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Tal‘at Radwān summarizes the recent debate on reforming religious discourse organized by the Cairo Centre for Human Rights.
The author argues that the quota system for Egyptian Christians in parliamentary and state positions will not offer a good solution to the problem of religious fanaticism. The only way to address this is to stick to secularism and to belongingness to the nation, before religion.
Tal‘at Radwān, author of the article, reviews three books on political Islam by three different writers.
In his book; “From Here, We Begin”, first edition published in1950, Khālid Muhammad Khālid warned against religious radicalism which opposes national affiliation.
People of the high-sounding religious tone insist on describing Christian Egyptians as dhimmīs [non-Muslims living in a Muslim state, who in return for taxes receive safety and protection], which is a language more likely to disintegrate the core of national unity.
The author discusses the possibility that religious affiliations have become more important than national affiliations and urges Egyptians to steer clear of this path.
The author of this article strongly opposes the article published in the last issue in which Dr. Hassan Hefni called for forming political parties based on religion. According to the author of this article, forming political parties based on religion is a dangerous call that leads to the...

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