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Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 2004
For the first time in the history of Egypt, a Coptic thinker, Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawi, has obtained a doctoral degree in Islamic Shari’a. The topic of his dissertation was “The rights and duties of non-Muslims in an Islamic state.” He said he chose this topic because Islam as revealed through the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 2004
Egypt’s Copts reject to be called “Ahl Al-Dhimma” and “Al-Nasara” [Nazarenes] and their favorite term is “Copts” which means “Egyptians” in old hieroglyphic language.
Few days ago, a book titled “Al-Muwatana wa Al-Awlama…Al-Aqbat fi Asr Mutagheir” [Citizenship and Globalization…Copts in a...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 6, 2004
Media outlets published news about Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawy’s PhD thesis about Islamic Shari’a titled “The rights and duties of non-Muslims in the Islamic state” as if it is a happy unprecedented event.
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2004
Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi answers questions concerning the degree of freedom enjoyed
by non-Muslims in a Muslim society. Are they to be judged according to the Shari’a of Islam
[Islamic law] or by their own law?
One of the freedoms guaranteed by Islam to non-Muslims is
the freedom to keep their...
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
Generally, non-Muslims living on Arab Muslim lands are radically denied the dignity of
the citizen. They are excluded from the process of decision making at all levels. Their rights
are denied, or at least severely restricted, in occupying positions of senior (’sovereign’)
ministries or prime-...
Date of source: Friday, January 16, 2004
Al-Wafd
reviews the main points of the all-inclusive revisions presented by theGama’a Al-Islamiya and its
eight historical leaders. Before examining to what extent these revisions have contributed to the
support of democratic development, Al-Wafd is providing an objective presentation of the...
Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2004
The article reports about the current attitudes of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya towards the
issues of democracy, Hedud [Sharia-based penalties and parliamentary council. The article is
based on the latest ideological revision carried out by the Gama’a which were included in the
book “Nahr Al-Zekrayat…...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2004
Some political experts are of the opinion
that the revisions of the Gama’a did not change on key issues such as the application of Shari’a,
[the status of] Coptic Christians, multiple-party system and the freedom of opinion and belief.
Those experts claim that the revisions of the group were...
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2004
A new [political] party that rejects Islam and Arabism submitted
its papers last week to the committee of party affairs [affiliated to the Shura Council]. This
party asks for the modification of the Egyptian constitution to remove the Islamic Shari’a as the
primary legislative source of the...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2004
Dr. ‘Abd al-Fattāh Idrīs, Professor of Comparative
Jurisprudence at Cairo University, described Islamic sharī‘a [law] as one concerned with
securing the world and its inhabitants. He bases his argument on the presence of specific rulings
on how to punish those who harm humans, animals or the...
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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.