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Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: Article II of the Egyptian Constitution 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 seek removing the word ‘principles’ or replacing it with the word ‘...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Shaykh Tayīb had withdrawn from the ceremonies “out of keenness on the Azhar’s dignity” after he found out that there was no place reserved for him among VIP seats in the front row. [Khālid Mūsá, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, July 4, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb received a phone call on Tuesday (July 3) from President Muhammad Mursī who stressed utmost appreciation for the Azhar, its shaykh and top scholar and expressed discontent about the conduct of the presidential protocol officials during Mursī’s appearance...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Ghālib said that the churches rely on the Azhar document, which is one of the important references for the writing of an Egyptian constitution.
Head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, said the constituent assembly will write a draft constitution to offer to the Egyptian people...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Ghālib said that the churches rely on the Azhar document, which is one of the important references for the writing of an Egyptian constitution.
Head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, said the constituent assembly will write a draft constitution to offer to the Egyptian people...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Ghālib said that the churches rely on the Azhar document, which is one of the important references for the writing of an Egyptian constitution.
Head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, said the constituent assembly will write a draft constitution to offer to the Egyptian people...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2012
While Salafists insist on removing the word “principles” from Article II to read, “the Islamic sharī’ah is the source of legislation,” instead of the current text that reads “the principles of the Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation,” the Muslim Brotherhood prefers to keep the text...
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2012
Meanwhile, a group advocating the freedom of policemen to grow their beards sent a message to President Mursī, reminding him of his pledges during TV interviews during his presidential campaigning that he would allow beard growing inside the police establishment.
“Mursī, by becoming president, has...
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2012
The Azhar Grand Shaykh’s office said Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb walked out of the ceremonies hosted by Cairo University on Saturday (June 30) on the occasion of president-elect Muhammad Mursī’s taking the constitutional oath of office out of his keenness on the dignity of the Azhar and its scholars....
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
General Shafīq, who lost the presidential race to Mursī, sent a congratulatory cable addressing Mursī as Mr. President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, wishing him success in the “tough mission given to you by the great people of Egypt”. [Ahmad ‘Adlī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 25, p. 3] Read original...
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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.