Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2012
National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) demanded that the members of the constituent assembly should be elected from outside parliament to avoid conflict of interests.
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2012
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) handed over a memo to the president of the People's Assembly about the constitution panel. CIHRS said that the members of the constituent assembly should be outside parliament in order to protect the constitution's legitimacy.
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2012
Church and Coptic figures lashed out at the Constitution panel and the percentage of Copts in it, considering the constituent assembly as “shameful” and stressing that they will not accept discrimination against Copts. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, March 26, 2012, p. 4] Read original text in...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is often praised, in particular by his own followers, for his ecumenical stances. The reality is, however, somewhat different, as the decisions of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod show. All synod meetings were presided over by Pope Shenouda, a strong and charismatic...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2012
Egyptian Christians are mourning the death of Coptic Orthodox Pope and Patriarch Shinūdā III, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 88. Pope Shinūdā (August 3, 1923 - March 17, 2012) was extremely popular among millions of common Christians. A charismatic reformer and an advocate of Christian...
Date of source: Thursday, March 8, 2012
Christians are partners in the nation and must enjoy their rights and do their duty toward Egypt, rejecting quotas for Christians in parliament and public positions and calling for efficiency to be the criteria regardless of religion. [‘Abd Ilāh Muhammad, al-Akhbār, March 8, p. 6] Read text in...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
(Right) now all the political groups in Egypt conform to one main principle, which is to make sure that every part of society is represented in the constituent assembly that will draft the Egyptian constitution. There is no doubt that this principle is credible as long as it is implemented...
Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2012
Dr. ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Abū al-Futūh is a frontrunning candidate in the Egyptian presidential elections. He has been a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Council for twenty-five years, but now finds himself officially outside the organization as a result of his desire to run for the presidency...
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2011
Text presented for the European-Arab Dialogue Conference at Crete, April 14-16, 2011.
In the past 50 years millions of migrants from southern Mediterranean countries have entered Europe. Of course Europe has witnessed migration gulfs earlier but this one was the first with so many people coming...
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2011
A recent Constitutional declaration added new texts that cover the civility of the state and a democratic rule, in addition to giving the sovereignty of the state to the people regardless of their religion.
Some people believe that these texts will not be achieved because the same Constitutional...