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Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Controversy marred the constituent assembly’s meeting on Tuesday (July 24) after a decision to postpone the election of five substitutes for five main members of the panel who withdrew amidst the Azhar’s insistence on keeping Article II as stated in the 1971 constitution unchanged. [Muhammad Abū...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Supporters and fans of Dānyāl, who was a member of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party and a co-founder of the Maspero Youth Union, celebrated his 21st birthday which he never lived to see. [‘Alyā’ Hāmid, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, July 24, p. 5] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Meanwhile, the committee on registration of voters for the election of a new patriarch for the Coptic Orthodox Church finalized the inclusion of 2500 voters into the lists, including 500 expatriate Egyptians. [Ahmad al-Sa’dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, July 18, p. 3] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Meanwhile, intellectuals and Azhar scholars criticized salafī representatives in the constituent assembly drafting a new Egyptian constitution for trying to force unusual terms and phrases on the new constitution, like “shūrá (consultative) state” and “sovereignty is for God”.
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Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Meanwhile, intellectuals and Azhar scholars criticized salafī representatives in the constituent assembly drafting a new Egyptian constitution for trying to force unusual terms and phrases on the new constitution, like “shūrá (consultative) state” and “sovereignty is for God”.
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Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
On the other hand, Chairman of the Teachers’ Syndicate Ahmad al-Halawānī, who is also a member of the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said that there will be no change to Article 19 of the 1971 Constitution that read “religious education syllabus is a basic subject”. [...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
On the other hand, Chairman of the Teachers’ Syndicate Ahmad al-Halawānī, who is also a member of the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said that there will be no change to Article 19 of the 1971 Constitution that read “religious education syllabus is a basic subject”. [...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius said on Saturday (July 7) that the church is still concerned over the activities of the constituent assembly and fears that an Egyptian constitution expressive only of a certain group or another with no regard to the rest of the people would be issued.
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Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Dr. Wahīd ‘Abd al-Majīd, the official spokesman for the constituent assembly, said Article II has not been officially discussed inside the relevant committee on mainstays of the society or the general sessions in the assembly. [Ahmad Fathī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, July 8, p. 5] Read original text in...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Some 22 bishops and metropolitans held a closed meeting last week at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Pope Shenouda III's office to discuss backing a presidential candidate and select representatives of the church in the constituent assembly to draft a new constitution for Egypt, according to the pope...
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