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6. Jamā'ah Islāmīyāh says no Copt or woman will be president

Tue, 2011-07-19 09:58 — Diana

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Year: 
2011
Week: 
29
Article number: 
6
Article pages: 
10
Date of source: 
July 19, 2011
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Not mentioned
Reviewer: 
Diana Maher Ghali
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Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah handed its documents to establish its political party al-Binā' wa al-Tanmīyah (Reconstruction and Development) to the Political Parties' Affairs Committee.

'Isām Dirbālah, the head of the group's Shurā Council, said that there are a lot of women and Copts among founders of the party, but, he said, it is inappropriate for a Copt to be president on the grounds that Muslims are the majority in Egypt.

Furthermore, women can take roles in several tasks but not as president, Dirbālah added.

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