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Once asked what democracy is, former Vice-President Hubert Humphrey replied, “It is the right not to listen.” The citizens of a political community debate and argue many political and non-political issues vital or minor to their existence. In a non-democratic society and state, there is a monopoly...
His Grace, Bishop Bīshouy, Secretary General of the Holy Synod, has declared church leaders’ support for President Mubārak, leader of the National Democratic Party, in the upcoming presidential elections.
The Coptic Orthodox Church has recently been attacked by individuals that call themselves ‘opposition from within the church’. These people concentrate their attacks on the leaders of the church and allege that there is a barrier separating the pope from his congregation.
The relentless attack waged by a number of church leaders and Christian intellectuals against Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, over his support for the reelection of President Husnī Mubārak has caused the Pope to lose a degree of control. He has begun to openly use the...
Thousands of protesters were in the street in Cairo, and thousands more riot police, but for a few moments the only sound was of cars rumbling by and the occasional crackle of a police radio. It was prayer time, and the slogans calling for freedom and democracy had ceased as many of the protesters...
The Muslim Brotherhood’s recent statement on the presidential elections kept the door open for everyone – government and opposition alike. This was no surprise to anyone.
The fatwas of the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, have always created controversy. In an interview with al-‘Arabī, Dr. Tantāwī hints that he has not read all the presidential candidates’ electoral programs - yet declares the Azhar’s full support of President Mubārak.
Concerning the UN Security Council membership Dr. Butrus Ghālī, chairman of the National Council of Human Rights, says the five veto powers in the Security Council are the main obstacle against Egyptian membership. Dr. Ghālī stated that Egypt will need to exert a huge diplomatic effort to compete...
For the first time in the history of Egypt, Egyptian citizens will exercise their constitutional right to elect their president in a free, direct ballot.
The issue of selecting a head of state was included in a body of principles in the Islamic sharīca and the fiqh [jurisprudence]. The article mentions five different principles of choosing a head of state from an Islamic point of view.

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