Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Egypt has suffered from much terrorism and violence. It had managed to eliminate the terrorism of past decades until new attacks killed innocents in Sharm al-Sheikh, Tābā and the Azhar area.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 20, 2005
During an interview, Muhammad Mahdi ‘Ākif assured that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a political party or group, but an Islamic umbrella association. It is concerned with education, upbringing, economics, media and even athletics.
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2005
The Cairo administrative courts’ report has paved the way for the Wasat party [center party] to get its license from the Parties Committee. The report raised many doubts about the party and its founding representative, Abu al-cIla Madī.
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
In January 1996, Abu al-‘Ila Mādī, then a leading member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, abandoned the Brotherhood. He and some 74 founding members have presented the documents founding al-Wasat party.
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
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...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 12, 2005
The closing chapter of the Islamic party story in Egypt ostensibly signals a happy ending, thanks to Nazīh Farīd Tanāghou, a Coptic judge and deputy of the State Council chairman. The Legation Authority, affiliated to the Egyptian Political Parties Court, gave “al-Wasat al-Jadīd” (the new middle)...
Date of source: Saturday, July 2, 2005
The Kifāya movement is organizing a Conference for National Dialogue on the 7th of July [Translator: The Conference was cancelled due to internal rifts and external pressures]. Kifāya invited 500 figures representing the Egyptian political spectrum to its “First Egyptian Democratic Conference” to...
Date of source: Monday, June 20, 2005
Sawt al-Umma received a document including a long complaint from 17 young elements from the Muslim Brotherhood including their views on the internal dynamics of the organization and how it seems like in deep need for reform.
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
‘Imād Taha discusses the birth of the Wasat Party, a breakaway from the Muslim Brotherhood, and questions the Islamist group’s support for plurality.
Date of source: Thursday, November 4, 2004
Dr. Abu Al-Ela Madi, deputy of the founders of Al-Wasat Al-Gadid Party [New Middel Party] refuses associating between his party and the Brotherhood, saying that the Brotherhood is pursuing a different path. He stresses that the Wasat Party is not the lawful cover of the Brotherhood.