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On the other hand, Molawi Ishaq Madani, the Iranian president’s advisor for Sunnī Muslims’ affairs, underlined the importance of having closer ties binding Egypt and Iran, noting this “alleged” difference between Sunnīs and Shiites is “in the political interests of only certain Arab governments and...
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, who is also the chairman of the committee on registration of votes for the election of a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said the registration of eligible voters was postponed to Friday (April 20). He noted that the Holy Synod will discuss in its meeting...
Meanwhile, the Maspero Youth Union (MYU) is holding a ceremony to commemorate the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah on the occasion of the anniversary of the 40th day of his departure. [Rānyā Nabīl, al-Ahālī, April 18, p. 1] ...
Upper Egyptians, Copts and Sūfīs will have the final say in the forthcoming election of Egypt’s new president, writes Ahmād ‘Āmir ‘Abd Allāh in an opinion article in al-Ahrām newspaper. Votes of Upper Egyptians, who form nearly half the voting power and are known to have old deep-rooted loyalty to...
Lawmaker Jābir al-Jahlān, a member of the parliamentary bloc of the Building & Development Party, the political arm of the al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group), said the Jamā’ah does not mind having any of the fulūl (remnants) of the former regime to enter the presidential elections on...
The parliamentary body of the MB’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) expressed rejection that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) or the Azhar should interfere in laying the criteria for setting up a constitution-drafting panel. The board also said it will be committed to the...
Constitutional law experts, for their part, said the Azhar should not interfere in those criteria now that there are no constitutional texts or historical precedents in this concern. They agreed that the Azhar’s initiative is a guiding one but not at all binding to any party, adding the top Sunnī ...
The parliamentary body of the MB’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) expressed rejection that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) or the Azhar should interfere in laying the criteria for setting up a constitution-drafting panel. The board also said it will be committed to the...
The parliamentary body of the MB’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) expressed rejection that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) or the Azhar should interfere in laying the criteria for setting up a constitution-drafting panel. The board also said it will be committed to the...
“The nation is now like a ship boarding all. If it sinks, all will drown and if it sails through, all will survive,” said Hassān in a meeting with the Azhar students on Tuesday (April 17), urging followers of MB member Khayrat al-Shātir and Salafist Hāzim Salāh Abū Ismā’īl, both were disqualified...

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