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Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Arab-West Report, March 28, 2011 Title: Interview with Mr. Sharīf ‘Ismat ‘Abd al-Majīd (Founder of the “Hatef Islami”) about the current situation in Egypt Authors: Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Arndt Emmerich and Judit Kuschnitzki
Introduction of Mr. Sharīf ‘Ismat ‘Abd al-Majīd:
In 2000 I left the hotel...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Political powers agreed on the need to accept the results of the recent referendum over constitutional amendments, which resulted in 77.2% in favor of these changes, and called for preparing for the parliament elections.
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood has announced in a statement that it plans to form a political party after the amendment of the constitution and the unrestricted formation of political parties is permitted.
It has also asked the armed forces to set a timetable for the constitutional amendments and for...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Policemen banned rallies of supporters of Muslim Brotherhood candidates in the November 28 parliamentary elections, preventing their representatives from enterying polling stations.
A documentary movie of the violations which occured in the elections was made by a branch of MB in Nile Delta...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
‘Amr Fārūq writes about the intimidation tactics used by the Muslim Brotherhood when dealing with parliament member Majdī ‘Āshūr after he refused to withdraw from the runoff elections and parliament, as the group wanted.
He added that the Brotherhood has an investigation and punishment committee,...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Dr. Muhammad Sa‘d al-Katātnī, member of the Muslim Brotherhood guidance office, said that the Brotherhood rejects the idea of a "shadow" parliament that replaces the current parliament.
He explains that it is the right of any group of citizens to form an entity that reflects their opinion, but not...
Date of source: Monday, November 29, 2010
Du‘ā’ talks about why Egyptians never vote. She talks to a number of random Egyptian citizens who make it clear that they do not vote because they know for a fact that the elections are “settled in advance.” They are also afraid of the infamous violence that occurs at polling centers. “The majority...
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2010
This year’s parliamentary elections are seeing a fair amount of religious currents as the Muslim Brotherhood attempts to reclaim its eighty-eight seats, and sūfīs and sharīfs decide to participate for the first time. The article talks about the districts for which each has chosen to compete, as...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2010
The Muslim Brotherhood has elected 180 of its members to run for parliament. Dr. Muhammad Badī‘ announced in a press conference that the group decided to run for parliament following a 98% approval rate from its councils on regular seats and 96% on the women’s quota. He added that the upcoming...
Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2010
The Muslim Brotherhood attacked the Supreme Electoral Committee for warning them against using the “Islam Is the Answer” slogan. The group’s Media Adviser, Dr. Jamāl Nasār, said that the Brotherhood had been granted the constitutional right to use the slogan before in previous elections and pointed...
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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.