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Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
The head of the Coptic church has made public statements about the political representation quota system, which Copts have rejected, fearing an increase in sectarian tensions and arguing that the quota system runs counter to the principle of citizenship.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
Since the state is comprised of a group of citizens affiliated to a certain geographical area, the author argues that Islam should not predominate the whole nation.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
A paper by the Cairo-based National Center for Social and Criminal Studies in 1985 claimed that 98 percent of Muslims and 68 percent of Christians approved application of the Islamic shari‘a, and so the author claims that the application of the Islamic shari‘a is an Egyptian demand.
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
Shaykh al-Qaradāwī replies to questions about whether the constitutions of Islamic states contradict the sharī‘a.
Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2005
With reference to Iraq post-Saddam Husayn, Bassam Tibi discusses the clash between sharī’a and democracy.
Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2005
A Coptic couple have finally been granted the right to divorce after five years of legal battles.
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2005
Mamdouh Nakhla, who submitted a proposal to establish a Coptic party, answers questions about the objectives of such a party.
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
Last Wednesday, the Human Rights and Democracy Office, affiliated with the US Department of State released the International Religious Freedom Report of 2004. The report includes 13 pages about Egypt. We are publishing [an Arabic translation of] the text of the report.
Date of source: Monday, August 9, 2004
In Egypt, the Orthodox Copts used to obey law 462 passed in 1955, which is concerned with the personal status of non-Muslims and includes some reasons for divorce from item 50 till item 58. Nabil Luqa Bebawi states that the second article of the Egyptian Constitution stipulates that the Islamic...
Date of source: Monday, June 13, 2005
The pillar on which a society stands is the principle of citizenship, which means that duties and rights should emanate exclusively from affiliation to the nation, and the society, likewise, can never be civilian without the state itself being civilian, body and soul.
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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.