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Date of source: Sunday, September 18, 2005
Discussing the future of the Muslim Brotherhood group is a very thorny issue. The tricks they played during the presidential elections on many political parties make it clear that they should never be trusted.
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2005
The Cairo administrative courts’ report has paved the way for the Wasat party [center party] to get its license from the Parties Committee. The report raised many doubts about the party and its founding representative, Abu al-cIla Madī.
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
The report issued by the State Council commission, which confirmed the Islamic sharī‘a as the main legislative source according to the third [Editor: should be second] article of the constitution, has provoked positive reactions among the political coulisses. The report also stated that the...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 12, 2005
The closing chapter of the Islamic party story in Egypt ostensibly signals a happy ending, thanks to Nazīh Farīd Tanāghou, a Coptic judge and deputy of the State Council chairman. The Legation Authority, affiliated to the Egyptian Political Parties Court, gave “al-Wasat al-Jadīd” (the new middle)...
Date of source: Monday, December 9, 2002
Farid Abdel Khaliq is the most important leading figure of the Brotherhood. He stresses that the group is not a political power but a Da´awa-oriented group. He does not oppose the establishment of a Coptic party but without calling for applying the Christian teachings. He believes that the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2002
The article cites parts of John Esposito´s book “The Islamic Threat…a Reality Or a Fable.” The book gives a critique of President Mubarak´s regime and of how he countered Islamic groups.
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
‘Imād Taha discusses the birth of the Wasat Party, a breakaway from the Muslim Brotherhood, and questions the Islamist group’s support for plurality.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
In the last parliamentary elections, there were attempts to twist the laws and exploit religion and religious slogans for political gains, a matter that calls for a firm pause. As for the Copts, some say they should have a larger representation in various dimensions of the government. Many...
8. Al-Wasat [Middle] Party is not a substitute for the Brotherhood and we have nothing to do with it
Date of source: Thursday, November 4, 2004
Dr. Abu Al-Ela Madi, deputy of the founders of Al-Wasat Al-Gadid Party [New Middel Party] refuses associating between his party and the Brotherhood, saying that the Brotherhood is pursuing a different path. He stresses that the Wasat Party is not the lawful cover of the Brotherhood.
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
Dr. Rifa'at Al-Sa'id, the head of the Tagammu Party, stressed that many reasons led to the exclusion of the Brotherhood from the dialogue among opposition parties.
Al-Sa'id noted that participants in the meetings of opposition parties unanimously rejected the creation of a political party that...
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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.