Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 2012
Khālid Abū al-Fadl, an Egyptian residing in the United States, chairman of the Islamic philosophy department in the U.S. University of Yale and former member of the U.S. Congress United States Commission on International Religious Freedoms (USCIRF), dismissed reported pressures by the U.S. on SCAF...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 2012
Ashraf Thābit, the deputy speaker of the dissolved parliament, said he expects the parties to the crisis to reach a political thaw during the next few hours.
Thābit, a member the Salafī al-Nūr Party, said people who have concerns about the sharī’ah should not feel this way because there is nothing...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 2012
The calls were made during a press conference hosted by the Free Egyptians Party (FEP), attended by a host of leaders of liberal parties, public figures and activists.
“We reject that Tahrīr Square should become a source of pressures to attain the objectives of a certain political faction. The...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2012
The leaders of the three churches appealed to all Egyptians – Muslims and Christians – to go to the polling stations and play their part in shaping the political future of Egypt. [‘Imād Khalīl, Hamdī Qāsim and Yāsir Shimīs, al-Misrī al-Yawm, June 17, p. 10] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2012
The Administrative Judiciary Court on Tuesday (June 19) is looking into a case to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood group, filed by lawyer Shihātah Muhammad Shihātah, who said that on July 5, 2002 the law on NGOs was enacted and obliged all associations, including the Muslim Brotherhood, to legalize...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2012
The leaders of the three churches appealed to all Egyptians – Muslims and Christians – to go to the polling stations and play their part in shaping the political future of Egypt. [‘Imād Khalīl, Hamdī Qāsim and Yāsir Shimīs, al-Misrī al-Yawm, June 17, p. 10] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2012
“What is of importance to us in the Egyptian church is the stability of the nation and the person capable of achieving the ambitions of our great people,” he said. [Husnī Mīlād and Fāyzah al-Janbīhī, al-Akhbār, June 17, p. 10] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2012
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...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2012
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...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2012
“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