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Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Advocates of the dissident al-Wafd Party Tāriq Sibāq paradoxically shouted the Muslim Brotherhood slogan “Islam is the solution.” [Reviewer: Al-Wafd Party is known for its moderation ands irreligious identity.]
Tāriq Sibāq won Sāmih Antoine in popular Cairo district of Shubrā. The author refers to...
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 2010
The author argues that the Wafd party is not secular. He says that secularism entails total separation between the state and religion. However, the Wafd members do not advocate abolishing the second article of the Constitution, which stipulates that Islamic sharī'ah is the major source of...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
Al-Sayyid al-Badawī, head of the Wafd Party, visited the Muslim Brotherhood in a controversial step. Both parties agreed on the necessity of uniting the opposition efforts, stated Muhammad 'Abd al-Quddūs, a member of the Journalist Synidcates board. Al-Badawī stressed that the Brotherhood should...
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: Monday, November 29, 2010
Ahmad talks about how yesterday’s parliamentary elections saw all sorts of fraud, bullying, and violence as early as the night before. He says that it was reported that at least one person was killed and thousands were injured at the hands of NDP-hired bullies. He also says that a lot of people...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2010
A National Democratic Party candidate in Beni Suef sparked controversy for distributing campaign flyers with his photo set next to a photo of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus in an attempt to win over the Coptic vote. Ibrāhīm Sharīf with the Egyptian Union for Human Rights said that the actions...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Community Council announced its disappointment at some of its members who are running for parliament. The council yesterday separated themselves from ‘Īsá Girgis, who earlier alleged that the council disapproved of Coptic resentment towards the National Democratic Party for...
Date of source: Friday, November 26, 2010
The National Coalition for Democratic Transformation issued a report on the pre-voting stage of the parliamentary elections. The report discussed the illegal use of places of worship and religious slogans, which allegedly help stir sectarian violence. It also addressed several other issues, such as...
Date of source: Friday, November 26, 2010
The Progressive National Unionist Party expressed its sorrow for the riots that happened outside the Giza governorate headquarters last week. It said the main reason behind the recent rise in sectarian violence is the government’s failure to issue a unified law for places of worship. The party...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
Former Parliament member Dr. Georgette Qalīnī said that Coptic activist Michael Munīr’s statement requesting that Copts not vote for the National Democratic Party (of which Qalīnī is a proud member) is his freedom of speech. She pointed out that Copts have the right to either listen to his advice...
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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.