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Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius said the church is not taking sides in the presidential election, adding Egyptians must be free to choose whoever they believe is good for the nation. Bishop Pachomius made the remarks while he was casting his vote on Saturday (June 16) in Damanhūr, the capital...
Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah said Egypt is ushering in a new stage of its history that requires everyone to stand hand in hand for the sake of its progress. “All Egyptians must accept whatever the ballot boxes brings and the next president must fulfill his pledges to achieve the hopes of...
“Egypt is a democracy. We all have to welcome the results and cooperate for the re-building of Egypt,” said Tayīb, adding persons who boycott the runoff round have wronged their own nation. [‘Abd al-Jalīl Muhammad and ‘Amr ‘Alā’ al-Dīn, al-Akhbār, June 17, p. 10] Read original text in Arabic
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, who cast his vote in a ballot station in Heliopolis, called on all Egyptians to participate in the presidential election in a free and fair process. [Muhammad ‘Abd al-Khāliq, al-Ahrām, June 17, p. 3] Read text in Arabic
Security agencies arrested 22 persons carrying Palestinian, Syrian and Jordanian passports, including nine who entered Egypt illegally, in the cities of Rafah, Port Said and al-Ismailia, while the search is on for a number of Palestinians who infiltrated into Egypt. Security sources revealed that...
Shātir, in a report published The Washington Post’s David Ignatius on Tuesday (June 12), expected tensions in Egypt if Shafīq wins the presidential election, adding Egypt has to smoothly move to a new system or expect the worst. [Sāmih Lāshīn, Muhammad Fū’ād and Rāmī Yāsīn, al-Ahrām, June 17, p. 9...
.The one year of Morsi’s rule was one of the worst years for Copts, Pope Tawadros said on one of the television programs.  He explained that it was a disappointing year, pointing to the attack on the Cathedral which had not occurred over 19 centuries. The year of Morsi’s rule left 37 Copts killed,...
Al-Dustūr newspapers reports that Yāsir Burhāmī, deputy leader of the Salafī Da’wah Movement, accused the Muslim Brotherhood of ‘infiltrating’ the Salafī groups and its Nūr Party with the aim of polarizing the group’s leader Shaykh Sa’īd ‘Abd al-’Azīm, gaining thus more supporters for the upcoming...
Khayrat al-Shātir, the deputy murshid (guide) of the Muslim Brotherhood group, said that SCAF's passing of the Azhar law is a "grave mistake" and "flagrant assault on the parliament." [Ahmad Fathī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Jan. 28, p. 7]
Interviewer: Eline Kasanwidjojo Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript) Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo   Approval: Requested and no objection received   Dr. Kamāl al-Hilbāwī is a former member of the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Council and MB foreign...

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