Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2012
There has been widespread condemnation of a fatwá issued by an Azhar Shaykh Hāshim Islām in which he condoned violence against those who are set to protest against the Muslim Brotherhood on August 24, 2012. Islām reasoned that “the 24 August protests are a revolution by ratters against democracy...
Date of source: Sunday, August 26, 2012
‘Every era has its men’ is a rule that has applied to the Coptic Orthodox Church since Egypt became a republic. Since the 1952 Revolution until now, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church has passed away after the departure of every head of state. Whether this is preordained or merely coincidence...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Al-Akhbār writes that the new Minister of Information, Salāh 'Abd al-Maqsūd, has announced that he will work towards moving the media from dependency on the government to a media that professionally reflects “the pulse of the Egyptian street”. He added that he hoped to be the last Minister of...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Al-Watan reports that President Muhammad Mursī has decided to appoint Coptic thinker Samīr Marqus, Dr. Bākīnām al-Sharqāwī, Dr. Sayf ‘Abd al-Fattāh, and writer, Sakīnah Fu’ād, to his presidential advisory team.
The decision was announced by the president's spokesman, Dr. Yāsir ‘Alī, who also said...
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2012
The first visit of an Egyptian President to Iran for decades has been generally met with approval. The visit is to take place as part of the Non-Aligned Movement conference at the end of the month. The conference will see the changeover of leadership from President Mursī to President Ahmadinijad....
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
There was much surprise in the U.S. at Egyptian President Muhammad Mursī’s recent shake-up of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) leadership. The Los Angeles Times suggests that this proves him ‘a better political tactician than many had believed’ [Rīm ‘Abd al-Latīf, Egypt president's...
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
A number of figures in Egypt have called for demonstrations on the 24th August to express anger at the behaviour of the Muslim Brotherhood and President Muhammad Mūrsī since the presidential election in June, 2012.
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2012
The decision of President Muhammad Mursī to remove long-time Defense Minister Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and the Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lieutenant General...
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2012
The circumstances surrounding the events of the past two weeks in Dahshūr remain somewhat unclear as demonstrated by the conflicting points of view that are spreading throughout social media and the Internet.