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Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2006
The Commissioner’s Authority of the State Council delivered its report
regarding the appeal of Pope Shenouda against the decree of the administrative court that obliged him to give
permission for remarriage to divorcees. The ruling of the lower court was declared to be illegal and...
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...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
The author questions whether the National Council for Human Rights is authorized to propose amendments to the constitution to be presented to the President and whether they are mere proposals or to be considered binding.
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2006
The author
discusses failures in Egypt to ensure full citizenship rights
for women, children, the elderly and the
Copts. He notes that a conference, to be held in December, will address
issues of citizenship.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2006
Nabīl Zakī analyses human rights
violations committed by Egyptian police.
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
The deputy head of the National Council for Human Rights (N.C.H.R.), Dr. Kamāl Abū al-Majd, said in a press conference that members of the council have unanimously agreed on the importance of amending articles 76 and 77 of the Egyptian constitution, which deal with the nomination of the...
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
The opposition seeks to achieve constitutional
amendments which
reflect its demands that more authority be given to political parties and that presidential
functions be
reduced, encouraging a democratic parliamentary system.
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.
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.
Date of source: Friday, September 8, 2006
The
article discusses a conference of Muslim-Christian dialogue between the Azhar’s Islamic
Research Academy and
the Episcopal Church in which the participants stressed the importance of cooperation for the
good of both
Muslims and Christians.
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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.