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Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 11, 2007
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies [CIHRS] has sent an appeal to the president of the republic and the speakers of both houses of Parliament called to amend Article Two of the Constitution that states that Islam is the religion of the state and Islamic sharīʿā is the main source of...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 4, 2007
University professors and human rights members express their views about the modification of the Egyptian Constitution.
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Signs of a new crisis have jumped to the front of the cultural arena in Egypt and have revived the scenario of confrontation between the Azhar institutions and liberal intellectuals. The most bizarre incident is the banning of Nawal Al-Sa'adawi's "Soqout Al-Imam" [The Fall of the Imam] that was...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 21, 2007
Member of Parliament Muḥammad al- Biltājī revealed the real face of his outlawed group when during a symposium held by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies he attacked the idea of improved participation of women and Copts in parliamentary councils, describing it as the “sectarian project.”
44. From the statements of Muṣṭafá al-Fiqī to Bishop Marqus’s… Who has the authority over the Copts?
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2007
The article discusses the questions surrounding article two of the Constitution, and who has the authority to call for its amendment. The author wonders who has the right to speak on behalf of the Copts.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2007
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies reported on the Egyptian Supreme Administrative decision about rejecting acknowledging the Bahā’ī faith. The rejection is considered to be a violation of the Egyptian Constitution article 40.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 27, 2007
Dr. Isaac Fānūs, father of the revival of Coptic iconography, passed away.
Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah publicly apologized for placing a quote in his book justifying violence against Copts.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 26, 2006
Several human rights activists accused
the second
article of the Egyptian Constitution of flouting the non-Muslims rights at a symposium held by Cairo
Institute for Human Rights Studies on ’ the plight of the freedom of belief in Egypt.’
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 20, 2006
Egyptian papers run dozens of articles on a variety of
subjects directly or indirectly related to the Muslim Brotherhood’s military-style rally at Azhar University’s
campus. Analysts and commentators saw the Brotherhood’s military-style protest from various, but still close,
perspectives, with...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 12, 2006
A discussion about a conference on human rights, the innovation of religious speeches, the
relationship between religion and the state, the economic progress of non-Arab Muslim countries in Asia, and
problems of applying Islamic laws with regard to marriage, divorce, and inheritance in non-Muslim...
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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.