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Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2012
A representative of political powers participating in national dialogue sessions yesterday said that President Mursī will announce the names of members of the Shūrá Council next Friday, just hours before the start of the second stage of the referendum over the Constitution next Saturday (December...
Date of source: Friday, October 4, 2013
A number of representatives of the Popular Movement for the Independence of Al-Azhar in the Constituent Assembly requested the deletion of Article III of the Constitution, which refers Christians and Jews to their own religious codes, but that the text of Article II remains unchanged.
Sāmih Ashūr...
Date of source: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Muhammad al-‘Azab, a member of the Shūrá Council from the Salafī al-Nūr Party and member of the National Council of Human Rights, severely criticized U.S. President Obama’s speech before the UN on Tuesday (September 25), adding the address was void of the simplest rules of diplomacy as he said he...
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2012
Two months have passed since work first began on the Constituent Assembly and still its sub-committees did not finish drafting the final articles of the Constitution amidst an ongoing tug-of-war among its members, particularly about Article II, articles concerning the powers of the president and...
Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2013
The Constituent Assembly has decided to maintain the Article 3 as “Christians and Jews” rather than amending it to read “non-Muslims”. Sources stated to the paper that this was in order calm down the Salafīs (Muhammad Sālim and Rāniā Rabi’, al-Shurūq, Sept. 30, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Controversy marred the constituent assembly’s meeting on Tuesday (July 24) after a decision to postpone the election of five substitutes for five main members of the panel who withdrew amidst the Azhar’s insistence on keeping Article II as stated in the 1971 constitution unchanged. [Muhammad Abū...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Controversy marred the constituent assembly’s meeting on Tuesday (July 24) after a decision to postpone the election of five substitutes for five main members of the panel who withdrew amidst the Azhar’s insistence on keeping Article II as stated in the 1971 constitution unchanged. [Muhammad Abū...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
"The Muslim Brotherhood obtained 20 seats – either lawmakers belonging to the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Irshād (Guidance) Office members or public figures affiliated to the group like Islamic thinker Dr. Muhammad 'Umārah," said Katātnī.
The Supreme Constitutional Court withdrew from the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
"The Muslim Brotherhood obtained 20 seats – either lawmakers belonging to the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Irshād (Guidance) Office members or public figures affiliated to the group like Islamic thinker Dr. Muhammad 'Umārah," said Katātnī.
The Supreme Constitutional Court withdrew from the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2012
Bishop Bīsantī of Helwan and al-Ma'sarah stressed utmost respect for presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Mursī in the runoff elections, expressing welcome to an Islamist president who would lead the nation to a civil state taking into account all citizenship rights for all Egyptians.
Bishop Bīsantī...
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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.