Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 2012
The three Egyptian churches congratulated Muhammad Mursī over his victory in the runoff round against former regime general Ahmad Shafīq. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, June 25, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 21, 2012
What is written about Christian citizens in Egypt is not subject in any case to the logic of journalistic treatment as it is subject in many cases to the logic of intimidation and exaggeration or underestimation and stultification.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 23, 2012
Presidential candidate Muhammad Mursī pledged that if he won the presidency, his vice presidents will not be from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), adding his government will not be dominated by the Brotherhood and the coming prime minister will be an “independent national...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2012
In provocative statements by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, she said Egypt's military must "fulfill its promise" to turn over power to the winner of a presidential runoff vote, as the country's election commission has delayed Thursday's planned announcement of the results. [Author Not...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 24, 2012
Several political movements and public figures on Saturday (June 23) called for respecting court decisions and accepting presidential election results, due today (June 24), regardless of what they would bring, and rejected attempts to heat up the streets and trading of accusations. [Hānī ‘Izzat, al...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 21, 2012
Copts cast their votes for former regime minister Ahmad Shafīq out of concerns about the possibility of having an Islamist president, said Islam Sa’d Khashabah, a member of the observer Wafdiyūn ‘Ā’idūn (Returning Wafdists) Movement, adding Shafīq also collected the votes of the defunct National...
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: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 15, 2012
The foreign ministry summoned the Nuncio of the Vatican in Cairo for explanations over a reported agreement between the Holy See and Tel Aviv which implied recognition of Israeli sovereignty over all parts of occupied Jerusalem and West Bank. [Muhammad Hindāwī, al-Akhbār, June 15, p. 14] Read text...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm, Freedom and Justice Party, are entering a new battle Tuesday (June 19) before the State Council’s Administrative Judiciary Court, which looks into a lawsuit filed by a lawyer demanding the dissolution of the FJP for violating legal principles and...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 17, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood made strongly-worded statements during the past few hours after the Supreme Constitutional Court handed down rulings striking down the political disenfranchisement law, thus allowing Mubārak’s last prime minister, Ahmad Shafīq, to continue in the runoff round against the MB’s...