Date of source: Monday, October 22, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Sa'd al-Katātnī, the leader of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood group, deputized Dr. 'Isām al-'Iryān to run the party's affairs pending his return from Saudi Arabia, where he performs the hajj.
Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2012
Bishop Bīshūy held a closed meeting with leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) inside St. Dimyana Monastery in the town of Bilqās, al-Qalyubia governorate to discuss the status of Copts in the draft constitution, planned to be finalized...
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
Dr. Mahmūd Husayn, Secretary-General of the Muslim Brotherhood Group, welcomed the election of Bishop Tawadrus as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, expecting lower political role by the church and more spirituality.
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
A quarrel erupted on August 22 between Islamists and leftists following Dr. ‘Isām ‘Iryān’s attack on the latter. ‘Iryān, acting leader of the Freedom and Justice Party, accused leftists of receiving foreign funds and acting superior towards the people. (Ahmad ‘Alām, al-Misrī al-Yawm, August 23, p...
Date of source: Friday, August 24, 2012
Muhammad Abū Hāmid, former member of the People’s Assembly, said that [the August 24th] protests do not aim to revolt against legitimacy, oust the elected president, or to burn the Freedom and Justice Party headquarters, but to form a public opposition that can apply pressure to achieve its...
Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Writing in the al-Hurīyah wal-‘Adālah (Freedom and Justice) newspaper within the context of the ongoing feud between journalists and the Muslim Brotherhood over alleged efforts by the Brotherhood to control the media, Brotherhood member Dr. 'Abd a-Rahmān al-Bir says: “a journalist is the possessor...
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2012
Twenty-five human rights organizations and political parties called on the Shūrá Council to freeze the recent appointments of chief editors of state-run newspapers
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2012
Journalist Khālid Salāh, the editor-in-chief of the independent al-Yawm al-Sābi’ newspaper, was assaulted and his car smashed outside the Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC) on Wednesday (Aug. 8).
Salāh said during the investigations that a large number of bearded demonstrators carrying placards...
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2014
The presidential candidates, al- Sīsī and Sabāhī, made strong statements against the Muslim Brotherhood group that show that they will not be able to play any political role in the aftermath of the presidential elections.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Pope Tawadros II stated in an interview on the al-Haya satellite channel that the Muslim Brotherhood did not pressure him to support them in the elections, but that the Head of the Office of President of the Republic requested him to visit former president Morsi, which he refused.