CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Seddik, Rania Salah |
|---|---|
| Title | Policy Brief on Raising Religious Tolerance in Egypt |
| Summary | Religious intolerance has been an extremely important phenomenon in the Middle East. Religious intolerance can lead to violent clashes between religious groups, thus hindering economic development and national state building. This thesis provides a policy brief on raising religious tolerance in Egypt, one of the largest multi-religion countries in the region. The thesis describes the variation in religious intolerance across time and space in the country, and then describes the current policies affecting religious tolerance undertaken by the various players: the government, the media, the formal religious institutions, and the civil society. The failure of the current policies, it is argued, stems mainly from the excessive intervention of the state in religious life. The main theme of the policy recommendation is to focus on education and freedom of expression through empowering the civil society and launching national campaigns for the spread of values of tolerance and diversity |
| Supervisor | Professor Evelyne Hübscher |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/seddik_rania.pdf |
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