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“No masses without Muslims’ approval” The Crisis of Building and Restoring Churches in Egypt: Three Case Studies from El-Minya Governorate
This thesis examined the crisis of building and renovating churches in Egypt in the light of the Church-state relation. I focused on three case studies in the El-Minya governorate that includes the largest Christian concentration in the Middle East to shed light on the existing difficulties that fac...
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| description | This thesis examined the crisis of building and renovating churches in Egypt in the light of the Church-state relation. I focused on three case studies in the El-Minya governorate that includes the largest Christian concentration in the Middle East to shed light on the existing difficulties that face Christians there regarding building a house of worship. The first case study, "church No 1", was demolished due to political conflict between Islamists and the state after the Rabaa massacre in 2013. In comparison, church No 2 asserts that Muslims' approval is a prerequisite for Christians' prayers. In addition to church No 3, a moving church, the Christians could not build a settled one because of Muslims' opposing. Both cases confirm that the law 80/2016 of building and renovating churches is being violated or needs to be amended.
In this thesis, I argue that building and renovating churches in Egypt is a crisis that challenges the Egyptian state from one hand and reflects the current church-state relation from another |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-2882 “No masses without Muslims’ approval” The Crisis of Building and Restoring Churches in Egypt: Three Case Studies from El-Minya Governorate Shaltout, Sara This thesis examined the crisis of building and renovating churches in Egypt in the light of the Church-state relation. I focused on three case studies in the El-Minya governorate that includes the largest Christian concentration in the Middle East to shed light on the existing difficulties that face Christians there regarding building a house of worship. The first case study, "church No 1", was demolished due to political conflict between Islamists and the state after the Rabaa massacre in 2013. In comparison, church No 2 asserts that Muslims' approval is a prerequisite for Christians' prayers. In addition to church No 3, a moving church, the Christians could not build a settled one because of Muslims' opposing. Both cases confirm that the law 80/2016 of building and renovating churches is being violated or needs to be amended. In this thesis, I argue that building and renovating churches in Egypt is a crisis that challenges the Egyptian state from one hand and reflects the current church-state relation from another 2022-02-14T08:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/1865 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/2882/viewcontent/approvals.pdf Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Building Churches in Egypt El-Minya Christians renovating churches in Egypt church-state relations Building churches' law the crisis of building churches in Egypt Coptic Church and Egyptian state Coptic Christians in El-Minya relationship between church and state in Egypt Christians and Egyptian state building churches' difficulties in Egypt Law and Politics Law and Society Rural Sociology Social and Cultural Anthropology Sociology of Religion |
| spellingShingle | Building Churches in Egypt El-Minya Christians renovating churches in Egypt church-state relations Building churches' law the crisis of building churches in Egypt Coptic Church and Egyptian state Coptic Christians in El-Minya relationship between church and state in Egypt Christians and Egyptian state building churches' difficulties in Egypt Law and Politics Law and Society Rural Sociology Social and Cultural Anthropology Sociology of Religion Shaltout, Sara “No masses without Muslims’ approval” The Crisis of Building and Restoring Churches in Egypt: Three Case Studies from El-Minya Governorate |
| title | “No masses without Muslims’ approval” The Crisis of Building and Restoring Churches in Egypt: Three Case Studies from El-Minya Governorate |
| title_full | “No masses without Muslims’ approval” The Crisis of Building and Restoring Churches in Egypt: Three Case Studies from El-Minya Governorate |
| title_fullStr | “No masses without Muslims’ approval” The Crisis of Building and Restoring Churches in Egypt: Three Case Studies from El-Minya Governorate |
| title_full_unstemmed | “No masses without Muslims’ approval” The Crisis of Building and Restoring Churches in Egypt: Three Case Studies from El-Minya Governorate |
| title_short | “No masses without Muslims’ approval” The Crisis of Building and Restoring Churches in Egypt: Three Case Studies from El-Minya Governorate |
| title_sort | no masses without muslims approval the crisis of building and restoring churches in egypt three case studies from el minya governorate |
| topic | Building Churches in Egypt El-Minya Christians renovating churches in Egypt church-state relations Building churches' law the crisis of building churches in Egypt Coptic Church and Egyptian state Coptic Christians in El-Minya relationship between church and state in Egypt Christians and Egyptian state building churches' difficulties in Egypt Law and Politics Law and Society Rural Sociology Social and Cultural Anthropology Sociology of Religion |
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