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Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2005
Whatever the topic of discussion was with one Islamist group or another, and of whatever inclination it may be; the reference is always the Brotherhood and its ideology. This unanimity includes those who passed through the organization’s branches in Syria, Jordan, Egypt etc.; or those who ‘...
Date of source: Sunday, April 17, 2005
It is obvious that the political Islamic tide—mainly the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood movement—is no longer content with the occasional show of power on street level, such as popular support for the Palestinian cause or against the American presence in Iraq. Instead, Islamists have clearly decided...
Date of source: Saturday, April 16, 2005
I have once asked a member of the Muslim
Brotherhood whether the group is planning to sweep the Egyptian Bar Association elections and secure both the chairman’s post
and the association’s council this time. He arrogantly answered that their winning of the elections is something taken for...
Date of source: Saturday, April 9, 2005
‘Alī ‘Ashmāwī joined the Muslim Brotherhood when he was 24 years of age. He became the last declared commander of the group’s armed militias, or what has been called the Special System. He was arrested in 1965,
imprisoned and released in 1974.
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2005
Coptic lawyers
have entered as a party in the political game in the Egyptian Bar Association elections. Despite the failure of all Coptic
candidates in the recent elections, the role played by Coptic lawyers was undeniable, forming another trump card in the face
of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Teach your people democracy!
In order to establish a sound democratic system and the creation of constitutional institutions, is it good enough to attempt to hold free, impartial, and honest elections, without political, cultural, or democratic awareness ingrained in the society? Are the polls...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Dr. Khālid al-Za‘farānī, a former key figure of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, out of the blue announced plans to apply to the Parties’ Affairs Committee for setting up Hizb al-Islāh wa al-‘Adāla wa al-Tanmīya [the Reform, Justice and Development Party, which he described as a “new democratic popular...
Date of source: Thursday, March 31, 2005
Khālid al-Za‘farānī, a former member of the Brotherhood and secretary general of the frozen Labor Party, announced the establishment of a new party under the name Hizb al-Islāh wa al-‘Adāla wa al-Tanmīya [Reform, Justice and Development, and said would go through the paper work for his party soon...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2005
In the new Egyptian city of 6th of October, Ahmad Ridā Ahmad Ibrāhīm, a Muslim, and Rāndā Barsoum Shukrī ‘Abd al-Nour, a Christian, fell in love and they finally decided to tie the knot. However, their marriage was just the beginning of a series of problems. Love-stricken Ahmad found himself...
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2005
Egyptian Coptic Christians agitated by two girls’ decision to convert to Islam have ended their sit-in at Mar Girgis church in al-Fayyum governorate, south of Cairo, Aljazeera reports.
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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.