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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...
Date of source: Sunday, June 19, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Youth Anba Mūsá said the articles of the draft unified law on the construction of houses of worship are vague and has not changed anything of the old system known as the hamayuni law.
"The Orthodox Church will not unilaterally take a decision on behalf of all Copts...
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2011
A symposium convened by leaders and representatives of the new political parties in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya stopped for about 30 minutes over a tough debate on the 2nd Article of the Egyptian constitution.
Coptic business magnet Najīb Sāwīris, the leader of the Free Egyptians...
Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2011
Dr. Yaḥyā al-Jamāl, Deputy Prime Minister, stated that the new constitution imposes restrictions on the powers of the state's president and the establishment of a civil state that would encompass all religions.
Jamāl denied a connection between the establishment of a civil state and canceling the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 24, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood severely criticized Egypt's Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl's remarks regarding the second article of the constitution.
Jamāl had stated that the constitutional declaration will have an amended version of the second article.
The amended second article would state that...
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Al-Dustūr had interviewed Muhammad Rif'at, a professor of international law, where he talked about the second article of the constitution, which was added by the late President Muhammad Anwar al-Sādāt.
Rif'at added that the second article is not applied in reality and can not be applied, noting the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 10, 2011
Dr. Rev. Andrea Zakī, Vice President of Egypt's Evangelical denomination, stressed the importance for religion to be the reference of the government in its applied system of the new constitution.
He said that any political project or system in the Middle East that generally ignores religion will...
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2011
In Husayn 'Abd al-Rāziq's article in al-Ahāli, page 11, April 4, 2011, he writes that every now and then a controversy on the second article in the constitution is triggered.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The author presents a book by a Christian writer that explains the steps of transforming Muslims into Christians and vice versa.
Date of source: Sunday, April 3, 2011
Rose al-Yūsuf provided a translation of the article written by Muftī of the Republic, 'Alī Jum'ah, in the U.S. newspaper The New York Times.
Jum'ah wrote that Egypt is a religious country and it is anticipated that religion will play a role in the Egyptian democratic politics.
He added that the...
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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.