Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2012
The constituent assembly approved an article giving citizens the right to form non-governmental associations and political parties by only notification.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2012
President Mursī is receiving the draft of Egypt’s first post-revolution constitution from Counselor Husām al-Ghiryānī, Chairman of the Constituent Assembly, in the presence of the constitution-writing members.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Mahsūb, Minister of State for Legal & Parliamentary Affairs, revealed that the drafting committee in the constituent assembly introduced several amendments to the draft constitution issued on October 24 upon proposals received by members of the panel.
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
Dr. Yūnis Makhyūn, a member of the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said the committee on the society’s mainstays has reached final accordance over the drafting of Article 2, which reads, “The principles of Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation”.
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2012
Dr. Wahīd ‘Abd al-Majīd, the official spokesman for the constituent panel, warned of two dangerous proposed articles that have to do with the chapter on freedoms, adding the articles are being extremely haggled about for they threaten the freedom of the press.
Date of source: Saturday, August 18, 2012
Dr. Wahīd ‘Abd al-Mijīd, the official spokesman for the Constituent Assembly, attacked calls demanding a return to forming the constitution and that call for leftists and liberals to replace Islamists in the Assembly.
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2012
The 1938 Copts League called for abolishing the text about non-Muslims' recourse to their own laws in the new constitution and demanded approval to allow divorce and civil marriage as well as preventing the religious authorities from interfering in matters of marriage, divorce and freedom to change...
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
[Reviewer’s Note: According to the Israeli website NRG, Ben-Ari was quoted as saying, “This abhorrent book promoted the murders of millions of Jews during the Inquisition and the autos da fé…this is an ugly missionary provocation by the Church, there’s no doubt that the book and its senders belong...
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2012
Shātir, in a report published The Washington Post’s David Ignatius on Tuesday (June 12), expected tensions in Egypt if Shafīq wins the presidential election, adding Egypt has to smoothly move to a new system or expect the worst. [Sāmih Lāshīn, Muhammad Fū’ād and Rāmī Yāsīn, al-Ahrām, June 17, p. 9...
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
Michael Munīr, the leader of the al-Hayāh Party, rejected accusations that Copts supported Shafīq, adding the religious groups are propagating these claims to shift the battle.
“Copts’ votes were divided between Mūsá and Sabbāhī. The latter garnered many Coptic young people’s votes. However, I...