Date of source: Sunday, January 8, 2012
Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā, Islamic thinker and presidential hopeful, greeted Copts through his Facebook account and attended the celebrations at the Evangelical church in Heliopolis.
Muhammad al-Barād’ī, for his part, greeted Copts through his Twitter account. Lt. General Husām Khayr Allah, a...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Fursān Masr: Religious parties are the source of politics capital and it is necessary to abolish them
Gen. Maj. ʿAbd al-Rāfiʿ Darwīsh head of the Fursān Masr Party asked for the dissolution of religious parties. This came during the second Community Dialogue session on Tuesday led by Prime...
Date of source: Monday, December 5, 2011
During the run-off elections for the workers seat of Heliopolis, a hot debate followed a statement attributed to the Church supporting ‘Amr Hamzāwī, who won the professional seat in the first round, and Hishām Sulaymān who is engaged in the run-off for the workers seat of Heliopolis. A number of...
Date of source: Friday, October 28, 2011
Copts are now anticipated to have a bigger change in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the first elections after the revolution, because the former regime was behind their non-existence on the political chess board.
However, a large number of Copts had joined the Egyptian bloc list which...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The recent Muslim Brotherhood statement demanding that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) refrain from interfering in how the constitution is drawn up by producing a list of supra-constitutional principles could mean the end of the honeymoon period between the military and the country's...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Presidential candidate Mohamed Selim al-Awa has rejected calls for the Egyptian military to be given a role in protecting the civil state, as is the case in Turkey. Awa made his statements at a symposium at the Heliopolis Club on Monday.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Naguib Sawiris, co-founder of the Free Egyptians Party, at a meeting with members of the Front Party on Sunday, was criticized for displaying cartoons on his Twitter account that they found disparaging to Islam.
The cartoons showed Disney characters Mickey Mouse bearded and Mini veiled.
“They...
Date of source: Monday, April 18, 2011
Islamic thinker Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā assumes that the hudūd could not be applied in Egypt.
Al-‘Awwā added that it is not permissible for any Muslim to discuss any verse regarding the hudūd in the Qur’ān before the proper atmosphere is set and the society is ready for that.
He pointed out that...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Islamic thinker Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā said, that the next president will not be a salafist or a Muslim Brotherhood, assuring that there is nothing in the law that prevents a Copt or a Woman from running for presidency.
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2011
Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā, Egyptian Islamist thinker, stated that the second article in the constitution is not subjected to amendments currently or in the future.