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...
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2011
The Law No. 344 of 1952, amended by Law No. 173 of 1953, promulgating the Treachery Act is still in force and has not been revoked. Mahmūd ‘Abd al-Hādī ‘Ananī, an attorney at the Appeal Court and Supreme Constitutional Court, explains that Article 1 of the Treachery Act states that it will be...
Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2011
A number of the Azhar Scholars, members of the “Egyptian Family House” and the three Egyptian churches welcomed the draft law on building houses of worship. They all asked for its issuance as soon as possible in order to face the sectarian fitnah that takes place every now and then. The Azhar...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Dr. Andrea Zakī, vice-president of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and General Director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), submitted proposals about the draft unified law for building houses of worship to be passed within days to the Supreme Council of the Armed...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Egypt's ruling military council (SCAF) is facing a dilemma over the adoption of the proportional list electoral system, described by experts as a contradiction of the transitional constitution.
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Minister for International Planning has announced that the Ministry of Justice has formed a fact-finding commission to look into finance and investiment from Arab countries into Egypt for a total of 180 million LE. They discovered unknown funds in Egypt from abroad, and revealed that the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) concluded a closed conference by warning the ruling military council against issuing general constitutional principles, and against preventing elected lawmakers from choosing the constituent assembly that will draft the new constitution.
"The...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party concluded a closed conference Tuesday by warning the ruling military council against issuing general constitutional principles.
The party's executive committee, the secretaries of its branches and political candidates participated in the meeting....
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2011
Egyptian revolutionaries, political groups and Islamists have called on Egyptians to take to the streets next Friday in a new protest against a recent decision to activate the long-standing Emergency Law, accusing the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) of breaking a promise to cancel...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A ministerial committee agreed to consider two draft laws for the constituencies of the People's Assembly and Shūrá Council, which have been referred to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF).