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This article analyzes the use of religion to serve non-religious ends.
Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāḥ comments on the modern trend of accusing intellectuals and writers of apostasy under the cover of religion.
Political, educational, and religious reform and the religious media are affecting each other for the media cannot be reformed without democratic freedom and political reform in turn cannot be promoted without first having a sound media.
The article calls for reform in religious media that has been engaged in undesirable heated debates over the interpretations of religion, which widen the gap of misunderstanding between followers of different faiths.
The veil crisis has deeply exposed the crisis of the Egyptian ruling system and of the Muslim Brotherhood who represents the opposition in the parliament and in the street.
Under the headline, ’Citizenship and the State,’ Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāh writes aboutMuhammad ‘Alī Pāshā’s success in building a modern Egyptian state, based on justice and the equality of all citizens before the law.
The author draws a picture about the development of the concept of citizenship since it originated until its present state, asserting that it has consistently been changing depending on historical, political and economical needs.
Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāh traces the origin of citizenship in ancient Greek and Roman states, linking it to modern constitutions and declarations of human rights.
Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāh discusses the issue of citizenship and the nation-state in Egypt.
The article discusses whether religious discourse and religious thinking in general have been affected by the attacks of September 11 and by the war in Iraq.

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