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Date of source: Sunday, October 23, 2011
Azbakīyah's Misdemeanor Court, headed by Counselor Shirīf Kāmil, sentenced Ayman Yūsuf, [Coptic] blogger and Facebook user, to three years in prison for using religion to promote extreme ideologies in order to spark fitnah and destroy the national unity. He was also convicted for insulting and...
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2011
Shaykh Mus'ad Anwar, Salafī, called on Islamists to unify in order to confront liberals and seculars who wants to limit Islam to be only in mosques.
Salafī Shaykh Muhammad 'Abd al-Maqsūd said that applying Sharī'ah is not an option, it is mandatory for all Muslims or else they will go to hell.
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Date of source: Friday, September 30, 2011
Shaykh Usāmah al-Qūsī, leader of al-Salafīyah al-Ash'arīyah group, criticized salafists who seek a role in politics and called them "terrorists" who pursue al-Qā'idah ideologies.
He added that salafists' success in politics will depend on misusing religion and people's emotions in politics, noting...
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2011
Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb said on Thursday that he rejects all attempts at spreading Shiism in Egypt and the Islamic countries, as well as Shia "insults" against Prophet Mohamed’s companions and Sunni figures.
The statement was made during his meeting with a delegation representing the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb is holding a meeting at the Azhar headquarters on Thursday with leading members of the Salafist Call Group, Islamists and preachers.
The meeting will address issues of Muslim unity, da'wah (call) and unified religious discourse in this critical stage of...
Date of source: Thursday, September 22, 2011
It was announced that an Islamist bloc will be established to run in Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections, which will include three Islamist parties, including members from al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmiyyah Shaykh Karām Zuhdi, chairman, and Fu'ād al-Dawālībī, a member of the group's Shūrá (Consultative...
Date of source: Saturday, September 3, 2011
Last week, Shaykh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president of the UAE and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, emphasized that conserving the rich Islamic scientific heritage and propagating it around the world are vital in promoting cultural dialogue, which, in turn, will inspire interest in...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Osama al-'Abd, Chairman of Azhar University, has said the January 25 revolution's aim was to achieve reform and a better future for Egyptians, adding that the Azhar's role is to spread the moderate principles of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, September 18, 2011
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Members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) are being investigated after attending a Ramadān iftār celebration held by Dr. ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Abū al-Futūh, a presidential candidate in the upcoming elections and dissident member of the MB.
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2011
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In Beheira governorate, Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, Vice President of the Salafī Call [da'wah], confirmed the acceptance of nomination of women from inside the salafī-Nūr Party (Hizb al-Nūr) to the upcoming parliamentary elections. He states that a Muslim woman, obedient to Islam, is certainly better...
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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.