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Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2006
The author argues that Egyptians are living in a “police state.”
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2006
Four
different opinions from Muslims and Christians, concerning the campaign launched by the
Egyptian Organization for
Human Rights to have religion data omitted from identity cards.
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2006
To avoid social and security problems it is important to indicate religion on identity cards. Three arguments why religion should be included on ID cards are presented by Major Farūq al-Muqrrahī. A representative from the Ministry of the Interior also comments on the same subject.
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2006
Reactions vary between accepting or rejecting the idea of deleting the religion reference from Egyptian identity cards. People of both opinions express their arguments in this article.
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
The author of the article, Arwá Hasan, discusses the different reactions to the proposal put forward by the National Council on Human Rights concerning the removal of religious data from official documents such as identity cards.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Ākhir Sā‘ah
tackles the sensitive
issues of identity, terrorism and citizenship in the light of the proposal of the
National Assembly for
Human Rights to remove religious data from identification cards. Religious authorities,
intellectuals and
law makers were asked their opinions about the...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Midhat
Bishāy examines the issue of removing
religious data from identification cards and sees the stances of the
advocates of the idea as contradictory
and intriguing.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author outlines a number of views on the controversial issue of whether to remove the religion reference from Egyptian identity documents.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Over the past few months, many Egyptian intellectuals and Christian clergy have called for the removal of any reference to religious affiliation from identity cards. Amongst these was Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl, who stated in al-Maydān of August 16, 2006 that the inclusion of religious...
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author discusses the NCHR-sponsored draft law on houses of worship. He states that amongst the oddest provisions of the draft law is the right of applicants to contest the decisions of administrative and security bodies before the courts, asserting that it is more reasonable to avoid this in...
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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.