Dr. Mohamed Selim El-Awa against the church. While the General Congregation Council announced its refusal to deal with El-Awa, the Congregation Council of Alexandria issued a report to the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2010
The Egyptian Union of Human Rights proposed a law consisting of 10 articles to the Ministry of Justice. The law protects Egyptian citizens' rights to practice and convert to any of the religions listed in the Egyptian constitution. Conversion would have to be approved by a council of 7 members who...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Ameera says that she finds it strange that two different groups of people praying at two different mosques would decide to perform demonstrations about a woman, whose conversion to Islam hasn't even been proven, at the exact same time. She also finds it strange that after the woman released a video...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The U.S. Copts Association has accused the Muslim Brotherhood of turning public opinion against Pope Shenouda III. A poll on the organization's website showed that 87% of voters agree with the accusation, 9% disagree, and 3% "don't know." It should be noted that there are several Facebook groups...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Around 8,688 members of Muslim Brotherhood online message boards participated in a general, prime ministerial and presidential election simulation game for Islamic government, indicating there would be no Coptic ministers. They agreed that according to Sharia law, women are not allowed to be...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2010
Said Misheil attended the Friday prayers at the Al-Tawheed Mosque where the imam said a prayer for him, while his competitor, Mahmoud Bakry, prayed 2km away at the Haraz Mosque where that imam said a prayer for him. Alaa Fahmy and Akmal Kortam stepped down from running for the Maadi District to...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2010
Jamāl al-Bannā, a prominent Muslim thinker and brother of Hassan al-Bannā, the Muslim Brotherhood’s founder, has criticized the Brotherhood for straying from its original roots. He explained that he, along with a large portion of the population, believed in freedom of thought and would protest a...
Date of source: Sunday, September 5, 2010
One hundred and twenty Researchers from 12 countries are scheduled to participate in the first International Conference on Coptic Studies, which will be held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina from September 21st to 23rd. Its main themes address life in ancient Egypt during the Coptic period. The...
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2008
Observers believe that the recent secret Guidance Bureau elections in the Muslim Brotherhood may deepen the divide between the different wings of the group. Al-Arian, one the group's leaders believes that he was deliberately excluded from the elections but the general guide will only state that...
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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.