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Egypt: Religiosity and government
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2022
The power of religion among the people of Egypt is great and widely recognized. This helped Islamists movements to overthrow the regime of President Ḥusnī Mubārak in 2011 and brought President Muḥammad Mursī to power in 2012-2013. But how to measure Egyptian religiosity? Previous presidents had to...
The Role of Copts in the Egyptian National Movement during the Khedive’s Reign
Date of source: Sunday, February 28, 2021
Despite Muṣṭafā Kāmil’s large presence in Egyptian political life at the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century, his death didn’t change much for the Egyptian national political move against the English.  Muḥammad Farīd and others were able to complete his trajectory...
13- Fierce competition is taking place between the sufīs and salafīs on the parliament's seats
Date of source: Thursday, July 3, 2014
A fierce competition is taking place between the sufīs and salafīs on the parliaments seats. The sufī Islāh front is preparing its lists to prevail over the Salafīs in the upcoming parliament while the Nūr Salafī party has rejected these statements stating that the parliament is not a place for a...
Put Religious Parties on Trial... They Have Turned into Dens of Extremists
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2017
“We kept quiet, so he barged in with his donkey” is a popular idiom that exemplifies the state of religious parties, which started appearing directly after the 25th of January Revolution. 
4. Coptic Activists Called On Christians To Unite Behind One Political Party And To Reject People From The Church To Be Appointed As Members Of The People’s Assembly.
Date of source: Monday, January 30, 2012
Leading Coptic activists called on all Christians to rally their ranks into one political party so that Coptic votes would not be dispersed in the Egyptian Bloc or other alliances, urging Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III to investigate the bishops who asked Copts to vote for the Egyptian Bloc.  ...
Transcript Interview with Khālid Manṣūr, vice-president of al-Iṣlāḥ Party
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Interviewers: Eline Kasanwidjojo, Quinta Smit   Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)   Transcript: Quinta Smit   Approval: Requested and no objection received   Khālid Manṣūr talks about the reasons for establishing al-Iṣlāḥ Party and its relation to...
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