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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, September 24, 2011
Eng. Abū al-'Ilā Mādī, the president of al-Wasat Party, said in a rally in al-Minya governorate on September 24, 2011 that the party will provide the biggest Islamic project, adding that the Party's ideologies are: Islamic, civility and peace.
He added that his party is not intending to ally with...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Egypt's ruling military council (SCAF) is facing a dilemma over the adoption of the proportional list electoral system, described by experts as a contradiction of the transitional constitution.
Date of source: Sunday, September 18, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) overwhelming success in the Teachers Syndicate election was a blow to remnants of the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP), claimed 'Isām al-'Iryān, the vice president of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, at a popular rally in Beni Suef on Friday (...
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2011
Egyptian revolutionaries, political groups and Islamists have called on Egyptians to take to the streets next Friday in a new protest against a recent decision to activate the long-standing Emergency Law, accusing the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) of breaking a promise to cancel...
Date of source: Saturday, September 10, 2011
Safwat 'Abd al-Ghāni, a representative for al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah, has revealed that the party will run in the upcoming parliamentary elections to compete for 20 percent of the seats.
Date of source: Sunday, September 11, 2011
Parties and political forces expressed the same currents of dissatisfaction and deep concern over the events in Egypt yesterday (September 10) of assault and damage to buildings and vital installations.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
As political parties aim to make headway in the post-Mubārak era and ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections slated for November, many have banded together to form a coalition in an effort to increase their chances of success. And while the Egyptian Bloc comprises leftist, secular and...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Parties Affairs Committee agreed August 29 on the establishment of nationalist al-Karāmah (Dignity) Party and the subsidiary branch of the Salafi Party al-Asālah (Authenticity), the second Salafist party to be approved after al-Nūr (Light).
The authorization arrived after the legal and...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Many Islamist factions are disagreeing over the Azhar document and the propsed governing principles of the constitution. Salafists have declined to negotiate with Dr. 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister of Egypt, over the governing constitutional principles. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Group...
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