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Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awā, the former presidential contender, is still considering an offer by the president to occupy the post of advisor for social justice affairs after a meeting between the two at the presidential palace.
The nomination obtained a thumbs-up by the Revolution Union, which...
Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2012
Thinker Jamāl As’ad said the decision to appoint the first Coptic vice-president is a right one, adding Marqus is a good Egyptian patriot known for his eagerness to serve the masses.
“Marqus’s appointment is not an overture to Copts. Persons who say that he would focus his attention on Copts just...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, said it supports having both articles intact. The salafīs also refuse Article III because they want to change the phrase "sovereignty is by the people" to read "sovereigny is by Allah".
[Reviewer’s Note: Article II of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Controversy marred the constituent assembly’s meeting on Tuesday (July 24) after a decision to postpone the election of five substitutes for five main members of the panel who withdrew amidst the Azhar’s insistence on keeping Article II as stated in the 1971 constitution unchanged. [Muhammad Abū...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The committee on registration of voters to elect a new pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March, were placed on notice boards in the Saint Mark Cathedral headquarters in both Cairo’s al-‘Abbāssīyah district and Alexandria. [Ahmad al-Sa’dāwī, al...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
\What shall Egyptians or Islam benefit from confining their sources of legislation to only one source, that is the sharī’ah? All sources possible of legislation should remain open so that Egyptians may refer to in order to meet their practical needs. [Ahmad ‘Abd al-Mu’tī Hijāzī, al-Ahrām, July 25,...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Leaders of the Coptic Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches as well as Coptic activists severely criticized calls by salafists to implement the hudūd (a system of penalties for offences and crimes in Islam) and to have it stated in the new constitution.
The leaders termed the statements as “...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Controversy marred the constituent assembly’s meeting on Tuesday (July 24) after a decision to postpone the election of five substitutes for five main members of the panel who withdrew amidst the Azhar’s insistence on keeping Article II as stated in the 1971 constitution unchanged. [Muhammad Abū...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, said it supports having both articles intact. The salafīs also refuse Article III because they want to change the phrase "sovereignty is by the people" to read "sovereigny is by Allah".
[Reviewer’s Note: Article II of the...
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2012
The Ghad al-Thawrah (Revolution's Tomorrow) Party on Thursday (July 26) organized a conference for the 38 Copts League to discuss Article II of the Egyptian Constitution and the group's objection to the Coptic Orthodox Church's demands that non-Muslims may resort to their own religious laws.
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