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Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2012
Renowned poet Fārūq Jūwayda, an advisor to the president, announced on Thursday (November 22) his withdrawal from a constituent assembly drafting a n ew constitution for Egypt in a letter he officially addressed to the panel’s chairman, Judge Ḥusām al-Ghiryānī.
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2012
Meanwhile, the Shūrá Council’s Constitutional & Legislative Affairs Committee came up with a report on its vision regarding the chapters on freedoms, the rule of law and the state’s powers in the constitution, to be discussed on Tuesday (July 17) as a guiding approach.
The committee proposed...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
The constituent assembly committees on Saturday (July 7) started sessions to hear representatives of political groups to explore their visions and suggestions for the new constitution.
The committees heard members of the Revolution Youths Union, including its executive office members Muhammad al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Diplomatic officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have said that they are still waiting on the Libyan authorities to send the medical report of the deceased Egyptian citizen ‘Izzat Hakīm ‘Atallah who was detained in Libya on charges of proselytisation. The Egyptian ambassador and the wife of...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 to Sunday, March 4, 2018
In a precedent inside the first parliament after the January 25 revolution, Salafī MP Mamdūh Ismā’īl stunned all fellow lawmakers when he recited the azān (Muslim call for prayers) for the ‘asr (afternoon) inside the People’s Assembly hall during debates.
Parliament Speaker Sa’d al-Katātnī...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
A large number of candidates running in the third round of the parliamentary elections paid visits to the church to congratulate it over the New Year while candidates of the Salafī al-Nūr Party refrained.
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, refused to meet any candidates, adding that the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The Parties Affairs Committee agreed August 29 on the establishment of nationalist al-Karāmah (Dignity) Party and the subsidiary branch of the Salafi Party al-Asālah (Authenticity), the second Salafist party to be approved after al-Nūr (Light).
The authorization arrived after the legal and...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 7, 2011
The Political Parties' Affairs Committee on June 6, 2011 accepted the documents of the Freedom and Justice Party, Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) party, and the party officially began its activities.
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Date of source: Tuesday, December 29, 2009
The Islamic Research Academy and Pope Shenouda approve the draft law for human organ transplant.
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