Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2012
Dr. Nājih Ibrāhīm, a member of the al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) Shūrá Council, said the Egyptian society is not read now for the implementation of the Islamic sharī’ah, urging the people in power to seek socio-political justice and public freedoms. [Munīr Adīb, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 5,...
Date of source: Thursday, July 12, 2012
Scholars of the Azhar said the appointment of a Coptic vice president is permissible in Islam as long as this step would maintain the interests of the nation and the people, citing examples of Christian officials serving in Islamic caliphate countries. [Marwah al-Bashīr, al-Ahrām, July 12, p. 35]...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Egyptian churches urged President Muhammad Mursī to respect court rulings, criticizing his recent decision to reinstate the dissolved parliament while Coptic activists slammed it as “aggression on the rule of law and victory of the interests of the president’s group at the expense of the homeland’...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2012
Anger is overwhelming church and women circles after newspaper reports quoted the salafī al-Nūr Party and al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) as rejecting the appointment of a woman or a Copt as vice president. [Author Not Mentioned, Akhbār al-Yawm, July 7, p. 9] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Sunday (July 8) issued a presidential decree reinstating the dissolved parliament which would practice all its powers included in Article 33 of the constitutional declaration dated March 30, 2011. [Ahmad al-Batrīq, Ibrāhīm al-Bahī and Muhammad Fū’ād, al-Ahrām, July 9, p...
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2012
The crisis over Article II of an expected Egyptian Constitution is about to be settled as salafī members of the constituent assembly announced their agreement that the principles of Islamic sharī’ah would be the main source of legislation but asked for including an explanation of the word ‘...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
The salafī al-Nūr Party severely slammed Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb for rejecting to provide explanations for the word “principles” in the constitution, urging him to issue a statement indicating why he insists on keeping Article II unchanged. [Hamdī Dabash, ‘Usāmah al-Mahdī,...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2016
[Editor: This is a report of a meeting between a delegation of the University of Vienna, Austria, and Dr.’Amr As’ad, former board member of the Center for Arab-West Understanding on May 25, thus before the second round of the elections. Yet, ‘Amr’s remarks are nevertheless still very interesting to...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood is a difficult subject to tackle. Some of this is the fault of others – there appears to be significant bias against them in many quarters. Some of this is their own fault – they are a closed organization accountable to no government oversight.
Date of source: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Many Egyptians believe that the US supports Mursī and the Muslim Brotherhood in being the next president and forming the next government of Egypt.
As a US-born American, I have always loved my country, but I have seldom been a fan of US-government foreign policy in the Middle East whether...