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Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
The General Prosecutor in the village of Banī Suwayf transferred 235 members of the Muslim Brotherhood to a criminal court in West Cairo. The members are accused of taking part in various acts of disobedience during the sit-ins in Rābʿa Square in 2013. The accusations include charges of arsons...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
The New York Times is reporting that the U.S. Government is resuming its military aid to Egypt in an attempt to end tensions with its long time ally. The resumption in aid will no longer allow the Egyptian government to purchase military equipment through credit financing, although it will still...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
The American media is castigating Egypt for the decision of Egypt’s Prosecutor General to file criminal charges against eyewitnesses in the police killing of activist Shaīmāʾ al-Sabbāgh. One newspaper said that the method that the General Prosecutor is using to investigate the killing of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Egyptian security forces have been intensifying their targeting of Muslim Brotherhood leaders and their sympathizers. Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers are suspected of mounting assaults on policemen and police installations as the government has recently arrested 82 people suspected of belonging to...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
In its first statement since the Muslim Brotherhood’s General Guide Muhammad Badīʿ and a number of other Brotherhood leaders were added to the Egyptian government’s terrorist list, the group called for its members to escalate their confrontation with the government over the coming days. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
A report published on the website, “Middle East Briefing,” ponders if the Muslim Brotherhood is collapsing from within. The report begins, saying that the most likely answer is no, however the report goes on to claim that the group is undoubtedly suffering from sizeable internal rifts. Instead, the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
U.S. President Barack Obama reported that he decided to lift the freeze banning the delivery of military aid to Egypt, including the sale of F-16 fighter jets. The freeze originally took effect in October 2013 following the military coup that took place in Egypt in the summer of 2013.
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Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Muhammad Shardī, a television broadcaster on “90 Minutes,” reported on a conversation with a delegation of the Egyptian Human Rights Council after their visit to an Egyptian prison. The delegation visited the prison after complaints were raised that prompted concerns that torture is occurring in...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Following complaints of torture in Abū Zaʿbal filed on March 19th, The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights tried to visit the prison to survey the situation, but it was not able to get permission to visit the prison until yesterday. Salāh Salām, a member of the council, speaking of a report...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
The “Enlisting Egypt” campaign has stirred up questions among many in Egypt as media coverage surrounding the proposal is generating many doubts of the goals, justifications, and credibility of the campaign. The campaign, which became active in the aftermath of the military coup two years ago, said...
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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.