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On Thursday, the fifth session of Mubarak's trial saw witnesses accuse the former minister of interior of ordering the shooting of protesters. Police Commander Essam Shawky, the eighth witness, told Judge Ahmed Refaat that Adly ordered to quell the anti-government protests this year by 'any means...
Islamist and secular groups on Wednesday endorsed a document issued by Al-Azhar earlier this summer affirming that Egypt’s new political system should be democratic. But they disagreed over whether to make the document binding on the architects of the first post-Mubarak constitution.  
The Democratic Alliance for Egypt, a massive political coalition formed in early June to heal the rift between Islamists and secularists, may be on the verge of falling apart, with ideological differences proving too large to overcome.  
 Despite ongoing feuds over the identity of the state in post-Mubarak Egypt, both secularists and Islamists have recently agreed on one issue: the necessity of liberating Al-Azhar from government control. Yet, each camp has its own motives for supporting an autonomous clergy.
In an Islamic state, the president should be responsible for ensuring that Islamic rituals are observed, including the wearing of the veil and weekly congregational prayers, said potential Islamist presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail in a televised interview on Saturday.  
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, contrary to what many have expected, ignored during a weekly sermon on Wednesday (July 20) the crisis of divorced Christians demanding remarriage. The St. Mark Cathedral on Monday (July 18) had witnessed a sit-in by Copts angry over the church's rejection to grant...
“Take to the streets on July 8, the revolution is still on,” reads graffiti on Qasr al-Nil street a few miles away from Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the 25 January Revolution. This graffiti attests to the disillusionment as well as the frustration of many Egyptians with the course taken by the...
 Egypt stands at a political crossroads; the decisions made and battles won at this juncture mean the difference between success or failure in the quest for a transition to genuine democracy. As the options are pondered, a debate over the identity of the state has arisen between liberals, who...
Reformist Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leader ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh has announced his intention to run as an independent presidential candidate in the upcoming elections. He thereby defies the MB’s decision not to field a presidential candidate, which is likely to exacerbate the rift between the...
The article at hand criticizes the Sepreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) hitherto lax dealing with salafīsts. Instead of trying suspects of e.g. the church torching in ‘Ātfīh in court, the SCAF has opted for informal mediation in order to reconcile perpetrators and victims. Recent sectarian...

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