Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 4, 2011
'Abūd al-Zumur, founding member of Egypt's Islamic Jihād Organization and friend of al-Qā'idah's new chief Ayman al-Zawahrī, said on 3 March 2011 that Usāmah Bin Lādin's death will not affect the organization and pleaded against revenge attacks.
Zumur, who was in jail with Zawāhrī, said Bin Lādin...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 3, 2011
Priest Aghabius of Egypt’s Mawās Monastery was questioned by the prosecution with regards to Kāmīliyā Shihātah, who was allegedly detained by the Coptic Church.
The prosecution emphasized that it would neither make any accusations against the Church nor inverstigate Shihātah’s alleged conversion to...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 4, 2011
Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, former Muftī of the Republic and member of the Islamic Research Academy, said that niqāb is not a farīdah or a religious duty, but should be categorized as personal freedom.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 3, 2011
Dr. 'Abd Allah Husaynī, the Minister of Awqāf, says that many extremist movements appeared after January the January 25 revolution due to the misunderstanding of the meaning of freedom.
“This doesn't mean that those extremists are a majority. They are only a minority and are rejected by many people...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 2, 2011
On Sunday, May 1, 2011, potential presidential candidate Muhammad al-Barād’ī announced that Article 2 of the constitution should remain in place, provided that non-Muslims are granted their own personal status law.
He further stated that most Egyptians do not strive for an Islamist state and that "...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 3, 2011
On Sunday, May 1, 2011, Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced on its Facebook page that it was willing to take whatever measures to confront sectarian disputes and preserve the nation's stability.
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 3, 2011
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...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 3, 2011
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.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 28, 2011
On Thursday, April 28, 2011, dozens of Copts demonstrated in front of Egypt’s High Court, demanding Minister of the Interior, Mansūr al-'Īsawī, and the head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī, to actively help to find several Christian girls, who they claim...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2011
Even though Abū al-Futūh, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Shūrá Council, has not yet announced his will to run in the upcoming presidential elections, his supporters have already begun to launch a presidential campaign.
Most importantly, the campaign outlines Abū al-Futūh 's accomplishments and...