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Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2014
Dr. Ahmad Karīmah, professor of sharī’ah at the Azhar stated in response to al- Qaradawi’s fatwa, calling the participation in the presidential elections harām, that religion has nothing to do with elections and that no person or institution can claim that such a vote or referendum is halāl (...
Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2013
The Constituent Assembly has decided to maintain the Article 3 as “Christians and Jews” rather than amending it to read “non-Muslims”. Sources stated to the paper that this was in order calm down the Salafīs (Muhammad Sālim and Rāniā Rabi’, al-Shurūq, Sept. 30, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Thursday, September 19, 2013
The prosecutor general, Judge Hishām Barakāt, has ordered the imprisonment of 51 defendants for 15 days pending investigations due to possibilities of their involvement in crimes of murder, arson, and terrorist activities in Diljā village, Minya governorate. The prosecution has also ordered the...
Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2012
An unsigned article in al-Dustūr also attacks the forthcoming constitution: “after a period not exceeding 60 days the new ‘Brotherhoodite’ constitution will have been prepared … a clear declaration and announcement of the advent of the Brotherhood state principality.
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2013
Camīl Siddīq, the secretary of the Millet Council in Alexandria, announced his complete rejection of the idea of “the Copts’ quota” in the elections and the call of some to include it in the Constitution (Sarhān Sinārah, al-Akhbār, Sept. 23, p. 6). This article has no link online.
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2013
Article 1 states: The Arab Republic of Egypt is an independent sovereign state, united and indivisible, its system democratic. The Egyptian people are part of the Arab and Islamic nations, proud of belonging to the Nile Valley and Africa and of its Asian reach, a positive participant in human...
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2013
The Orthodox Church would like to see an amendment to the “Arab and Islamic Nations” in Article 1 to be amended to the “Arab nation and Islamic world”. In addition to that, the words “the Christians and Jews” in the second article should be changed to “non- Muslims”. Bishop Paul did not state what...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 2, 2013
The Rights and Liberties Sub-Committee of the Constituent Assembly added a paragraph toArticle 64fortheparticipationofcitizensinpubliclife, banning the use ofplacesofworshipforpoliticalpurposesandelectoral advertisements (Muhammad ‘Abdul Qādir and Muhammad Gharīb, al-Masrī al-Yāwm, Oct. 2). Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Shaykh, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, discussed with Dr. Hossam Issa, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education, the preparations for the start of the new academic year at Al-Azhar University. They discussed ways to support the Al-Azhar mosque and the university (Diā’ Abū al-Safā, al-Akhbār,...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 1, 2013
During the second seminar in a series of seminars called, “Participate in Amending your Constitution,” organized by the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center in the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassīya, Dr. Muná Zulfaqār, Vice-Chairman of the Constituent Assembly stated that she is guilty of the proposal...
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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.