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28. 70 Copts to face MB, salafists in elections

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Year: 
2011
Week: 
45
Article number: 
28
Article pages: 
30-31
Date of source: 
November 9, 2011
Author: 
'Imād Habīb
Reviewer: 
‘Amr al-Misrī
Article summary: 

A total of 70 Copts nationwide have decided to run in the forthcoming presidential elections, a figure almost the same as those who used to run in elections during the past 30 years.

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However, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party (ESDP) was the one that named the largest number of Coptic candidates, up to 20, including Dr. 'Imād Jād, an expert at the al-Ahrām Center for Political and Strategic Studies.

The North Cairo constituency is witnessing a cut-throat competition among Coptic candidates, particularly after Rāmī Lakah and Amīn Iskandar from al-Karāmah Party decided to run there to confront Hāzim Fārūq, the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)'s Freedom and Justice Party and a former People's Assembly member, and Mamdūh Ismā'īl, a lawyer and deputy leader of the salafi al-Asālah (Authenticity) Party.

George Ishaq will run in the elections for the first time in Port Said against MB candidate Akram al-Shā'ir.

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