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Date of source: Saturday, February 11, 2012
Lawmaker Dr. ‘Imād Jād threatened to resign from parliament if People’s Assembly Speaker Dr. Sa’d al-Katātnī continues to refuse debating his urgent statement on a crisis that followed an informal ‘urfī (informal) reconciliatory session decision to expel eight Coptic families from al-‘Āmrīyah area...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
In Tahrīr and in squares throughout the nation, Egyptians once again filled public space. In fact, by appearances they did so in greater numbers than at the height of the January 25 revolution which deposed President Mubārak. What is not clear altogether is why they were there, or who they...
Date of source: Monday, January 23, 2012
This text was first published in Christianity Today on January 23, 2012. Please click here for the link. Egypt’s parliamentary elections are over. While noting irregularities, former US president Jimmy Carter, through his Carter Center for promoting democracy, has judged the elections to be “...
Date of source: Saturday, January 21, 2012
Salafi politics has taken Egypt by storm. This has surprised many commentators who underestimated their base of thought and non-political nature. For others, it has been a validation of years of Salafi work in mosques and surrounding communities to preach Islam and help the poor.
As an aid to...
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2012
In the coast city of Suez, mass marches were out on the street on Friday took to the streets from mosques and churches, in a token of national unity, chanting slogans against SCAF and urging Field Marshal Tantawi to step down and the army to return to their barracks. ['Amr Ghnimah, al-Ahrām, Jan....
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Lamīs Yahyá is an Egyptian student living in Germany who is supporting the Egyptian
student movement for democratization in Egypt. She earlier wrote the investigative report
on the conflict around the building of a Coptic Orthodox Church in Marīnāb, September 30,
2011.
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2011
The Law No. 344 of 1952, amended by Law No. 173 of 1953, promulgating the Treachery Act is still in force and has not been revoked. Mahmūd ‘Abd al-Hādī ‘Ananī, an attorney at the Appeal Court and Supreme Constitutional Court, explains that Article 1 of the Treachery Act states that it will be...
Date of source: Sunday, September 18, 2011
It is an interesting period to be in Egypt. It is obvious that no one knows the direction in which the country is heading. The government itself is in a state of confusion. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has never seen so many changes in foreign ministers in one year as in 2011, which thus far has...
Date of source: Sunday, September 4, 2011
Amidst polarization that marked the political scene in Egypt after the January 25 revolution, the Azhar came up with a paper to represent what can be considered a haven for all political groups that view moderation as a compass that would guide Egypt all the way to the future.
Date of source: Friday, August 19, 2011
Although Islamic thinker and presidential hopeful Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā approved the Azhar paper and stressed the need to activate it, he rejected that the Azhar or any other religious institution should play any political role.
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