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Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
The Holy Synod under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius announced that the deadline for receiving applications for running in the elections to succeed Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March, will expire on Saturday (May 19). [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, May 18, p. 7] Read text in...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the registration committee in the papal elections, said nearly 700 voters archons from the different parishes were registered, adding the issue of registering expatriate Copts has not been settled yet. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm,...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
“We will mobilize the whole Egyptian people to protest if Article 2 of the Constitution failed to spell out the Islamic sharī’ah as the main source of legislation,” said Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī, the vice chairman of the board of the al-Da’wah al-Salafīyah (Salafī Call) group. [Muhammad Abū al-‘Aynayn...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
“We will mobilize the whole Egyptian people to protest if Article 2 of the Constitution failed to spell out the Islamic sharī’ah as the main source of legislation,” said Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī, the vice chairman of the board of the al-Da’wah al-Salafīyah (Salafī Call) group. [Muhammad Abū al-‘Aynayn...
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2012
Meanwhile, the Coptic Orthodox Church said that the lists of voters to elect a new pope in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March, will be announced as of Monday (July 23) until Sunday (August 5) in the notice board on the walls of the church of Bishop Ruweis at the St. Mark...
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2012
Islamist groups differ on visions about citizenship, equality and the concept of a modern state from outright rejection to conditional acceptance.
Some of the Islamist leaders, under political pressures, have developed certain orientations toward Copts. Famous preachers and salafī politicians who...
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2012
Dr. Hassan al-Shāf’ī, the leader of the Azhar delegation in the assembly, said that Egyptians want a constitution that would guarantee basic rights and freedoms for all citizens regardless of religion, race or any other consideration.
“This new constitution should help Egypt restore its role in the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2012
Al-Asālah demanded the writing of new articles in the constitution to establish a “higher sharī’ah court” to watch whether laws and resolutions are in line with the Islamic law.
Al-Nūr said it is considering this proposal while the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) rejected it. [...
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: Article II of the Egyptian Constitution of 1971 reads, “Islam is the official religion of the state, Arabic its official language and the principles of Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation”. Salafists sought removing the word ‘principles’ or replacing it with the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A prominent bishop at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that one of the reasons to exclude candidates for the Saint Mark chair will be “ill reputation”. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
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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.