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The NDP’s list of candidates for the 2005 People’s Assembly elections contains only two Coptic names. The writer examines whether the lack of Coptic representation is caused by passivity within the Coptic community, or whether there are other obstacles.
A press review of articles concerning the allegedly anti-Islamic play performed in the Mar Girgis Church in Alexandria, which prompted angry demonstrations from Muslims.
The outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group has presented three candidates for the elections in Assiut, including Muhammad Hāmid Sharīf, a physician, in Assiut City constituency, and Muhammad ‘Abd al-Rāziq, also a physician, at the Manfalout constituency.
A united opposition to the NDP could gain at least 150 seats in parliament, which would enable it to compete with the ruling party on a joint reformist platform.
Recent press reports held that a list containing the names of 30 Copts was forwarded to the National Democratic Party (NDP) leaders to enter the forthcoming parliamentary elections under the umbrella of the ruling party.
Youssef Sidhom discusses discrimination against the Copts in Egypt, and wonders why it is only in Washington that this issue is being discussed.
The head of the Coptic church has made public statements about the political representation quota system, which Copts have rejected, fearing an increase in sectarian tensions and arguing that the quota system runs counter to the principle of citizenship.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s rapprochement with the political parties was said by the Brotherhood to have been a discussion to bring views on domestic policies closer, while reality suggests that the Brotherhood were just looking for a springboard to political power.
Hanīn says that he discovered that when he was engaged to Yahya, she was married to a Muslim man named ‘Abd al-Fattāh.
The lesson no one seems able to learn is that the Brotherhood only makes true alliances with the Brotherhood, and when they play with the powers and political currents it is for the group’s own sake.

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