Date of source: Monday, August 22, 2011
It is definite that the scenario of an Islamic emirate sought after in Sinai is a model of what matters might develop to if the religious extremists camp grew further brutal.
It was really pleasing to listen to recent statements by Lt. General Sāmī 'Anān, Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Army and...
Date of source: Thursday, August 18, 2011
Army Chief of Staff Sami Annan affirmed his support for the principle of Egypt as a civil state on Tuesday, saying that the principle must be enshrined in the new constitution as a matter of national security.
“We must insist on this clause,” he said during a meeting with Egyptian intellectuals,...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
The recent Muslim Brotherhood statement demanding that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) refrain from interfering in how the constitution is drawn up by producing a list of supra-constitutional principles could mean the end of the honeymoon period between the military and the country's...
Date of source: Monday, August 15, 2011
Subhī Sālih, a Muslim Brotherhood lawyer, threatened that the MB will resort to the public if the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) issued a decision of the supra-constitution principles.
Date of source: Saturday, August 13, 2011
A month and a half ago, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) instructed the government to draw up the principles for selecting the panel that will formulate the constitution, and release these principles as a constitutional declaration after political powers have approved them, Mamdouh...
Date of source: Sunday, August 14, 2011
The founder of the secular Free Egyptians Party, Coptic businessman Naguib Sawiris, accused Islamist movements of hijacking the Egyptian revolution.
The remark was made by Sawiris on Saturday during a speech at the seventh meeting of the Arab and International Relations Council in Kuwait. The...
Date of source: Thursday, August 11, 2011
Well informed sources revealed to al-Ahrām that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) made no deals with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) or salafists.
Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2011
What had been planned as a “Friday of unifying the ranks” ended, as unanimously agreed by the Egyptian media, as a “Friday of splitting the ranks”. While the day began with various political groups, including Islamists, converging on Tahrir Square in numbers that came close to a million, it ended...
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2011
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Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces and Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, has stressed his desire to set up “a modern civil state where democracy is firmly established, and citizens’ rights are preserved through fair and free elections”...
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2011
Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī, the chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), called for quickly taking all the necessary legal action against the former officials who "devastated politics".
Tantāwī, during a meeting with the new lineup of Prime Minister 'Isām Sharaf's...