Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2014
The Ministry of Endowments has decided to suspend more than 15 imams and preachers, refer them to be investigated and transfer them from the posts in Cairo, Giza, Gharbia and Beni-Suef to other governorates due to their opposition to the results of the presidential elections, insulting state...
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2014
After thanking the security forces and judiciary for their roles in facilitating the elections, Grand Muftī Shawqī Allām called upon all Egyptians to support the coming president in this critical part of Egypt’s history (Author not mentioned, al- Dustūr, May 30, p. 2).
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2014
EU Ministers of Interior requested internet service providers to ban internet sites that are used in recruiting European youth for Jihad in Syria. Theyalso agreed in a meeting in Brussels that all means and paths to recruiting European youth must be blocked (Sa’īd al- Subky, al- Wafd, May 12, p. 2...
Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2014
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros has led a mass in St. Antonios’ Church in Abū Dhabi on Saturday May 10, on the second day of his visit to the UAE. On Friday, the day of his arrival, the pope gave a lecture at the Bayt al- Shāti’ hall. He stated that “he came to the Emirates to thank the UAE and the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2014
Ansār Bayt al- Maqdis (terrorist group operating in Sinai) have stated that democracy is a form of infidelity that should be avoided as it destroys Islam. They added that that they are preparing their members religiously, organizationally and materially to jihād against infidels and apostates who...
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Anonymous sources stated that the committee assigned to draft a new parliamentary elections law is about to give 90% of the seats to individuals and 10% to the parties. This was rejected by the political parties which threatened to boycott the parliamentary elections if the share of individual...
Date of source: Thursday, May 8, 2014
Al- Qaeda organization has called upon the Islamist youth in Egypt to start a armed jihad against ‘the military coup’. It called on taking down the coup regime and constructing the State of Islamic Shari’ah. It assured that democracy is non-Islamic. Ādam Yahyā, known as the American Azzām, has...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Cairo Urgent Affairs Court banned the leaders of the former NDP (National Democratic Party) from running in all the coming elections. It has demanded the government to take all necessary measures to ban them (Ahmad Khalīl et al, al- Akhbār, May 7, p. 3)
Date of source: Sunday, June 22, 2014
Date of meeting: January 14, 2014
Participants: Kees Hulsman, Mohamed Khayyal, Jenna Ferrecchia, Christiane Paulus, Hala Fahmy, Adel Rizkallah, Yosra El Gendi, Esther Schoorel, Mette Toft Nielsen
Date of source: Thursday, June 19, 2014
The future of the Salafi Nūr [Nour] Party is in question, and it is yet uncertain if they will survive in the post-June 30 era, let alone thrive. The new constitution bars the formation of political parties based on religion in Article 74, and it will be up to the judiciary to decide if the Nūr...