Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 17, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Church announced the death of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, who passed away at the age of 88 after a long battle with illness. He was suffering from chronic disease in his lungs and kidneys.[‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, March 18, 2012, p. 63] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 23, 2012
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has stressed in a statement that all sectors of society are represented in drafting the new constitution, including youth, women and Copts. [Amānī Mājid, al-Ahrām, March 23, 2012, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 24, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III’s family held his funeral at the Virgin Mary Church in the central Cairo district of Garden City. The pope’s nephews, ‘Ādil and ‘Imād Raphael held a funeral under the family's name to express their grief over the pope's departure. [‘Imād Khalīl, Fādī Francis and...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 25, 2012
Presidential hopeful Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā said the the Holy Qur’ān can not be a Constitution for the nation but for believers, adding he is neither Shiite nor backed by Shiites because "we're in a Sunnī country". [Ibtisām Ta’lab, Misbāh al-Hajar and ‘Abdullah al-‘Arīnī, Al-Misrī al-Yawm,...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 17, 2012
Possible presidential candidate Hāzim Salāh Abū Ismā'īl said he seeks a society marked by justice where everyone may obtain their rights without suffering or humiliation through the sound implementation of the Islamic sharī'ah, adding the sharī'ah would meet the demands of all Egyptians, including...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III sent a congratulatory cable to Prime Minister Kamāl al-Janzūrī in which he expressed good wishes for him in his mission as head of a salvation government. [Yūsuf Rāmiz, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Dec. 9, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 29, 2011
Engineer Salāh Hāshim, one of the founders of the Jamā'ah Islāmīyah (Islamic Group), said unity of the different factions and movements would furnish an opportunity for the Islamists to make it to power.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood's political party has stressed that it will not be putting forward a candidate for the presidency. Dr. 'Isām al-'Iryān, deputy chairman, and Dr. Muhammad Sa‘d al-Katātnī , secretary-general, have both quashed these rumors that they are grooming a potential candidate.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 27, 2011
A proposed national dialogue in Egypt, due to commence very soon, has rekindled post-revolution hopes that sectarianism, a legacy of the divide-and-rule policy of Mubārak's regime, will no longer exist in Egypt.
The proposed dialogue has been announced by Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl, who...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 22, 2011
Nīvīn Mus'ad writes that there were posters raised on the day of the constitutional referendum saying that voting for 'yes' is a religious duty. These posters had the sign of the Muslim Brotherhood but they deny having anything to do with it.