Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Higher Elections Commission (HEC) will announce tomorrow (April 25, 2012) the regulations for the civil society organizations authorized to monitor the electoral process including voting and vote-counting in the presidential elections.
Signs of confrontation between the HEC and the Muslim...
Date of source: Monday, April 23, 2012
The Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb stressed that the Azhar reinforces pluralism and dialogue.
"The Azhar is the only institution that preserves Islamic identity, its culture and features among other civilizations and nations," says Dr. al-Tayyīb.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
After a number of meetings between Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, and different political forces, the Azhar launched a new initiative proposing principles for the formation of the constituent assembly charged with drafting a constitution. The initiative seeks to prevent parliament...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
This is a comment on an article with a similar title published on April 13 on a blog called “Salamamoussa. Reclaiming Egypt,” named after Salāmah Mūsá (1887-1958). He was a well-known journalist, writer, and advocate of secularism and Arab socialism who was born into a wealthy, land-owning Coptic...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Higher Commission for Elections today (April 17) decides the fate of the disqualified candidates for the presidency. On the 26th of April, the official list of candidates will be presented and on the same day the official begining of the election campaigns will be announced, being antedated...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Dr. Wahīd 'Abd al-Majīd, member of the People's Assembly and the constituent assembly, said that all mediation efforts to solve the problem of the constitution panel failed.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2012
The executive committee of the Evangelical general assembly expressed its concerns about the constituent assembly lineup drafting the Egyptian constitution and describe it as "disappointing".
For his part, Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, vice-president of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and General Director...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
[AWR: this interview was recorded, transcribed and translated by Diana Maher Ghali]
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2012
Dr. Muhammad ‘Imād al-Dīn, member of the parliament for the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said that since the FJP have the largest percentage of seats in the People’s Assembly and the Shurá Council are of the FJP, 50 percent. Consequently, they would settle in its favor the argument over the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Mamdūh Hamzah, General-Secretary of the Egyptian National Council, specified seven requirements for the members of the constituent assembly such as: