Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
The Egyptian press reports on the recent divisions within the Kifāyahmovement, otherwise known as the Egyptian Movement for Change. Seven members from the movement submitted their resignation following the culture minister’s comments on the Ḥijāb.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2006
Many Christians are calling for an amendment to the regulations concerning the election of the Coptic Orthodox pope.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
Date of source:
The president of the Labor Party dismissed Magdi Hussein, the editor-in-chief of
the now
closed al-Sha‘b paper, and other 10 members from the Party. The dismissed members represent the
Islamic trend in
the Party. The Muslim Brotherhood refused describing Shukri’s decision as a change in the...
Date of source:
The frozen Labour party challenged the administrative procedures used to freeze it and
presented a list of 19 candidates for the next parliamentary elections, while a group of law activists
called for the
resumption of the party’s activities.
Date of source:
The current crisis of the
frozen opposition party, al-Amal (Labour), entered a new stage after
the revocation, by the administrative
supreme court, of the ban imposed by the parliamentary committee of parties. There is a
high expectation of
a revival of the same party.
Date of source:
The
consultative council (Shūrá) in
the Egyptian parliament decided, on July 24, to freeze the Islamic opposition Labour Party.
It filed an
urgent case before the Administrative Supreme Court to dissolve the Labour Party, and to see whether the criminal
charges, reported against 55 of the...
Date of source:
The three weekly publications
ran simultaneous interviews with the
Sheikh of the Azhar, Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, who was angry about the accusation of
being away during the
strongest ever controversy in the Egyptian society, which was about the novel "A Banquet for
seaweed."
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 1997
The foreign praise for an
earlier
article he had written made author Refa’at el-Sa’id, upset, since he believes these Western
countries use
human rights to criticize other countries, but at the same time, they shelter terrorists from
these countries.
Emigrant Copts are warned to be careful...
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
The author tries to find out the real reasons behind the withdrawal of six Coptic members from the Wasat party, the matter that marked the end of the party.