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Muhammad Ra’fat ‘Uthmān, the rapporteur of the fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] Research Committee at the Islamic Research Academy, issued a fatwa rendering halāl [permissible] the use of genetic engineering technologies to determine the sex of the fetus.
What happens if we ignored the attacks that the American media launched on Egypt? We tried all the ways and means to fight off their accusations, why not try something else?
Eleven organizations for human rights reported to the Attorney General the death of a lady named Nafīsa, in one of the Buhayra villages, following the abuse of a police officer called, Muhammad ‘Abd al-Hamīd ‘Ammār. The story triggered outcries from the people of Buhayra to all people of the...
Sacd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, one of Egypt’s most prominent activists and human rights crusaders, has challenged his country’s leaders for most of his life. He was imprisoned from 2000 to 2003 on charges that were criticized internationally as being politically motivated. Ibrāhīm is writing his memoirs...
President Husnī Mubārak responded to this call by amending the article 76 of the constitution to allow for multi-candidate presidential elections. However, in order to proceed with the elections in an incorrupt fashion, the Egyptian press must regain its freedom, which it had lost ever since the...
Teach your people democracy! In order to establish a sound democratic system and the creation of constitutional institutions, is it good enough to attempt to hold free, impartial, and honest elections, without political, cultural, or democratic awareness ingrained in the society? Are the polls...
The unprecedented move that the President surprised us with puts us in an utterly bewildering position. It is a question of whether or not the political parties representing the people will grasp the political situation that ensued from the July revolution.
The anti-democratic destruction of democracy with democracy! How can crippling people, insulting them and spreading panic be called freedom of expression? People must learn how to express their democratic freedom. However, if their expressions contradict the law, harsh punishments should be...
Although the operative constitutions and laws in Europe and the US guarantee the freedom of expression and manifestation, still they are circumscribed. A manifestation must be nonviolent and cannot keep people from assuming their affairs, hinder the traffic flow, or ruin public property.
It is the people’s right to protest, but if these protests turn into complete disorder and chaos, then this right should be, carefully, reconsidered. There is a thin line between protests and chaos, and we must be careful not to trespass it.

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