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The Islamists and others with religion high on their political agendas are no better than the liberals when it comes to Egypt's forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. The conservatives who control the (Muslim) Brotherhood are not the majority. They refuse to enter into dialogue with...
An Egyptian military court sentenced two Coptic Christians to five years in jail for violence and trying to turn a factory into an unlicensed church, judicial sources said late on Sunday. The two men, also convicted of possessing weapons, were arrested on May 18 after clashes between Christians and...
Weeks after the Muslim Brotherhood declared they will not field a candidate for the presidency, questions arise about how far they will stick to their promise, especially since MB member Abul Fotouh announced to run for President as an independent. Supporter say he is determined to run for...
After a long break away from official Egyptian TV, the celebrated Muslim TV Evangelist Amr Khaled is back with his own weekly show, hosting “Bukra Ahla” (Tomorrow is Better), a program whose first episodes have sought to raise hopes and encourage viewers to come up with ideas to rebuild post-...
Ashraf Edward, a lawyer representing the Virgin Mary Church in the Ain Shams neighbourhood of Cairo, said the church's legal committee will present a request to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, the interior minister and the cabinet that the church be reopened. The church is one of many that...
Al-Jama’a al-Islamiya decided to form a political party to run in the next parliamentary election. “But we won’t field a candidate in the presidential elections,” announced Abdel Akhar Hammad, head of the group’s elections committee. http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/449006
Ignoring a petition from Pope Shenouda III, hundreds of Copts yesterday continued a nine-day sit-in outside the official TV Building near the Cairo Nile, as investigations proved recent clashes in the area were not religiously motivated. More Copts joined the protest asking for perpetrators in...
The elections are swiftly approaching and none of the new parties has yet officially been endorsed. They might not have a chance of victory in the coming elections. The public and the revolutionaries have been concerned lately, as they did not go through all the trouble of launching a revolution to...
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad el-Tayīb meets on 3 May 2011 in his office in Cairo a Muslim Brotherhood delegation, media sources reported on May 2.
Islamists could play a key role in Egypt's near future. They are well organized and popular. But the Islamists don't belong to a single, homogeneous group. They constitute of different groups, which are in the process of change, in order to cope with the new reality. What is totally new is their...

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