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Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Introduction:
Inclusive citizenship seeks to go beyond the intellectual debates of recent years on democratization and participation to explore a related set of issues around changing conceptions of citizenship. Peoples’ understandings of what it means to be a citizen go to the heart of various...
Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Dr. Tarek al-Gawhary, MA Azhar University, PhD Princeton University, advisor to Sheikh Dr. Ali Goma’a. explained the thought process in Islamic Law and how a Muslim jurist can think about the concept of inclusive citizenship in a historical context. The basis is in the Constitution of Medina or the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2023
Secretary-general of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), Priest Rifʿat Fikrī, said that President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī was transparent in his words and actions before and after he began his term. He explained that this could be seen in his repeated interest in the construction of churches...
Date of source: Sunday, August 13, 2023
Egyptian Christians are still waiting for the endorsement of a unified personal status law, which is a constitutional right that the Egyptian parliament has not taken heed of since the 2014 constitution was approved.
Date of source: Monday, October 19, 2020
The Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo held a session today to elect a new president. Dr. Ḥasan al-Shāf ͑ī was elected for a third four-year term.
Date of source: Friday, July 14, 2023
Female circumcision causes physical and psychological damage to the lives and health of young women. It is also a crime punishable by law.
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2023
The rules on marriage and divorce in Islam have not only been taken from the books of fiqh (jurisprudence), but have also emerged as the result of the interaction of several factors.
Date of source: Saturday, May 27, 2023
A scholar of al-Azhar, Shaykh Aḥmad Turk, said the participants at the National Dialogue session have discussed the amendments of the law on guardianship to switch directly from the father to the mother in order to ease the procedures on mothers managing their children’s money after the death of...
Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2023
Coptic Orthodox Archbishop, Bōlā of Ṭanṭā, stated that the personal status law for Copts is almost finalized, adding that the reason for the delay is because a similar law for Muslims is also expected to be declared.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Copts are getting prepared to mark the anniversary of the June 30 revolution. This day also marks nine years of the rule of President ͑Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, whom some Coptic figures praise for the laws that brought about relief in Coptic circles.
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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.