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Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Around 30,000 salafists gathered in front the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, calling for freeing of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and any other Copts who, according to them, have converted to Islam and were locked inside the monastery.
The military police surrounded the Coptic cathedral to prevent any possible...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
A number of 100 niqāb-clad women protested in front of Dār al-Iftā' (Iftā' House) on April 29, 2011, for banning women wearing the niqāb from entering the exam rooms.
Muftī of the Republic Shaykh 'Alī Jum'ah had issued a fatwá banning niqāb in exam halls, then the Supreme Administrative Court...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
In a response to calls for Qena's residents to hold a million-man protest, thousands went out after Friday prayers demanding that Qena's new appointed governor 'Imād Mikhael be removed from his post.
Protest demanded ousting, also, 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister, and his Deputy Yahyá al-Jamal for...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
The Egyptian Coptic Church rang its bells and celebrated its first feast after the revolution in the mass for the Resurrection feast .
At the same time, security forces secured churches from anything that might distort the Copts' celebrations.
In the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral Resurrection Mass,...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2011
Worshippers in al-Nūr Mosque clashed and divided into two groups; one group want the officially appointed Imām, by the Ministry of Awqaf, to preach, and the other group wants Shaykh Ahmad Turk, salafī, to preach.
The matter escalated to violence until one of the army officers interfered to calm...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Usāmah Salimān, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Shūra Council, said that Islam establishes a civil state and that a state of alleged religion is only found in the West.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Coptic leaders expressed their thanks to their Muslim brothers, political and religious bodies, and several parties for the vast amount of congratulations for Easter.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Mukhtār Nūh, Islamic thinker [former member of the Muslim Brotherhood], said that the upcoming period supports the Islamic mainstreams whether we wanted or not.
He added that the Islamic mainstreams found freedom and they failed to interact with it.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Dr. Sālim 'Abd al-Jalīl, Deputy Minister of Awqaf [Endowments] for da'wah affairs, criticized salafists attempt to take over the Ministry's pulpits, represented in mosques affiliated to the ministry, adding that it would defame Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Shaykh 'Abd al-Mun'im al-Shahāt, spokesperson of salafīyah call, said that despite salafists' refusal of shrines, they did not demolish any of the shrines or incite to torch them.
He added that salafists refuse to take matters into their own hands because they believe that this is the duty of the...
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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.