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Date of source: Thursday, June 9, 2011
The Salafī movement reject the unified law for building houses of worship. Eng. 'Abd al-Mun'im al-Shahāt, Spokesperson of salafī da'wah in Alexandria, said that a unified law for building houses of worship cannot be issued between religions that differ in their rituals.
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Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2011
Major General Hāmid 'Abd Allah, Assistant Interior Minister and Chief of the National Security Sector [alternative organization for the dissolved State Security Agency], stated that the sector will not interfere in building houses of worship, and will leave this matter to governors.
Date of source: Monday, June 6, 2011
In the last cabinet meeting, the regulations on building houses of worship were approved and the draft law is expected to be issued within days.
The law states that whoever builds or demolishes a house of worship and breaks the law will be punished by imprisonment for no less than two years and...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Dr. Wahīd 'Abd al-Majīd is surprised why the unified law of building worship places has not been issued up until now, unless the sparkers of fitnah find a way to affect the community, adding that the law will satisfy Christian Egyptians and at the same time will not anger Muslim Egyptians.
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Date of source: Wednesday, June 1, 2011
During a meeting on Wednesday, the Egyptian government approved a unified law on the construction of places of worship. Under the law, governors will be authorized to license the building, demolishtion, replacing, restoring, or modifying of places of worship, as well as associated expansions or...
Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood wants a diverse parliament after the elections in September, and is not seeking to impose Islamic law on Egypt, the head of the group's newly formed political party said in an interview.
Date of source: Friday, May 27, 2011
The National Council for Human Rights gave its draft law on building worship houses and anti-discrimination law to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).
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Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2011
Major General Manṣūr al-ʿIsāwī, Minister of Interior Affairs, said that the issuance of a unified law for building worship houses will occur soon.
He added that the church affairs will be under the pretext of local councils, not the Ministry or any other Security Apparatuses.
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Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2011
Coptic thinker Kamāl Zākhir refuses that the State monitor church money, which will be imposed in the unified law for building worship houses, to be issued.
The church has its own mechanism, as approved by the Milī council, to monitor its money.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Is the the issuance of a unified law on building houses of worship going to be the end of misery and the end of fitnah?
Qutb al-'Arabī, writer, answers 'no' because this law will be applied on all religions equally, churches and mosques. That means that, according to the United Nations, every...
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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.