Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2006
The
review highlights the Muslim Brotherhood’s position during the judges crisis that has recently gripped the
nation, amidst accusations that the outlawed group is trying to take advantage of the crisis to escalate its
confrontation with the regime.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
In his article, Ahmad Ayyoub discusses the upcoming session of the judges
trial, the
surrounding circumstances and the possible scenarios of the trial.
Date of source: Monday, May 22, 2006
Nearly 480 people, including 314 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood have been arrested on charges of organizing unauthorized demonstrations in support of the judges, who blew the whistle on election fraud.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Thousands
of Egyptian riot police were deployed in central Cairo Thursday in an
attempt to quell demonstrations and disperse
opposition supporters, who took to the streets in support of
the judges’ demands for the independence of the
judiciary. Demonstrators were beaten up, streets and metro...
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
A discussion of the pope’s arguments concerning divorce in the Coptic Orthodox
Church, and the ways in which
Christian personal status issues have been handled in the past.
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
The National Human Rights Committee proposes ways of dealing with issues of sectarian sedition, the judges and terrorism and Sinai.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
The Egyptian parliament has approved a two-year extension of the 25-year -old emergency law amidst strong opposition from Muslim Brotherhood and independent members of parliament. Arguing that the government uses the law to silence and oppress the opposition, Muslim Brotherhood members came to the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006 to Friday, April 21, 2006
Talāl al-Ansārī, the second defendant in the so-called al-Fanīya al-‘Askarīya [Armed Forces Technical College] case of the 1974 abortive
coup, continues publishing episodes of his diary in Rose al-Yousuf magazine, recounting how he received
strict orders from first defendant Sālih Sarīya to deny...
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2001
The family of Saad Eddin Ibrahim hopes for the acceptance of the appeal he lodged to stop the implementation of the sentence against him. Ibrahim’s defense explained that one of the reasons for accepting the appeal was the fact that the Cassation Court decided that military decrees have nothing to...
Date of source: Monday, April 3, 2006
Pope Shenouda’s rejection of the Administrative Judiciary Court’s ruling granting divorced Christians the right to a second marriage is still drawing wide-scale reactions as many Coptic writers support the pope’s decision on the grounds that the ruling clashes with biblical texts.