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The constitution, which provides that there is no discrimination among citizens on basis of religion, sex or color, holds that Islamic sharī‘a is the only source of legislation; while the fiqh [Muslim jurisprudence] rule goes that no non-Muslim would be allowed to rule Muslims.
Rose al-Yousuf writes that Egyptian grassroots are not interested in demonstrations of the Kifāya movement. Critique on an article about a Christian family alleging that the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar was involved in luring their daughter to Islam.
The Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group from Austria visited Egypt with the desire to discover a new context for Muslim-Christian relations that might inspire their own practice of Christian-Muslim dialogue in Europe. The group experienced dialogue at very different levels, from religious leaders and...
Results of a visit of the Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group from Austria.
Articles in AWR show the many varied opinions in Egyptian media; those who advocate change and those who want to preserve traditional Islamic heritage. Coptic author Rafīq Habīb believes Copts are now used in arguments to justify foreign intervention.
An example of how the murder of the Armanious family had been received in the US Coptic community. With a comment of the AWR editor.
Bishop Mousa’s response to Coptic demonstrations being an overreaction and the major influence of rumors. Anti-Christian and anti-Muslim publications in Egypt are increasing.
Arab West Report (AWR) makes a solid contribution to deeper understanding of inter-confessional dynamics in Egypt and elsewhere by seeking to give context to day-to-day discourses and events that often appear senseless or even capricious to the uninformed observer.
Reference to articles in this issue that help to understand Egyptian culture and developments in society.
Watani editor-in-chief Youssef Sidhum’s articles based on complaints from involved churches or Christians. Examples are stories on problems in church building in Burj al-Arab and Alamayn. Interesting Egyptian critique on the way some of their media function.

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