"There are some people who always want to spoil the [restoring] of relations between Egypt and Iran." -- Farouk Goweida , Al-Alam Al-Yom "Men of religion and religious institutions share the responsibility for the Muslims' backwardness." -- Ragab El-Banna , Al-Ahram "I left the UN because I didn't back many US positions, especially those regarding the Palestinian cause." -- Boutros Boutros-Ghali , Al-Masry Al-Yom "The bias shown by the ICC is not occasional but a systematic and well planned approach on the part of powerful states against the weak in the name of the new international judicial system." -- Mahmoud Al-Mubarak , Al-Hayat "If Khartoum and Al-Bashir's regime had quickly confronted the Darfur crisis and took tangible steps towards domestic reconciliation and resolving its problems with the south, the situation in Sudan would have been far better today." -- Tareq Al-Humayed , Asharq Al-Awsat "Now that the president is being summoned by an international tribunal, the government is asking warring political parties to unite and show sympathy." -- Abdul-Rahman Al-Rashed, Asharq Al-Awsat
