Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that the final draft of a constitution approved on November 29, 2012, by Egypt’s 100-member constituent assembly protects some rights but undermines others.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2012
The Coptic Evangelical Church’s Synod appealed to President Muḥammad Mursī to freeze his constitutional declaration and call for a national dialogue that would bring together all segments of the society to reach accordance over critical issues.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Shaykh Muhammad Hassān, Vice-President of the Islamic Legitimate Body for Rights and Reform (ILBRR), called on all political powers and public figures, including President Muhammad Mursī, to seek dialogue to get the nation out of its current deadlock that followed a recent constitutional...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Shaykh Muhammad Hassān, Vice-President of the Islamic Legitimate Body for Rights and Reform (ILBRR), called on all political powers and public figures, including President Muhammad Mursī, to seek dialogue to get the nation out of its current deadlock that followed a recent constitutional...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 4, 2012
At the police station of al-Haram district in Giza, a police report has been bailed against ′Abd-al-Halῑm Qandῑl, the editor in chief of Sawt -al-‘Ummah Newspaper, and ′Isām Ismā′ῑl, the board chairman of the same.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Facing critiques on whether religious institutions polarize the Egyptian Christians and Muslims in casting their votes for or against the upcoming constitutional referendum, the Minister of Awqāf (Endowments), Dr. Tal′at ′Afīfī said, that any imām who claims having been instructed to do so, will...
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2012
Amidst rallies to mobilize their congregations to vote 'no', the three major Churches of Egypt declined to attend the presidential ceremony held two days ago and during which the draft constitution was handed out to President Mursī.
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2012
"Our dead in Paradise and their dead in fire!"; "remnants (of the ousted regime), hired (thugs), and enemies of Islam and the Revolution!" These were the words of hostility with which Islamist movements and parties, such as al-Nahdah Party, mostly supporters of President Muhammad Mursī, attacked...
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2012
While the leader of the Salafi Jihadism Movement calls on boycotting the draft constitution as it places the sovereignty of people above God, Faysal 'Abd al-Rā'ūf, the Imām of the largest mosque in the United States of America, wrote in his article in Newsweek Magazine on December 1st that Muhammad...
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2012
Muhammad al-Zawahrī, leader of the Salafī Jihadism Movement, announced Sunday (December 2, 2012) that the Movement will boycott the upcoming constitutional referendum. According to al-Zawahrī, the sovereignty is God's alone, while the new constitution places the sovereignty of the state in the...