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Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2011
On Friday, March 25, Salafists' activists demonstrated in front of the Qā’id Ibrāhīm Mosque in Alexandria, calling for the withdrawal of current Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamal and his overly secular views.
In the course of the day, verbal and physical scuffles between Salafists and other...
Date of source: Thursday, March 24, 2011
A group of Cairo based lawyers accused Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl of having insulted Islam in a TV talk show on March 14. They charge al-Jamāl with committing a civil crime and aim to evoke the blasphemy law against him, which allows for a maximum penalty of three years imprisonment.
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
Coptic Pope Shinūdā III, suggested an addition to Article II of the Constitution, which stipulates Islamic sharīʿāh as the main source of Egypt's legislation.
On a Sunday meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl, Pope Shinūdā asked to add a clause to the article for non-Muslim...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
On Monday, March 21, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Aḥmad al-Ṭayib, renewed his rejection of any modifications to Article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution, which stipulates Islamic law as the main source of legislation.
He thereby reacted to Pope Shinūdā’s previous suggestion, that was submitted to...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl visited Coptic Pope Shinūdā III at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāssīyah.
10. Experiences of a Dutch/Belgian Delegation in Egypt Prior to the Resignation of President Mubārak
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2011
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2007
The article discusses the political failure of the banned Muslim Brotherhood that tends to raise less important issues merely to gain media fame rather than any real political presence in society.
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2007
The article discusses of number of issues affecting the Coptic community in Egypt. It focuses on discrimination and divisive acts that lead to more splits within Egyptian society.
Date of source: Sunday, March 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: Tuesday, July 16, 2002
Rose Al-Yūssif and al-Musawar provided a background of Shaykh al-Ḥabīb al-Jifrī and how he started preaching in Egypt. The reasons for his deportation were unclear, but he claimed he was slandered and defamed. al-Musawar added an interview with him about the ḥijāb. Sawt al-'Umma attributes his...
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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.