Displaying 81 - 90 of 173.
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
The review deals with Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī’s latest remarks in which he termed the Ḥijāb to be "a relapse backward," drawing public controversy and anger in parliament where the ruling party, the opposition and independents agreed on the need to have the minister tender his...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
This review discusses political responses to Fārūq Husnī’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb.
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2006
This review deals with Minister of Culture Fārūq Husnī’s latest remarks in which he described the Ḥijāb as "a relapse backward," stimulating public controversy and anger in parliament. The ruling party, opposition and independents agreed on the need to have the minister tender his resignation...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2006
This press review discusses the growing
influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egyptian
political life, and their constant efforts to control educational
institutions, including governmental
schools. In al-Musawwar magazine, ‘Abd al-Qādir Shāhīb
linked the recent
support of some Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
Dr ‘Āsim Khashabah criticizes the National Democratic
Party (N.D.P.), the governing party
in Egypt, for neglecting the role of religion in society, leaving
specific political groups to use it for their own benefits.
He refers to the mistakes of the government in
using the aggressive power of...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Hānī ‘Azīz refutes claims that he bought ’al-Ḥizb al-Dustūrī al-
Hurr’ and that there is a plan to make this party dominated by Copts.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
This review deals
with the annual national unity
iftār, an occasion that brings together Muslim and Christian senior
officials and dignitaries
during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadān, as Pope Shenouda III of
Alexandria and Imām
of the Azhar Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī stressed...
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The review deals with statements
made by the deputy guide of the
Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Muhammad Habīb, in which he said the passing of
power to Jamāl Mubārak,
the son of President Husnī Mubārak, will never be accepted by
the group and it "will be over our
dead bodies." The statements...
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
The following
article addresses Mahmūd ‘Āmir’s attack against the
Shī‘ah
and the political and religious danger they bring to Egypt and the
Islamic world, by comparing them to the
Muslim Brotherhood. ‘Āmir blames the Azhar
leadership and the National Democeratic Party for
their support of...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif stirred controversy by suggesting the existence of a private Brotherhood army while at the same time causing friction within the ruling National Democratic Party with his recent statements.
Pages
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.