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51. Religion and state
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The article praises the legal procedure taken against ‘Brotherhood Militias’ that appeared in the Azhar University as a step forward to separating the state from religion.
28. Prejudicing the Shari‘ah article in the constitution… a major crime against the religion and the nation
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2006
Scholars have rejected calls to amend the second article of the constitution which stipulates that the principles of Sharī‘ah are the mainstay of Egyptian legislation as they believe it would transform Egypt into a secular state.
25. ‘Abd al-Mu‘ti Bayyumi, a member of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, to al-Sharq al-Awsat: there is nothing in the Azhar’s regulations which prevents women from joining the academy
Date of source: Thursday, October 12, 2006
Al-Sharq al-Awsat interviews Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī, a member of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy and the former deputy head of the Religious Affairs Committee at the People’s Assembly, about a number of issues, including the controversial statement of Pope Benedict on Islam and...
59. Islamic law article provokes large arguements at the constitutional amendment seminar
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
The recommendations of a seminar on amending the Egyptian constitution called for amending article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution, after failing to achieve an agreement to omit it.
48. Church taboos are an infringement of the constitution.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
The Coptic Orthodox church restricts freedom and nobody is allowed to express his or her opinion, to object or to disagree. Whoever dares to do so is expelled from the church and deprived of exercising church rites, which violates the constitution.
44. Religious affiliation on identity cards
Date of source: Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Over the past few months, many Egyptian intellectuals and Christian clergy have called for the removal of any reference to religious affiliation from identity cards. Amongst these was Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl, who stated in al-Maydān of August 16, 2006 that the inclusion of religious...
41. The Conference of Immigrant Copts: Shameless minority and an American sedition for the benefit of Israel!
Date of source: Thursday, July 6, 2006
Ahmad Murād and ‘Arwa Hassan investigate the real motives and objectives of conferences held abroad by Egyptian immigrant Copts. Experts and analysts believe that this minority serves anything but the interest of its own homeland.
60. That dangerous article!
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
A lot of arguments have been made concerning possible amendments to the Egyptian constitution. Any attempt to modify this constitution must abolish article no. 2, according to ‘Ādil Jundī, which faces much criticism from Copts and others.
30. Poor response of Metropolitan Seraphim to lecture Bishop Munir about Muslim-Christian relations he did not attend
Date of source: Thursday, May 18, 2006
Metropolitan Abba Seraphim’s critique of a paper by Bishop Munīr on the relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, presented at the annual interfaith dialogue meeting of the Anglican communion and the Permanent Committee of the Azhar al-Sharif for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions.
53. Response to AWR’s questions on Yustina Salih and the second article of the Egyptian Constitution
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The full text of Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyoumī’s response to the 30 questions Drs. Cornelis Hulsman sent him concerning the second article of the Egyptian constitution.

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