Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Al-Watan reports that Copts have demanded that General ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Minister of Defense, promptly withdraws his decision to appoint Major General Hamdī Badīn as Egypt’s Military Attaché to China.
Badīn, former Commander of Military Police, faces accusations of allegedly playing a role in...
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2012
The enactment of the law on the Azhar, known in the media as the Azhar independence law, was severely criticized as it was approved and published in the official gazette a few days before the People's Assembly session.
'Abd al-Ghanī Hindī, the leader of the people's movement for the independence...
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Interviewers: Quinta Smit, Eline Kasanwidjojo, Aidan Mascarenhas-Keyes
Language of interview: English (original intverview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Quinta Smit
Approval: Requested and no objection received
Dr. Nadia Muṣṭafā works at the Institute of Progressive Civil Studies...
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Interviewer: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Language of interview: English (original interview), English (presented transcript)
Transcript: Eline Kasanwidjojo
Approval: requested and no objection received
The interview with Aḥmad Najīb Founder Council of Trustees of the Revolution in Egypt, evolves round the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
That was fast.
After only one week in office, President Mursī has picked his first fight – he issued a decree to reinstate the dissolved parliament.
Shortly before the run-off election the Supreme Constitutional Court ruled parliament to be unconstitutional based on procedural grounds, and the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2012
The headlines in the West will read, ‘Mubārak sentenced to life imprisonment.’ They may also say, ‘Egyptians take to the street in protest.’ Confused?
Unless one reads more deeply the obvious connection must be that protestors wanted his head, literally. The reality is rather simple, just not...
Date of source: Saturday, December 10, 2011
News is almost never as it appears. On December 1st I went with investigative researcher and former lieutenant with the Egyptian coastal security Intelligence Rā’id al-Sharqāwī to Tahrīr square. The square is currently blocked for traffic by perhaps 2,000 demonstrators asking people wanting to...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2011
Bishop Yu'annis, secretary of H.H. Pope Shenouda III, said that the Coptic pope sent his approval of the law on the construction of houses of worship and churches to the Egyptian Cabinet and the Supreme Military Council. Bishop Yu'annis added that the Pope had intended to visit the Grand Shaykh...
Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2011
A number of the Azhar Scholars, members of the “Egyptian Family House” and the three Egyptian churches welcomed the draft law on building houses of worship. They all asked for its issuance as soon as possible in order to face the sectarian fitnah that takes place every now and then. The Azhar...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2011
The Military Council of the Armed Forces ratified death sentences against three leaders of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah group, and nine others with similar sentences.