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Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2007
Participants of a session held by ‘Watanī Salon’ discussed citizenship, the necessity of announcing the census, and to enact a unified law for building houses of worship.
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2007
The author considers the implementation of the recent constitutional amendments. He questions how significant the concept of citizenship, among others, will be.
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2007
The author criticizes the occurrences that surround incidents of sectarian strife, and the continued segregation that Copts are subjected to. He states that Watani International will be accepting donations to assist the victims and the family of the victims in the sectarian crisis in Bimhā.
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2007
The author discusses the continued problem with identity cards, specifically the section for entering one’s religious affiliation. He provides a number of examples of individuals whose identity cards have incorrect information on them, or who repeatedly have to validate the information present.
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2007
A frequently recurring problem has to do with religious identity, and specifically the documented religion of an individual oftentimes contradicting his actual religious practices. The article discusses this issue, and presents some specific cases.
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2007
The author investigates a frequently re-occurring problem of older churches in Egypt being unable to produce legitimate documentation to prove their validity, having existed prior to the imposed required documentation. As a result of the missing documents, authorities refuse to grant many of these...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2007
An article written in support of the constitutional amendments. The author argues that the amendments are a stepping stone toward improving the level of participation of Egyptians in the government.
Date of source: Sunday, March 25, 2007
A summary of the proposed constitutional amendments that have been approved by Parliament and will be submitted for public referendum.
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2007
Watani provides another list of errors that have resulted after the Egyptian citizenship records were computerized.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
The author suggests that the current series of constitutional amendments are sufficient for the time being. These changes can be a step forward toward real and meaningful reform. Although the state must be willing to make even greater changes, such as revising or repealing the second article of the...
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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.