Date of source: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Mubārak’s constitutional amendments have revealed the separation between the executive power, the legislative and the judicial authorities, which are meant to be the bedrock of the modern Egyptian state, and the real interest groups.
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2007
The spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church declares that the Coptic problem does not lie in article two of the Constitution, but in the manner in which this article can be applied or interpreted. Justice implies specifying Islamic Sharī‘ah as “a” main source of legislation rather than “the” main...
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2007
The incident of the exclusion of a Christian reader from her job reflects the excess of some officials within the Egyptian administrative system that aim to exclude Christian citizens from the top ranking positions.
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
The interview with Muṣṭafá al- Fiqī, chief of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the People’s Assembly, is about the new amendments to the Constitution, the concept of the citizenship, and the Coptic political stance among these changes.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Kamāl Sa‘d devoted his full-page article entitled, ‘An Open Message to President Muhammad Husnī Mubārak,’ in al-Ahālī of February 7, 2007, to the proposed Constitutional amendments that are expected to come into effect soon.
Date of source: Friday, February 9, 2007
The author comments on the recent events involving Faysal Islamic Bank.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 7, 2007
There is no median between a religious state and a civil state. Many observers consider the proposed constitutional amendments to be encouraging political Islamic groups. While Muslim groups deny any contradiction between article two of the Egyptian Constitution and the principles of citizenship,...
Date of source: Saturday, February 3, 2007 to Friday, February 9, 2007
Muhammad Tuhāmī stresses the necessity of separating religion and politics.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Ihāb ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd discusses the fact that both Christians and women are not well represented in Egyptian parliaments.
Date of source: Friday, February 2, 2007
The article presents a dialogue with the famous Egyptian geologist, Dr. Rushdī Sa‘īd, in which he talks about Copts and citizenship.