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Despite Muṣṭafā Kāmil’s large presence in Egyptian political life at the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century, his death didn’t change much for the Egyptian national political move against the English.  Muḥammad Farīd and others were able to complete his trajectory...
Akhbār al-Yawm Portal interviewed three Coptic leaders over their thoughts on whether or not Copts should be allowed to attend al-Azhar University. 
In Egypt, there is a new experiment going on to cultivate the principles of mutual understanding, tolerance, and acceptance of others; a Muslim is teaching at an Evangelical seminary, and a Christian is teaching at al-Azhar. 
Al-Azhar University includes a number of faculties that specialize in Islam but also other faculties not related to religion like commerce, agriculture, science, engineering, medicine, pharmacology, Arabic, linguistics, and translation.  So, why aren’t Christians accepted into these faculties?
Since the June 30 revolution, Egypt has laid a foundation stone to anchor the values of citizenship and national unity; by raising the principles of equality and combating discrimination and sectarianism. As the prince of poetry Aḥmad Shawqī said “We are Muslims and Copts… one nation over the...
A dialogue forum held by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria laid an emphatic stress on the need to activate citizenship as a non-negotiable principle for Egyptians to obtain their rights without any forms of discrimination,...
The salafī al-Nūr Party severely slammed Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb for rejecting to provide explanations for the word “principles” in the constitution, urging him to issue a statement indicating why he insists on keeping Article II unchanged. [Hamdī Dabash, ‘Usāmah al-Mahdī,...
Rev. Andrea Zakī, Vice President of Egypt’s Evangelical denomination, demanded the application of the law to end the fitnah tā’fīyah, even on clerics, Muslims or Christians, if they were proved involved in the Imbābah incidents. “If the state pursued the same old ways to deal with the sectarian...
Dr. Andrea Zakī, Vice President of Egypt's Evangelical denomination, states that one of the objectives of the January 25 Revolution is making Egypt a civil state, one that respects all religions in an atmosphere of equality and justice. He added that Egypt will not be a civil state unless civilians...
Dr. Muhammad al-Barād‘ī, former president of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that he is not opposed to a Christian woman becoming the president of Egypt. "According to Islamic teaching, every person, Muslim or Christian, has the same rights and duties. These rights are based on...

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