Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
The Muslim Brotherhood’s unprecedented success in the recent parliamentary elections has raised fears over the future of the political process in Egypt. Kamāl Zākhir Mousa argues that Egypt’s major opposition group does not have a clear agenda for a civil state, in which all citizens enjoy the same...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
A discussion of the number of Coptic candidates in the elections.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
A press review of attitudes to the Muslim Brotherhood and its role in the new parliament, criticism that the group is putting party politics over the Egyptian people, and statements by leading figures in the group questioning the Holocaust.
Date of source: Thursday, December 15, 2005
The success of Muslim Brotherhood members in the parliamentary elections has reopened discussion about an Islamic state in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, December 2, 2005
Many Egyptians have expressed their deep concern over the unprecedented number of seats that the Muslim Brotherhood managed to secure in the recent parliamentary elections. Copts, in particular, fear discrimination and prejudice if the Muslim Brotherhood managed to ascend to power in the coming few...
Date of source: Monday, November 28, 2005
The unprecedented success of the Muslim Brotherhood in the recent parliamentary elections has raised fears among many Copts, including Pope Shenouda III and a number of prominent thinkers.
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Many people believe that Muslim Brotherhood, after winning an unprecedented number of seats in the recent parliamentary elections, will go on to establish a religious state or the neo-Islamic Caliphate in Egypt has been its dream since it first saw the light of day.
Date of source: Thursday, November 24, 2005
Those whom the people voted into parliament now have to work on realizing the interests of the nation, not themselves.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005 to Friday, November 25, 2005
A look at the various reasons for Coptic candidates’ failure in the elections, such as the church’s endorsement of candidates and the fundamentally sectarian basis on which they often enter the race.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005 to Friday, November 25, 2005
A Coptic politician’s perspective on the parliamentary elections, the actions of the Muslim Brotherhood and potential repercussions of their growing confidence and power.