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Salafism and Salafī shaykhs and institutions are among the main reason for the increase in sectarian tension in Egypt. Salafī shaykhs are issuing fatwás that enforce extremist ideas and division.
A person attacked a Jewish synagogue in downtown Cairo. The attack resulted in no damage and the culprit was arrested and proved to be suffering of drug addiction. It was also said that he was formerly a member of an “extremist group” in the 1980s.
Rose al-Yūsuf magazine published a file on the niqāb in Egyptian society. Many writers discussed field observations in Azharian schools where the students wearing the niqāb adhere to their dress code. Other articles shed light on social practices and describe the “black village” where women wear...
Leading liberal Islamic theologian Nasr Abū Zayd is prevented from entering Kuwait on arrival at Kuwait International Airport, and told to take the first plane back to Egypt.
The death of the 82 year-old Grand Imām of the Azhar made the front page of most of the Egyptian press today. Prominent political and Islamic figures mourned Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī and the government’s reaction is questioned.
Sectarian tensions were raised in Beni Sweif when a young Coptic man wanted to convert to Islam to marry a Muslim young woman he loves. Copts gathered in front of the police station, where they believed that the security apparatus was hiding the young man to protect him.
The following review sheds light on the conditions of regional journalism and newspapers away from the Egyptian capital. Rose al-Yūsuf reported that this journalism is a new peril and noted the suspicious discoveries made by these newspapers.
Dr. Mufīd Shihāb, Egyptian State Minister for Legal Affairs and Legislative Councils declared that the discussion of human rights conditions in Egypt at the International Council did not accuse Egypt.
Dr. Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, former vice president of the National Council for Human Rights, leaves the National Council for Human Rights. Abū al-Majd described the decision to leave as relieving because he had spent six years in the council, being responsible for human rights issues in Egypt.
In a number of articles, Rose al-Yūsuf magazine discussed the issue of what is known in the Egyptian press as Copts’ isolation in Egypt.
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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.