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Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author outlines a number of views on the controversial issue of whether to remove the religion reference from Egyptian identity documents.
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...
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
A second consecutive parliamentary round has expired without considering the proposal for a unified law for places of worship. The author asserts that if approved, the law will put an end to current discriminatory legislation with regards to the building and restoring of places of worship for...
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.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry has rejected the use of religious slogans as
trade
marks, but the company Mecca Cola is filing a lawsuit to register its trademark in Egypt
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
The author
criticizes statements made by intellectual Dr. Silīm al-
‘Awā, in which he emphasizes that
Copts are dependent on foreign support in solving their
problems and that Copts’ conditions are very much
better than those of Muslims.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Changing the statute will not help in
political
reform because it contains many contradictions, the author argues, and modifications to the statute aim
only
at the interest of the president not the political parties.
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2001
The head of the Supreme Constitutional Court explained the role of that court, especially regarding the rulings that some laws are unconstitutional. He explained the legal provisions that allowed for this apparent conflict between the legislator’s reasoning and that of the Constitutional Court. The...
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.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2006
The author warns of troublemakers stirring up sectarian sedition at al-Minia University after a student is refused her master’s degree in pediatrics because she is Christian.
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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.