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Date of source: Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Al-Nūr Party has warned against amending the article. Dr. Sha’baān Abdal ‘Alīm, the assistant secretary general of the party, stated that amending the third article may allow the marriage of gays and stated that Islam only recognizes Christianity and Judaism.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Representatives of Al-Azhar in the Constituent Assembly have announced their unanimous rejection of removing the phrases of “Christians and Jews” from the Article 3. Counselor Muhammad ‘Abd al-Salām, the Rapporteur of the Basic Requirements subcommittee in the Constituent Assembly, stated that its...
Date of source: Thursday, September 12, 2013
Pope Tawadros II demanded the amendment of Article 2 of the 2012 Constitution which states: “The principles of the laws of the Egyptian Christians and Jews are the main source for the regulated legislation of their personal and religious affairs and for the election of their spiritual leaders.” The...
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2013
Coptic activists have announced a campaign to pressure the Constituent Assembly to adopt a Coptic quota of 15% in all the institutions of the state. The first step that was taken in this campaign is an online petition that was started and is directed at the Constituent Assembly urging it to adopt...
Date of source: Sunday, October 20, 2013
Mustafá Muhammad, one of the Nubian activists, stated that he has officially submitted proposals to the Constituent Assembly requesting them to add a text including the phrase, “to return properties to their original owners in case the reasons for their reclamation has ended […].” This text comes...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2018
The courts in Egypt are witnessing weird cases every day and some of these cases become part of the collective memory.
One of these cases is the famous case in which the famous Coptic leader of the Wafd Party, Makram ʿUbayd Pasha, or Makram Ebeid, pleaded the case of a Muslim Egyptian citizen, who...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The legal adviser of the Catholic Orthodox Church, Amir Ramzy, said that there is no clear representation of Christians in the assembly. He stated that important points have not been included in the draft amendments, including the claim to change the religion after reaching the legal age in order...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Shī’ite and Sufī leaders rejected the Constituent Assembly, stating that it does not reflect the whole Egyptian society. Sufī leaders affirmed that they and the Shī’ite community are not properly represented in the commission and they are worried about being excluded from the Constitution.
Sufī...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Last Tuesday (September 3), Dr. Shāykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of Al-Azhar, met the institution's representatives in the Constituent Assembly amending Egypt's Constitution to discuss Al-Azhar's view on the new document and agree on the texts that they will present to the assembly. One of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Grand Muftī of the Republic, Dr. Shawqī 'Alām, has been chosen as a representative for Al-Azharin the Constituent Assembly. He commented, “This appointment is a national responsibility that I respect and appreciate.” The Muftī explained in a press statement that the Azharhas the first...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.