Al Monitor Egyptian businessmen rattled by new regulations In a move that led to the loss of billions of Egyptian pounds on the stock market, the Ministry of Finance issued implementing regulations April 7 for a law ratified by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in mid-2014 imposing a 10% tax on stock market profits for shareholders and speculators. The law had been met with opposition from businessmen and preceded the loss of billions of pounds on the stock market after the government began discussing it on May 31, 2014, until its ratification by Sisi on July 2, 2014. A source from the Egyptian Businessmen Association who spoke to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity expressed his opposition to the new tax law. Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/04/egypt-decision-tax-stock-market-businessmen-sisi.html Haaretz Sisi wants religious reform in Egypt "The prophet taught us to obey the ruler even if he's a black slave," said Sheikh Mohammed Muhanna, spokesman for the Council of Senior Scholars at Cairo's Al-Azhar University. This statement was another episode in a saga riveting Egypt for weeks now over the comments by Islam al-Beheiry, who hosts a program on religion on the private television station Al Kahera Wal Nas. But his target list hasn't been confined to radical organizations; he has also criticized Al-Azhar and its head, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb. Read more: http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/.premium-1.653384 Irish Independent Government 'is ignoring teenager jailed in Egypt because he is a Muslim' A YOUNG Irishman locked up in an Egyptian jail is being treated as a "second-class citizen" by the Government because he is a Muslim, his family claim. They also state the authorities do not regard teenager Ibrahim Halawa as "fully Irish" because of his religion. Ibrahim was detained by Egyptian police with three of his sisters, when they were caught up in the al-Fath mosque siege in Cairo in July 2013. Read more: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/government-is-ignoring-teenager-jailed-in-egypt-because-he-is-a-muslim-31170274.html
