Egypt’s draft constitution: A case of the blind men and the elephant
By the time I was through reading the draft for Egypt’s new constitution, I couldn’t help thinking: Was this a ...
Tag: Constitution
Who says ‘No’ to the draft constitution?
Egypt is in dire need of a new constitution, no one can argue with that. The 1971 constitution was declared ...
Divisive articles settled in draft constitution
Judge Edward Ghaleb who is among the Church’s representatives to the Constituent Assembly which is currently drafting Egypt’s future constitution ...
Divided over the constitution
“The divisive articles”. This is the denomination earned by those controversial articles of Egypt’s draft constitution, currently in writing by ...
Churches talk to al-Azhar on constitution
In a meeting at the premises of al-Azhar in Cairo today, the acting patriarch for the Coptic Orthodox Church Anba ...
Churches object to articles in the draft constitution
The three major Churches in Egypt: the Coptic Orthodox, Coptic Catholic, and the Evangelical, have unanimously decided to reject the ...
Should President Mursi stay on once a new constitution is in?
The Constituent Assembly’s drafting committee has concluded the drafting of the four articles of the constitution that concern the conditions ...
Zakat proposed in new constitution
Anba Pola, Bishop of Tanta and member of the Constituent Assembly which is currently writing a new constitution for Egypt, ...
Notes against the draft constitution
Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination (MARED) is gathering signatures for a statement which expresses extreme concern over the articles of Egypt’s ...
Baha’is in trouble with new constitution
As work proceeds full speed at drafting Egypt’s new constitution, vociferous calls for maintaining rights and freedoms are raised. And ...
A civil, democratic, modern constitution
This week should see the conclusion of the presidential race in Egypt. No matter who the polls bring to the ...
An Islamist constitution
As we stand on the threshold of the final round of the presidential race, the tug-of-war between the two finalists—the ...
Your constitution, Egyptian
On the ground, however, it is too serious to brush away as just another attention grabbing slogan. It expresses in ...
Wanted: A constitution and a president
Egypt is today caught up in a dilemma that involves two pivotal issues in its democratic transition. The first is ...
Coptic Church on the new constitution
The Coptic Orthodox Church, represented by the acting pope Anba Pachomeus, released an official statement that called for a constitution ...
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