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Articles of the author MOHAMED ISMAIL ANAS HABIB
Islamists' consultations to form coalition according to electoral ratios
CAIRO: Leaders in the Freedom and Justice and Salafi al-Nour parties announced they are ready to hold a governmental coalition in accordance with election results. The official spokesperson of al-Nour Party Mohamed Said said the initial election (...)

30 - 11 - 2011
Tahrir Islamists reject Baradei as the head of proposed cabinet
Youm7 learned that Islamic political forces protesting in Tahrir Square rejected a proposed “national salvation government,” which recommended Mohamed el-Baradei hold the premiership. Sources revealed that the "Liberal Islamists" coalition, which (...)

26 - 11 - 2011
Islamic split over participation in million-man protest today
CAIRO: Islamic organizations position towards Friday's November 25 million-man demonstration varied. Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders and the Islamic group announced they will boycott Friday's million-man demonstration in fear of the postponement of (...)

25 - 11 - 2011
MB: Our participation in the protests would escalate violence and vandalism
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) issued a statement regarding the Tahrir incidents, assuring the protesters in Tahrir Square and in different governorates' squares were provoked by the violent assault of the police. The statement said the (...)

24 - 11 - 2011
Muslim Brotherhood will not sit-in in Tahrir: Spokesman
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood will not participate in a sit-in in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square, according to official spokesman Mohamed Ghazlan. Ghazlan said the attacks against protesters in the square are planned to drag as much as possible (...)

21 - 11 - 2011
MB, Salafis affirm participation in million man protest after Sharaf meeting
Links: Freedom and Justice Party, al-Nour Party, Muslim Botherhood, Essam Sharaf, Ali el-Selmy CAIRO: The Freedom and Justice and al-Nour Parties' sources both affirmed their participation in the million man protest on November 18, despite (...)

17 - 11 - 2011
Freedom & Justice Party calls on Islamic powers to unify for elections
CAIRO: The Secretary General of the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Freedom and Justice Party, Saad Katatni, called on Egypt's Islamic powers to unify for upcoming parliamentary elections. Katatni appreciated the code of ethics issued by activists (...)

23 - 10 - 2011
Al-Nour Party will elect 58 women in its electoral list
Sources revealed Al-Nour Party's supreme committee decided to elect 58 women in its list for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Egypt. They also mentioned the party is considering adding 30 more women, so there are 88 women in the party's (...)

07 - 10 - 2011
Presidential candidates to meet
Youm7 learned that six likely presidential candidates will meet Monday to discuss the latest political developments in Egypt, most prominently the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces' statement signed by 13 political parties. Sources said the (...)

03 - 10 - 2011
Al-Wafd official: We did not withdraw from coalition
An official in the al-Wafd Party dismissed rumors that the party withdrew from the Democratic Coalition Friday evening, saying it still exists. Waheed Abdel Majid, head of the Democratic Coalition's electoral coordination committee, said the (...)

01 - 10 - 2011
Presidential candidates send statement to Egypt's ruling military council
Seven of the likely presidential candidates announced they sent a statement to Egypt's ruling military council to explain their vision regarding the genuine shift towards democracy. A media statement issued by the seven candidates reported they (...)

25 - 09 - 2011
Egyptian political groups submit requests to SCAF
Thirty-two Islamic and secular political groups launched the popular initiative "Security, Bread, Freedom" to demand that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) adhere to the transition as scheduled. They also demanded the SCAF amend the (...)

22 - 09 - 2011
Islamic bloc to run in next parliamentary elections
CAIRO: Chairman of the new al-Umma political party Sami Hegazy announced that an Islamic bloc will be established to run in Egypt's upcoming parliamentary elections. Hegazy said the bloc includes three Islamic parties. Among the group's members (...)

22 - 09 - 2011
MB and Al-Wafd control preliminary list of democratic alliance
Sources inside the democratic alliance revealed candidates from both Al-Wafd Party and the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Freedom and Justice Party dominate the preliminary list formed by the electoral coordination committee. The list includes 100 (...)

20 - 09 - 2011
Egyptians outside Spanish Min of Justice call to extradite Hussein Salem
The Egyptian community in Spain organized a protest outside the Spanish Ministry of Justice today calling to return stolen Egyptian funds in Spain and to extradite fugitive Egyptian businessman Hussein Salem from Spain to Egypt. Ibrahim Aboul (...)

18 - 09 - 2011
Lawsuit includes 55 Spanish signatures to deliver Hussein Salem
Journalist and information advisor Moataz Salah el-Din said that a volunteer Spanish lawyer filed a lawsuit before the national Supreme Court in Madrid. The lawsuit included 55 Spanish signatures demanding to deliver Hussein Salem to Egyptian (...)

17 - 09 - 2011
Hazem Abu Ismail: Erdogan's position towards secularism is astonishing
Egyptian presidential candidate with Islamic background, Hazem Abu Ismail, criticized the Turkish Prime Minister for his declarations about secularism in Egypt. Erdogan praised Turkish secularism, which was surprising for many Islamic movements (...)

14 - 09 - 2011
Salafi scholars' shura council rejects supra-constitutional articles
The Salafi Scholars Shura Council “rejects the supra-constitutional articles because they are against the will of the Egyptian people,” said Waheed Abdel Salam, a member of the Council. “The ruling military council and the Council of Ministries (...)

03 - 09 - 2011
Selim al-Awa asks Gadhafi to step down
Muammar Gadhafi must step down and stop perpetrating massacres against the Libyan people, according to Selim al-Awa, a likely candidate for Egypt's next presidential elections. He added that Gadhafi must consider the reality before “increasing his (...)

22 - 08 - 2011
Democratic coalition to compete for all seats in parliament
The Democratic Coalition will “compete for 100 percent of the parliament chairs in the upcoming elections,” reported President of the Electoral Coordination Committee of the Democratic Coalition Waheed Abdel Majid. “The Coalition seeks to form a (...)

22 - 08 - 2011
Salafists threaten new protests over supra-constitutional principles
Islamic forces escalated their condemnation rhetoric of the so-called supra-constitutional principles yesterday, as Deputy Prime Minister Ali el-Selmy said that the final version will be announced in a few days. The Islamic powers consider these (...)

10 - 08 - 2011
Egypt coalition threatens to boycott parliamentary elections
CAIRO: Egypt's Democratic Coalition held a meeting yesterday. They said they will give Egypt's ruling military council one more chance to rectify its position toward elections for the People's Assembly and the Shura Council, the lower and upper (...)

24 - 07 - 2011
British gov to add 25% to every donation to Egypt
Britain has agreed to add an additional 25 percent to every donation given to Egypt, said Mustafa Ragab, president of the Egyptian Union in Egypt. The donation will come under the title ‘charitable gift' from the British government to the Egyptian (...)

06 - 07 - 2011
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