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Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2011
Dr. 'Imād al-Dīn 'Abd al-Ghafūr, the president of the Salafī-al-Nūr Party, said that his party will defend the 2nd Article in the constitution until death.
He said that the majority of the public are religious Muslims and that is their identity.
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Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
During a rally for the presidential candidate 'Amr Mūsá, he stated that Egypt is an Islamic state and should be thus ruled by sharī'ah, under Article 2 of the Constitution, which he would follow if he came to power.
He stressed the importance of maintaining equality between citizens and denounced...
Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2011
Dr. Sa'īd Kāmil, secretary general of the Democratic Front Party, said that Article II in the Constitution is a red line and the people will protect it, adding that this article assures the right for Copts, and Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III admitted it.
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Date of source: Thursday, September 1, 2011
Dr. Hamdī Hasan, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), warned that there is a conspiracy against the second article of the Egyptian constitution that states '...Islamic Sharī'ah is the principal source of legislation".
He said that the MB will have to use force [Reviewer's Note: in...
Date of source: Saturday, August 20, 2011
Dr. 'Abd al-Rahmān 'Azūz, former President of the Council of State, said that the Islamic Sharī'ah is not only about applying the hudūd, and that the religion section on the National ID card is against the concept of citizenship.
He added that Article II in the constitution does not object ...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) insisted on the declaration of the main principles of the constitution for a modern civil democratic Egypt.
Muhammad Fā'iq, NCHR's vice president, said that there is no argument surrounding Article 2, noting that "even Copts accept it."
Date of source: Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Ādmon Butrus, the deputy chief of the Coptic league in Lebanon, discredited reports that the Muslim Brotherhood and the salafists are controlling the streets in Egypt after the downfall of the former regime.
"They won't get more than 5% of seats inside the People's Assembly in the forthcoming...
Date of source: Thursday, August 4, 2011
The salafists seek the application of the Islamic caliphate model, said Dr. Yusrī Hamād, the official spokesman for the al-Nūr (Light) Party, adding Egypt is an Islamic, not civil, nation.
He said that 95% of the Egyptian people are Muslims, noting the sharī'ah guarantees the rights of minorities...
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The 2nd Article, exists since 1971, of the now-defunct Egyptian Constitution is one of the most controversial topics every time there is talk on freedom of worship in the Egyptian society or the cares and problems of Christian citizens.
The article provides that Islam is the state's religion...
Date of source: Sunday, June 26, 2011
In the 19 March referendum on constitutional amendments, 77 percent of Egyptians voted in favor of holding elections before drafting the new constitution. This was the only clean referendum in Egyptian history, despite a few procedural glitches and the fact that religion was used to influence some...
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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.