Date of source: Monday, June 4, 2012
On the other hand, an official source said the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is likely to issue a complementary constitutional declaration that would set the powers of the president a few days ahead of handover of power to an elected head of state.
The step is expected after the runoff...
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The Center for Arab-West Understanding had faced numerous obstacles from the moment the founders wanted to establish the organization in 2004, despite its lofty goal of facilitating understanding between communities in Egypt and the Arab World and the West, through producing material for Arab-Wes
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2012
“Citizens are trapped between a rock and a hard place. They will have to choose only between the fulūl (remnants of the former regime) or Islamist groups. Citizens voted for Shafīq not because he is the most efficient but rather to avoid brining the Muslim Brotherhood to power,” said Harīrī in...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Copts’ choices will not be out of these three after they dropped Dr. ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh out of their calculations the moment he struck alliances with Islamist groups, let alone his past as one of the leading turncoats from the Muslim Brotherhood group and the emergence of file photos of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Copts’ choices will not be out of these three after they dropped Dr. ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh out of their calculations the moment he struck alliances with Islamist groups, let alone his past as one of the leading turncoats from the Muslim Brotherhood group and the emergence of file photos of...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2012
Dūs said he believes in Abū al-Futūh’s political platform and that the presidential candidate is offering nothing to be afraid of, adding Abū al-Futūh represents the moderate Azharite Islam.
A person attending the conference asked Dūs about the “price Abū al-Futūh had to pay for Salafists to get...
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2012
“Non-Muslims are free to their own faiths and we have to offer them amity and peace if they do not fight us,” said ‘Awwā during a rally next to the al-Fayoum cultural center on Friday (March 16), adding only true believers (Muslims) will apply the Islamic sharī’ah and be fair between Muslims and...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
On the other hand, Molawi Ishaq Madani, the Iranian president’s advisor for Sunnī Muslims’ affairs, underlined the importance of having closer ties binding Egypt and Iran, noting this “alleged” difference between Sunnīs and Shiites is “in the political interests of only certain Arab governments and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2012
There has been a rumor that 22 of the top metropolitans and bishops were backing presidential candidate ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh, sparking anger that could in turn have a negative effect on all priests in churches and Coptic electorate.
Spurred by these rumors, the Holy Synod had to issue a...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Bishop Armīyā, one of the nominees to succeed the pope, denied reports by newspapers that he accepted condolences by the Israeli ambassador in Cairo, Yaakov Amitai. [Ashraf Sādiq, Laylá Mustafá and Tāmir ‘Abd al-Ra’ūf, al-Ahrām, March 20, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic