Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 20, 2012
The Administrative Judiciary Court decided to adjourn to early September four lawsuits filed by former lawmaker Hamdī al-Fakharānī and other lawyers to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party. [Muhammad Basal, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 20, p. 1] Read...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 18, 2012
Al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya denied that its members threatened Copts they would assault them and burn their houses if they voted for presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq. [Mīnā Sāmī, al-Akhbār, June 18, p. 16] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 13, 2012
People's Assembly Speaker Sa'd al-Katātnī announced the final list of the 100 members of the constituent assembly that would draft a new constitution for Egypt. [Muhammad Abū Zayd and Muhammad Sālim, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 13, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 11, 2012
Aswan is nearly empty of any banners or placards of presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq because supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood contender Muhammad Mursī are setting them on fire in a bid to intimidate his voters, who are working for Shafīq’s campaign in silence. [Muwaffaq Abū al-Nīl, al-Ahrām...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2012
In a significant development regarding the formation of the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, the Council of State’s Administrative Judiciary Court abolished the panel in its current formation after lawyers and constitutional law professors filed lawsuits objecting its...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 2, 2012
A top prosecutor ordered the arrest of hard-line Muslim preacher Wajdī Ghunaym for investigations over charges of slandering Coptic Orthodox Pope Shinūdā III after he died. [Aḥmad Shalabī, al-Miṣrī al-Yawm, April 2, p. 16] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 28, 2012
(Right) now all the political groups in Egypt conform to one main principle, which is to make sure that every part of society is represented in the constituent assembly that will draft the Egyptian constitution. There is no doubt that this principle is credible as long as it is implemented...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2011
Bishop, Dr. Yūhannā Qultah Sa‘īd, deputy patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church, refused a number of Coptic calls for international interference, calling it 'nonsense'. He assured that Copts are protected by Muslims and the country is capable of protecting itself.
The three Coptic denominations in...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 6, 2011
Dr. Bishop Yūhannā Qultah wrote about the 25 January Revolution's achievements. One of these achievements was freedom, and getting rid of fear.
He believes that dictatorship will not return and history will not backtrack, because the nation with its youth passed the age of humiliation and no...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 2011
Last week, an Amsterdam court found Dutch politican Geert Wilders not guilty of inciting hatred against Muslims. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman argues that Wilders' inflammatory statements about Islam should not be protected by Dutch law.
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