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Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2007
The article discusses the Egyptian Declaration of Citizenship Rights and highlights the new draft law for houses of worship that the author hopes will reach parliament.
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
Youssef Sidhom discusses the need to draft a unified law to govern the construction of all houses of worship. He provides examples of draft laws that have previously been proposed, and the issues that they faced in parliament. Sidhom believes that with this draft law being successfully enforced,...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The article presents an interview between Watani newspaper and Dr. Muhammad Guweili. Dr. Guweili discusses the importance of having one law to regulate the construction of houses of worship, be they designed for Muslims or Christians. He considers what obstacles would need to be overcome in order...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2007
In a joint statement, 11 organizations have called on Parliament to rapidly issue a unified law for houses of worship that would effectively activate the principle of citizenship.
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2007
The article is based on an interview with the head of the Suggestions and Complaints Committee in the People’s Assembly on the long-awaited unified law for houses of worship.
Date of source: Sunday, August 13, 2006
The author says that despite continued delays, he hopes that the draft unified law for places of worship will be discussed in the coming parliamentary round. However, he expresses concern that the National Council for Human Rights has also produced a draft text for discussion.
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: Sunday, June 4, 2006
A controversial article on the growing Islamization of Egypt and the effect this has on the Coptic community.
Date of source: Sunday, June 26, 2005
The People’s Assembly Religious and Social Affairs Committee debated the unified draft law on the construction of houses of worship, which was forwarded by Muhammad Guwaylī, the chairman of the Suggestions and Complaints Committee.
Date of source: Sunday, June 19, 2005
Watani has been closely following the draft unified law for building places of worship, now under consideration by Parliament. The law was proposed by Mr Mohamed Guwaily, and was referred by the Speaker of the Parliament, Mr Fathi Sorour, to the parliamentary committee for suggestions and...
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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.