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Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
The salafī al-Nūr Party re-started discussions over Article II of the Egyptian Constitution and once again called for removing the word principles from the text to read 'the Islamic sharī'ah is the main source of legislation'.
Al-Nūr adopted this stance in response to the Azha's reversal on a...
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the committee registering voters for the new pope in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March, said that the papal election will be held next November, the same time Bishop Shenouda was inaugurated as pope. [Husnī Mīlād, al-Akhbār...
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
The Maspero Youth Union is staging a protest outside the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-'Abbāssīyah to call on acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius and members of the Millī (Laymen) Council to withdraw the representatives of the church from the constituent assembly that is...
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
Qandīl, however, said that Coptic "brothers" cannot be excluded from the cabinet lineup as they are partners in the nation and many of them are highly efficient and professional.
On women's representation in his government, Qandīl noted that efficient women are abundant in Egypt but there will be...
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
A well-informed Coptic source said the representation of Copts in the new government being formed will not be changed, adding there are only two Coptic ministers in the new cabinet lineup, Munīr Fakhrī 'Abd al-Nūr, the minister of tourism, and Nādyāh Zakhārī, the minister of scientific research....
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
The Ghad al-Thawrah (Revolution's Tomorrow) Party on Thursday (July 26) organized a conference for the 38 Copts League to discuss Article II of the Egyptian Constitution and the group's objection to the Coptic Orthodox Church's demands that non-Muslims may resort to their own religious laws.
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Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
The proponents of this independent Coptic state in Egypt are trying to press the current leaders to carry out their plans to separate Muslims from Christians.
The organization comprises 'Ismat Zaqlamah, the self-proclaimed president of this state, Maurice Sādiq, who was stripped of his Egyptian...
16. Article "criminalizing any insults to God" erupts new differences between Al-Azhar and the Copts
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
A new proposed article by the Azhar criminalizing any insults to God, the prophets, Orthodox Caliphs or the Prophet Muhammad’s wives stirred differences and arguments between the top Sunni institution and Copts. [Rajab al-Murshidī and Salāh al-Dīn Hassan, al-Watan, July 24, p. 5] Read text in...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Dr. Amnah Nusayr, a professor at the AzharUniversity, termed as “shameful” the incident, adding the Bible is a holy book and its desecration should not be ignored by any of the followers of all divine religions.
Dr. Zakī ‘Uthmān, a member of the senior scholars board in the Azhar, said Jews do not...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Civil movements rejected a proposal by ‘Ādil ‘Afīfī, leader of the salafī al-Asālah (Authenticity) Party, to form a commission of top scholars comprising salafī preachers and Azhar officials to be in charge of interpreting the principles of the sharī’ah stated in the Egyptian Constitution,...
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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.