Interreligious Dialogue and Politics in Revolutionary Egypt

This article analyses the socio-political dynamics of religious belonging in Egyptian society prior to the revolution and how these have been carried into the revolutionary flux with a focus on official dialogue. Official dialogue, it is argued, is a dialogue form specific to Egyptian society and po...

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Published inTidsskrift for Islamforskning Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 4 - 27
Main Author Hansen, Henrik Lindberg
Format Journal Article
LanguageDanish
English
Published Forum for Islamforskning 05.02.2017
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Egypt
interreligious dialogue
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Summary:This article analyses the socio-political dynamics of religious belonging in Egyptian society prior to the revolution and how these have been carried into the revolutionary flux with a focus on official dialogue. Official dialogue, it is argued, is a dialogue form specific to Egyptian society and politics used as a way of negotiating interreligious relations and political ties. First the Egyptian concept of official dialogue as a socio-political phenomenon will be analysed applying theories from sociology and political science, followed by an analysis of how interreligious relations and official dialogue was influenced by the upheaval in socio-political structures following the 2011 revolution.
ISSN:1901-9580
1901-9580
DOI:10.7146/tifo.v9i2.25350