Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2012
Egyptians in general and Christians in particular heaved a sigh of relief after the Azhar settled the row about Article II of the Constitution by calling for keeping it intact.
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb said that Article II in the way it is drafted now is a “title of accordance”...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2012
“This Saturday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will do something that no U.S. Secretary of State has ever done: meet with a democratically elected president of Egypt.
The meeting should be about more than symbolism. Egyptian women were at the forefront of their revolution, but the systemic...
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Mufti of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah gave a military salute to army and police commanders who received him at the office of Beni Suef Governor Counselor Māhir Bibars on Friday (July 13). [‘Umar al-Shaykh, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 14, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Mufti of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah gave a military salute to army and police commanders who received him at the office of Beni Suef Governor Counselor Māhir Bibars on Friday (July 13). [‘Umar al-Shaykh, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 14, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2012
On the other hand, the committee overseeing the papal election will meet on Tuesday (July 17) at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah to announce names of voters for the election of a new pope in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha...
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”.
Constitution expert...
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Mufti of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah gave a military salute to army and police commanders who received him at the office of Beni Suef Governor Counselor Māhir Bibars on Friday (July 13). [‘Umar al-Shaykh, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 14, p. 1] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2012
Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius will set on Tuesday a period of one or two weeks to receive challenges against registered voters who now number 2100 from Egypt and abroad. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 14, p. 8] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2012
On the other hand, the committee overseeing the papal election will meet on Tuesday (July 17) at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah to announce names of voters for the election of a new pope in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha...
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”.
Constitution expert...