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The future of democracy in Egypt is closely intertwined with the Muslim Brotherhood and their location on the political spectrum. There are many forces on this spectrum trying to marginalize it.
A few months ago the US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, declared that the American Administration would not mind if the elections brought a religious political force to power in the Middle East.
Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, president of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Human Studies, has abandoned his plans to run for president after confirming that he does not qualify according to the new amendment. He endorsed Dr. Ayman Nour, President of Al-Ghad party despite the current lawsuit against him.
The report issued by the State Council commission, which confirmed the Islamic sharī‘a as the main legislative source according to the third [Editor: should be second] article of the constitution, has provoked positive reactions among the political coulisses. The report also stated that the...
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Shaykh Tantāwī, is currently in a state of extreme distress and it clearly shows on his face. The author discusses why this might be. He says newspapers issued in Egypt with foreign licenses have been firmly instructed not to level the slightest criticism at Dr. ‘Alī...
Presidential and parliamentary election laws ban using religious logos in order to sustain national unity. Although all parliament members agreed on the concept of national unity, a huge debate, about whether to use religious logos or not, continued for almost two hours.
I do not doubt for a single moment that Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a has been abreast in detail of the instructions given to the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, from the presidency about from the campaign of support for the president in Egyptian mosques, which,...
I don’t know exactly how the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, has felt when he received in his office the detailed scenario of what should be done by the Azhar culamā’ and mosque imāms appointed by the Ministry of Awqāf [endowments] in support of President Husnī Mubārak in...
Yousuf Sidhom returns to an issue he feels has been neglected, given the dramatic incidents in Egypt in the last six months, that is the problem with religious identity and ID and voting cards.
Uncommon in Egyptian press, al-Dustour publishes excerpts of the Human Rights Watch report on Egypt, 2005, revealing many problems in Egypt.

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