Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 17, 2006 to Friday, June 23, 2006
The author asserts that the Muslim Brotherhood uses research and
studies centers as a mean to
practice politics, through making statements and publishing articles’ carrying
the Islamic group’s ideology.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Today, the Muslim Brotherhood announces the establishment of a center for human rights. This move emphasizes the group’s insistence on practicing public activities in spite of continuous crackdowns by the government. The crackdowns on the Brotherhood that take place every now and then will not be...
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Some explained the appearance of Sawasiya [Equality] Center for Human Rights, headed by Muslim Brotherhood lawyer, Abdel Mon’em Abdel Maqsoud, a response to the government’s campaign against members of the group. Others saw it as an attempt by the Muslim Brotherhood to attract attention to their...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
In an unprecedented move, Abdel Mon’em Abdel Maqsoud, lawyer of the banned Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, announced that the group has set up its first center for human rights, called Sawasiya [Equality] Center for Human Rights and Against Torture.