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 President Husnī Mubārak appointed 10 MPs to the new elected parliament, including 7 Copts. The appointees included one woman, 'Amīnah Shafīq, member of National Council for Women (NCW).  
This report provides an overview of different human rights organizations in Egypt and th
Members of the People’s Assembly have warned against issuing a license for female-only mosques, saying that such step would violate Sharī‘ah and Islamic teachings.
A draft law for the construction of mosques, churches, and synagogues without discrimination was submitted to the People’s Assembly in order to be discussed and issued in case of approval.
The article praises the achievements of Egypt’s first lady, Mrs. Suzan Mubārak whose activities, says the author, are based on genuine faith, sound thought and a practical approach.
The article discusses the attitude of the Muslims Brotherhood, members of the Bar Association towards female lawyers. A group of women lawyers decided to form a committee for women. Their decision disturbed the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Egyptian Minister of Interior, Habīb al-‘Adlī toldDr. Ahmad Kamāl Abu al-Majd, the Deputy Head of the National Council for Human Rights that all detainees who were proven to represent no threat to society will be released.
A conference has discussed Egyptian women’s rights in the current Personal Status Law. The attendants demanded the amendment of some articles of the aforementioned laws, guaranteeing the rights of women and children.
The Islamic Research Academy has rejected a draft law on female circumcision submitted by the National Council for Women.
The outlawed organization knows that state or ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) officials agree to attend meetings on democracy and reform providing Muslim Brotherhood activist do not attend, even though such meetings tend to focus on the Brotherhood.

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