Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2014
Muslim Brothehood leader Gamāl Hishmat stated that the Brotherhood is ready to “retreat a step backwards” in order to reach a political consensus. He stated that they would like to follow the path of Rāshid al- Ghanūshy, head of al- Nahdah party in Tunisia when he gave up power. Samīh ‘Id, Islamist...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Several MPs called for the discussion of the draft law to establish an independent anti-discrimination commission in the fourth session of parliament that is due to start in October this year.
Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2014
Coptic intellectuals and activists have set certain conditions to be met before they give their support to a presidential candidate, be it al-Sīsī or someone else. , Jamāl As’ad, writer and intellectual, said that the Copts need a president who can unite the Egyptians and who can solve Egypt’s...
Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2014
Al-Jamāliyyah Misdemeanor Court, headed by Counselor Talāl Radwān, sentenced the son of Egypt’s former ambassador to Sudan to five years in jail on charges of insulting the Companions of the Prophet and ‘Ā’ishah (one of the Prophet’s wives), in addition to an attempt to break into the al-Husayn...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 28, 2018
MP Dr. Muḥammad Fuʾād submitted a request to the House of Representatives, suggesting a briefing to be submitted by the Cabinet on the situation of the right of worship for Egyptian citizens.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2018
On behalf of the Egyptian Government, the Minister of Legal and Parliamentary Affairs ʿUmar Marwān (Omar Marawan) required the adding of the representative of the Egyptian Church to the permanent committee of technical, legal and administrative experts on the protection of manuscripts.
Date of source: Friday, February 14, 2014
Though the majority of the village al-Bushrā in Mallawī in the Governorate of al-Minya is muslim, the inhabitants collected 50,000 EGP for the release of kidnapped 10-year-old Marcus who belongs to the village. Some hours after the ransom was paid he was freed and returned to the village, security...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments stated that any preacher who shall use the sermons to incite for violence and sabotage will be immediately expelled.
Date of source: Sunday, August 31, 2014
The fatwá of Dr. Yāssir al- Burhāmī, the vice president of the Da’wah al- Salafiah has stirred a debate about the “divorce of a drunk man.”
Date of source: Thursday, February 6, 2014
The first unit in the Administrative Court headed by judge Muhammad Qishtah postponed the lawsuit by a Copt to allow him a second marriage. The lawsuit was filed by Shukrī Abd al- Shahīd against Pope Tawadros and Bishop Bola (Amanī Mūsá, Copts- United, Feb. 6). Read original text in Arabic.