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Date of source: Tuesday, January 15, 2013
As preparations for Christmas celebrations continued, the Coptic Church submitted a detailed memo to the presidency in Egypt about amendments it would like to see made to the new Constitution.
These included deleting Article 219, which states that the "principles of Islamic sharī’ah include...
Date of source: Monday, September 3, 2012
Disputes initiated in the Constituent Assembly's System of Government Committee on September 2, 2012 over the powers the President of the republic should have.
Father Philopater Jamīl of Virgin Mary Church in Faysal, residing now in the United States, called the Constituent Assembly "an Assembly to...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church prohibited the five candidates for papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, from appearing on satellite channels before the election of the 118th pope. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Oct. 16, p. 3] Read original text...
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
Sherif Gadallah, a lawyer from Alexandria has submitted a report to the public prosecutor, against the president of the court of appeal, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mosque, the interim Pope of Alexandria as well as President Mohamed Morsy requesting the exclusion of Copts from the committee in...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The executive committee of the Evangelical general assembly expressed its concerns about the constituent assembly lineup drafting the Egyptian constitution and describe it as "disappointing".
For his part, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, vice-president of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and General Director...
Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2012
The technical secretariat of the People’s Assembly, responsible for receiving the proposals for the criteria of the members of the constituent assembly, closed to receive any proposals, reached 210 in number, for the Constitution panel.
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Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2012
National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) demanded that the members of the constituent assembly should be elected from outside parliament to avoid conflict of interests.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, Head of the Evangelical Community Council in Egypt, believes that it will be very dangerous to amend article 189 in the constitution.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
This article highlights the vital role played by the National Council for Human Rights in Egyptian society
Date of source: Thursday, June 5, 2008
The Community Council of the Coptic Orthodox Church conducted amendments to the Personal Status Law of Copts known as the law of 1938. The Egyptian media shed light on the issue and the different reactions to it.
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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.