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Date of source: Thursday, August 16, 2012
The constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt saw heated debates between former Muftī of the Republic Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil and the panel’s spokesman Dr. Wahīd ‘Abd al-Majīd over the latter’s objection in the drafting committee against the new article to have the Azhar as the final...
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: 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...
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2013
Coptic activists have announced a campaign to pressure the Constituent Assembly to adopt a Coptic quota of 15% in all the institutions of the state. The first step that was taken in this campaign is an online petition that was started and is directed at the Constituent Assembly urging it to adopt...
Date of source: Sunday, October 20, 2013
Mustafá Muhammad, one of the Nubian activists, stated that he has officially submitted proposals to the Constituent Assembly requesting them to add a text including the phrase, “to return properties to their original owners in case the reasons for their reclamation has ended […].” This text comes...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 4, 2013
The legal adviser of the Catholic Orthodox Church, Amir Ramzy, said that there is no clear representation of Christians in the assembly. He stated that important points have not been included in the draft amendments, including the claim to change the religion after reaching the legal age in order...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Shī’ite and Sufī leaders rejected the Constituent Assembly, stating that it does not reflect the whole Egyptian society. Sufī leaders affirmed that they and the Shī’ite community are not properly represented in the commission and they are worried about being excluded from the Constitution.
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Date of source: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Last Tuesday (September 3), Dr. Shāykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of Al-Azhar, met the institution's representatives in the Constituent Assembly amending Egypt's Constitution to discuss Al-Azhar's view on the new document and agree on the texts that they will present to the assembly. One of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Grand Muftī of the Republic, Dr. Shawqī 'Alām, has been chosen as a representative for Al-Azharin the Constituent Assembly. He commented, “This appointment is a national responsibility that I respect and appreciate.” The Muftī explained in a press statement that the Azharhas the first...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Members of the Constituent Assembly Khālid Yūssuf and Muhammad Abu al- Ghār have stated their dissatisfaction with the judicial support to the court sentence ruling to jail novelist Karam Sābir, member of the Writers' Union, for 5 years due to being convicted of contempt of religion.
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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.