Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2012
Combined army and police force raided several houses in B’ir al-‘Abd and Jilbānah villages in central Sinai on Sunday (May 13) and arrested four suspected of involvement in the largest deal to smuggle weapons from Libyan territories.
Forty surface-to-surface missiles, 11,000 bullets and...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2012
Informed sources at the papal seat of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that the period to register voters in the election of a new patriarch will be extended until the end of June while nominations will continue to be received until the end of this month. [Ahmad al-Sa’dāwī, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd,...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2012
Combined army and police force raided several houses in B’ir al-‘Abd and Jilbānah villages in central Sinai on Sunday (May 13) and arrested four suspected of involvement in the largest deal to smuggle weapons from Libyan territories.
Forty surface-to-surface missiles, 11,000 bullets and...
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2012
In a long queue in the Cairo district of Shubrā, 75-year-old Ahmad al-Sayīd said the platforms of candidates are all the same, adding voting must be based on the candidate’s “Islamic background because God will ask us who did we vote for”.
In another location in Subrā, 67-year-old Christian man...
Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah appealed to Egyptians to avoid violence and conflicts while they are casting their votes in the presidential elections and not to pay attention to calls that spark divisions.
“The Egyptian people’s will and results of the elections must be respected and...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Meanwhile, the general secretariat of the Shūrá Council, the upper house of parliament, has set in an initial report five general conditions and 10 criteria for persons seeking the post of chief editors.
The conditions include an experience in the press that is no less than 15 years, the editor...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Meanwhile, the general secretariat of the Shūrá Council, the upper house of parliament, has set in an initial report five general conditions and 10 criteria for persons seeking the post of chief editors.
The conditions include an experience in the press that is no less than 15 years, the editor...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The central committee on national awareness for Copts, affiliated to the Orthodox Church in Alexandria, apologized for not convening a conference titled “No for Directing (voters),” which was supposed to be held on Monday (May 21), due to pressures, the committee said in a statement.
The committee...
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2012
In the first presidential debate ever in the history of Egypt, presidential candidate ‘Amr Mūsá said there was accordance over Article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution, which holds that general principles of the Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation while people of other faiths will...
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2012
In the first presidential debate ever in the history of Egypt, presidential candidate ‘Amr Mūsá said there was accordance over Article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution, which holds that general principles of the Islamic sharī’ah are the main source of legislation while people of other faiths will...