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Date of source: Thursday, March 19, 2015
Muhammad al-Abasīrī, a prominent Salafi Imam issued a fatwa stating that “reporting those who invite others for violence and terrorism and their followers is an Islamic duty”. Abasīrī added “those who do not report the Muslim Brothers are participating in the violence by their silence and shall be...
Date of source: Thursday, March 19, 2015
The ministry of interior accuses leaders of the Muslim Brotherhoods abroad of leading violent extremist groups. Muhammad Muntasir the spokesperson of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, rejected the accusations and said “we refuse violence and our revolution will remain peaceful”.
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Date of source: Thursday, March 19, 2015
Egypt accepts 11 recommendations from the UN commission on Human Rights and rejects 60 because of their conflict with Shari’a law such as equal inheritance between man and woman as well as other recommendations such as abolishing the death penalty. Egypt also rejected accusations of systematic and...
Date of source: Thursday, March 19, 2015
The founder of the Public Coalition for Resisting Egypt’s Islamization, Muhammad Sa’ad Khair Allah, confirmed that he gave the presidency a list containing 13,000 members of the Muslim brotherhood who were employed in the state by Mursī during his period. According to the “Public Coalition”, the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The Muslim Brotherhood continues to conspire against Egypt outside of the borders, the international “terrorist group” sent delegates to deliver fake reports to the 28th meeting of the UN council of human rights. “According to some sources the brotherhoods represent themselves through organizations...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Oxford university professor Ṭāriq Ramadān was interviewed by DW to discuss raising Islamic radicalism and contemporary problems of Muslims in Europe. Ramadān thinks that the problem is in Muslims themselves and the way they market their religion and leave it for radicals to hijack and claim for...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Ministry of Education in Egypt decided to eliminate stories of ʿOqba bin Nāfiʿ and Saladin, two Islamic historical characters from Arabic language texts. The ministry spokesperson said “the stories could be misunderstood and used to promote violence”. The decision is part of the ministry’s plan of...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Ghāda Wālī, Minister of Social Solidarity issued a decree to close 99 national NGOs that belong to the Muslim Brotherhood in 8 governorates. The minister said the decision is based on a court order to ban and freeze all assets of the Muslim Brotherhood. The minister added that she also gave orders...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Businessman Najīb Sawīris says that his family will invest more than 5.2 Billion Egyptian pounds inside Egypt. When asked about his disagreement with the Islamists, Najīb said “I disagree with political Islamic groups, but I am more Muslim than the Muslim Brotherhoods themselves”. Sawīris added “...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2015
The cases of 22 of pro- Mursī protesters were transferred to the grand Mufti, they are facing the death penalty based on accusations of attacking a police station. Among other accusations the 22 men are accused of “using weapons without license, violence against police, and first degree murder”.
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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.