Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2012
Members of the Shūrá Council pre-empted the Administrative Court session by resigning from the Constituent Assembly. President Muhammad Mursī approved law 97 of year 2012, concerning the criteria of the Constituent Assembly line-up, which parliament accepted before its dissolution.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 16, 2012
Egyptian Churches rejected the meeting called by American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Christian leaders which took place at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo yesterday (June 15, 2012).
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 16, 2012
The Islamic Jihād leader Yāsir Sa'd announced that a number of Islamic Jīhad members support presidential hopeful Ahmad Shafīq, former Prime Minister, in the coming presidential elections.
He said that voters have a choice between a civil state represented by Shafīq and a religious state...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2012
Clashes erupted between hundreds of fundamentalist Salafī demonstrators and Tunisian police forces in the morning hours of June 12. The protesters were upset by an art exhibition which they considered "offensive" to Muslims.
After a Salafī group had stormed and distorted the exhibition the...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 10, 2012
On June 11, 2012, the Egyptian People's Assembly will discuss a report by its Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, dealing with the criteria for selection of the members of the Constituent Assembly.
Meanwhile, the People's Assembly is receiving nominations for membership of the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2012
In a fierce verbal attack, Mahmūd al-Ghizlān, spokesman of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), accused presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq of lying and representing the old, bloodstained regime. He totally rejected Shafīq's comments about the MB and its candidate Muhammad Mursī, denouncing them as “...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 4, 2012
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said that the people of Iran and Egypt should have a leading role to the people of the world, and should unite to achieve justice and reinforce religious values.
MEHR News, Iranian news agency, said that Ahmadinejad's statement came...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 14, 2012
Alef Bookstore discusses Hānī Labīb's book "Egyptian Church" on May 14, 2012 in its Zamālik branch. Labīb's (the Managing Director of Arab West Report and a writer) book tackles issues of politics in Egypt and its relation to religion. The book also discusses sensitive issues, for instance, church...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 16, 2012
The Supreme Presidential Elections Commission (SPEC) has completed the allocation of 14,000 judges in preparation for the presidential elections scheduled for the 23th and 24th of May.
The commission's head Fārūq Sultān stated that the military and police forces will secure polling stations. He...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 24, 2012
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has approved a draft law to bar ex-regime figures from politics for 10 years. This includes everybody who served as vice-president or prime minister under the former regime or had a leading position in the dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP)...