Date of source: Saturday, December 10, 2011
Lex Runderkamp, the journalist responsible for the “news report” of NOS-TV on the tensions surrounding a church under construction in Mārīnāb, responded to the commentary about his film in Arab-West Report in a text I promptly translated for Arab-West Report and gave to Lamīs Yahyá, author of our...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Islamic movements continued their preparations for participation in the Friday of identity and stability in a million-man protest due to be staged in Tahrīr Square and other major squares across Egypt.
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Earlier this year, Egyptian Coptic intellectual Dr. Rafīq Samuel Habīb was named as the vice president of Egypt's Freedom and Justice Party -the newly founded p
Date of source: Monday, November 14, 2011
Who are the Muslim Brotherhood, and what do they represent? Having thousands of members means that many people are able to speak as representatives, whether they are qualified or designated to do so or not. Yet if one relies only on an official spokesman, it is difficult to know if the comments are...
Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2011
The High Administrative Court will convene on 10 October to discuss a challenge submitted by Jama’a al-Islamiya, demanding that it be allowed to form its own political party.
The Islamist group is challenging the decision of the Political Parties Committee, which recently rejected the group’s...
Date of source: Thursday, September 22, 2011
It was announced that an Islamist bloc will be established to run in Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections, which will include three Islamist parties, including members from al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmiyyah Shaykh Karām Zuhdi, chairman, and Fu'ād al-Dawālībī, a member of the group's Shūrá (Consultative...
Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2011
As the Turkish experience of democratization and Islamist party rule becomes more and more influential, what lessons does this model have for post-revolutionary Egypt?
Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2011
The Political Parties Affairs Committee on Monday rejected the establishment of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyah’s “Construction and Development Party.”
In a statement on Monday, the committee said it rejected the proposed party for its "purely religious" platform, which violates the law on political...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Shaykh 'Āsim Abd al-Mājid, al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah Spokesperson, affirmed that if the Islamist movement took power, it would allow Copts and other religions to drink alcohol and eat pork as long as they do not do it in front of Muslims.
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Date of source: Saturday, September 10, 2011
Safwat 'Abd al-Ghāni, a representative for al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah, has revealed that the party will run in the upcoming parliamentary elections to compete for 20 percent of the seats.