Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2006
The author, Dr. Ahmad Fathī Surūr, Speaker of the People’s Assembly (parliament),
writes a series of articles dealing with the issue of challenges posed by terrorism against security and
freedom.
He affirms that a line must be drawn between occupied peoples’ legitimate right of resistance and...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
The author, Dr. Ahmad
Fathī Surūr, speaker of the People’s Assembly (parliament),
writes a series of articles dealing
with the challenges posed by terrorism for security and freedom. He
affirms that under international law terrorism
is viewed as a crime.
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
The Muslim Brotherhood’s parliamentary representatives held public internal
elections for presidency
over its parliamentary bloc.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
A list of
articles on
the recent controversial press law from a variety of Egyptian news sources.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The author deals with the splinter church of Max Michel, a self-proclaimed
patriarch of
Orthodox Christians in Egypt and the Middle East, in a step described as an attempt to seek
legitimacy.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 4, 2006
The Shūrá [Consultative] Council has recently agreed to discuss proposed amendments to some articles of the penal code pertaining to the imprisonment of journalists in publication-related cases. In an attempt to express their opposition to the proposed draft law, a large number of journalists on...
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
On Sunday, a large number of independent and opposition members of parliament, including members of the "banned" Muslim Brotherhood, stormed out of a parliamentary session that was held to discuss substantial amendments to the judiciary law. This was in protest against a remark by the speaker of...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
A draft law to combat
rumors in Egypt is
currently under study by the People’s Assembly. The Journalists’ Syndicate announced its strong
opposition
to the draft law, describing it as a threat to freedom of opinion and expression.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The Egyptian parliament yesterday debated the movie, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ at the request of several Coptic members, who demanded a ban on both the movie and the book for being blasphemous to Jesus Christ. The Egyptian minister of culture, Dr. Fārouq Husnī, vowed to ban the movie and to pull the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2006
In his interview with al-Maydān, the spokesman of the Muslim
Brotherhood, Muhammad al
-Katātinī comments that the group does not want Jamāl Mubarak to
participate in the next
presidential elections and demands equal opportunities for every Egyptian citizen.