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Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius said on Saturday (July 7) that the church is still concerned over the activities of the constituent assembly and fears that an Egyptian constitution expressive only of a certain group or another with no regard to the rest of the people would be issued.
Bishop...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
The constituent assembly committees on Saturday (July 7) started sessions to hear representatives of political groups to explore their visions and suggestions for the new constitution.
The committees heard members of the Revolution Youths Union, including its executive office members Muhammad al-...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Dr. Wahīd ‘Abd al-Majīd, the official spokesman for the constituent assembly, said Article II has not been officially discussed inside the relevant committee on mainstays of the society or the general sessions in the assembly. [Ahmad Fathī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, July 8, p. 5] Read original text in...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Some are depicting the sharī’ah as if it is sheer penal code but it eventually acts like a security fence protecting the society, the people and the nation in accordance with controls not like any other controls included in any given man-made laws. [Yusrī Hammād, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 8, p. 17] ...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 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: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
In his election platform, presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā said Egyptians are equal before the law, adding any discrimination among Egyptian citizens on the basis of religion, ethnicity or sex is a crime that has to be punishable by the law. [Muná Abū Sakīn, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 9] ...
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The Center for Arab-West Understanding had faced numerous obstacles from the moment the founders wanted to establish the organization in 2004, despite its lofty goal of facilitating understanding between communities in Egypt and the Arab World and the West, through producing material for Arab-Wes
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The 1938 Copts Coalition organized a march of protest with dozens taking part from the justice ministry headquarters to the People’s Assembly (parliament) to demand the re-activation of the 1938 statute that includes 10 reasons for obtaining divorce.
The protesters called for repealing the “...
Date of source: Friday, March 30, 2012
Furthermore, the Azhar officially announced quitting the constituent assembly due to low representation.
Members of the Islamic Research Academy, during a meeting at the Azhar headquarters led by Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, stated that the Azhar’s role was crucially marginalized in a country...
Date of source: Friday, March 30, 2012
Furthermore, the Azhar officially announced quitting the constituent assembly due to low representation.
Members of the Islamic Research Academy, during a meeting at the Azhar headquarters led by Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, stated that the Azhar’s role was crucially marginalized in a country...
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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.