Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
The Egyptian religious establishment adhered to its position of favoring stability and opposing the spread of chaos and sabotage. It has also supported the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and the five communiqués it has issued since it took over following the stepping down of President Ḥusnī...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2011
As part of its interaction with the protests and demonstrations, the Muslim Brotherhood group issued a statement in which it said that the regime’s reaction to popular demands will determine how long the dialogue will last. This was a reference to the dialogue to which Vice President ‘Umar Sulaymān...
Date of source: Thursday, February 10, 2011
According to the Pew Research Center, US media attention for the Egyptian protests has exceeded every foreign policy story over the last four years, commanding 56% of all news coverage. While initially surprising, upon reflection this story hits at the conjunction of many popular flashpoints:...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman: Dr. Michael Burslem (78) is a retired Canadian medical doctor and is a longtime friend of mine. He and his wife usually spend the winter months in Cairo when weather is substantially more pleasant in Egypt then in Canada and they spend the summers in Canada when...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sunday, February 6 witnessed a peculiar exhibition amidst the drama unfolding in Tahrir Square. Christian Egyptians publically conducted a prayer service, honoring their fallen co-demonstrators who have died in the effort to topple the Mubarak government. Calling them ‘martyrs’, as is common...
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2011
The group that broke away from the Jamā‘a al-Islāmiyyah in Egypt last week has announced it will apply to become the third Islamic party.
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Al-Wafd reports that the Coptic Orthodox Church is calling on its members to boycott the demonstrations to be held on Tuesday in protest of the government.
Archpriest ‘Abd al-Masīh Basīt of the Church of the Virgin Mary at Musturud, Qalyubia has called on the Coptic masses in Egypt and abroad...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Ahmad al-Ghazūlī believe that there has to be Islamic secularity that build so that a Muslim Democratic party can be built above it, that can interact and not only coexist with non-muslims.
He proposed the idea of establishing a Muslim secularity that excludes the fake Muslim Brotherhood...
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2010
The Muslim Brotherhood and other representatives of political forces filed 20 appeals to the supreme administrative court and the supreme constitutional court to null the current parliament.
Subhī Sālih an MB says that they back their appeal with article 87 in the constitution that states: “The...
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
Journalist Mamdūh argues that Egyptians are made to perceive their country as a civil state, whose protection requires fighting against anything that might turn it into a religious state. Thereupon, Mamdūh explains why Egypt cannot be considered a civil state and points out some opposition member’s...