Date of source: Monday, October 27, 2003
A political crisis flared up between Al-Wafd party and the Muslim Brotherhood following anti-Brotherhood statements made by the head of Al-Wafd Party. The fight started over an article written by No´man Gomaa and published in Al-Wafd newspaper only one day before the beginning of the national...
Date of source: Saturday, July 12, 2003
The Coptic president of the Wafd Party Committee in Port Said resigned to express objection to the appointment of Muslim member Sayyed Al-Badawi Shehata, as general secretary of the party.
Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2003
Coptic members of the Wafd Party are dissatisfied at the fact that Sayyed Al-Badawi, a Muslim member, was appointed as a general secretary of the party succeeding Christian member Saad Fakhry Abdel-Nour who passed away.
Date of source: Thursday, September 1, 2005
Author: Leader of the opposition Wafd Party and candidate for presidency, Dr. Nu‘mān Jumca, met yesterday with Muslim Brotherhood leaders, but did not manage to secure their support in the upcoming presidential elections, scheduled for next Wednesday.
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
Everyone in politics is talking about the expected announcement that the Wafd party and the Muslim Brotherhood will unite in boycotting presidential elections and organizing parliament elections.
Date of source: Saturday, August 24, 2002
The president of the Al-Wafd Party calls the government to dialogue with the religious trend and to give religious associations, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, the freedom to work in the field of religious education. But at the same time, he is against establishing religious parties.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
As al-Majlis al-Mīllī [Coptic Orthodox Denominational Council] elections draw near, some Coptic figures, intellectuals and clergymen have criticized the church for interfering in the elections. Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria has been accused of favoring a circle of Copts close to him....
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
The author is reviewing the crisis of the opposition newspapers, which he argues are victims of the power struggle inside political parties.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 24, 2006
The author argues that religion can never be completely absent from life for man can never be divided into two material and moral beings or religious and secularist entities.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
During his meeting with leaders of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Congressman Frank Wolf raised yesterday the issues of Coptic persecution, Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour’s imprisonment and Sudanese refugees in Egypt.