Copts, the State and the 1949-1950 al-Majlis al-Millī Electoral Crisis: Articulating Community in a Time of Anxiety

In October 1949, the Coptic Communal Council, al-Majlis al-Millī, failed to run elections as scheduled in the midst of conflict with the clergy. The following April, the Egyptian government intervened by dissolving the Council in favour of an appointed body and by amending its bylaws to allow for th...

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Subtitles:Copts, the State and the nineteen forty-nine to nineteen fifty al-Majlis al-Millī Electoral Crisis
Main Author: Bland, Weston (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2019]
In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2019, Volume: 30, Issue: 3, Pages: 303-322
Further subjects:B Elections
B communal politics
B Minority
B Copts
B Egypt
B al-Majlis al-Millī
B church-state relations
B Eastern Christianity
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