Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
According to Alfred Stepan, Muslim Brotherhood and the total number of Islamists will not win more than 25 percent of votes in any free election. The American Professor of Political Science therefore claimed, worrying about Islamists getting to power is overemphasized. Stepan is specialized in...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Political powers agreed on the need to accept the results of the recent referendum over constitutional amendments, which resulted in 77.2% in favor of these changes, and called for preparing for the parliament elections.
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood and salāfīyah's groups allied in front of polling stations of the constitutional amendments, in an attempt to convince citizens to vote for 'yes'.
Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2011
On March 19 Egypt is slated to enjoy its first free vote in decades. Following the resignation of President Mubarak the Supreme Military Council appointed a committee to draft amendments to the Constitution, according to the demands of the people. The proposed amendments will be put to a nationwide...
Date of source: Thursday, March 17, 2011
The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has decided that ID cards will suffice for referendum and elections, instead of the pink voting card.
A document belonging to the ousted regime, saved from the State Security headquarters, states the ousted regime's reasons for not using the ID card. One of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
The recent revolution has led to many new parties being formed and established parties being reorganized, including several Islamist groups.
The Muslim Brotherhood is the group expected to dominate future Egyptian politics. They are now trying to cast off their image of being radicals.
Other...
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2011
My fifteen years living in Egypt has given me a lot of connections, including Egyptian diplomats, who are now providing me with stories about current developments in Egypt. It is very common among diplomats that they are ready to give visitors an off the record insight in what is happening in their...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
‘Abd al-Mun‘im Mahmūd writes about the development of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah and its changing policies.