Thursday Egyptian newspapers covered controversial statements attributed to Ahmed al-Tayeb, the treachery law, and a Libyan-Egyptian conspiracy to kill members of the Islamic Group. Youm7 Shia leader Ali al-Hakeem refuted statements published in Egyptian newspapers that said al-Azhar's Grand Imam, said the institution would defend against Shia encroachment. Hakeem said that he met with al-Azhar's Grand Imam, Ahmed al-Tayeb, last week during a of a Shia delegation to al-Azhar. He added that Tayeb only refused attacks on Sunnis, and called on Shia leadership to denounce such attacks. The Shia leader said he came to Cairo to bridge the gap between the two Islamic doctrines, criticizing those people who insult the companions. He also visited Egypt's Mufti. Al-Ahram The state-owned newspaper obtained the final text of the amendments of the “Treachery Law.” The law would dismiss those that corrupted Egyptian politics from leadership positions, and would prohibit them from joining the parliament for five years. According to the law, only the criminal court has the right to consider treachery cases, while the head of the Court of Appeal determines which circuit will consider each case. Al-Masry Al-Youm The newspaper highlighted statements by the secretary of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, that the party will use the slogan “Islam is the Solution” in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The independent daily obtained a declaration from the head of the High Committee of Elections, Abdel Moez Ibrahim, that the committee would ban religions slogans. Ahmed Abou Baraka, an official in the Freedom and Justice Party, criticized Ibrahim's declarations, accusing him of ignoring rule of law. He said using Islamic slogans is legal and does not violate the constitution. Al-Shorouq A confidential document found in Tripoli revealed that the former Egyptian and Libyan regimes cooperated to kill members of the Egyptian Islamic group in 2007. Al-Gomhorreya Kamal al-Din Hussein, head of the Urban Communities Authority, said it formed a committee to assess the costs of the National Housing Project to determine the housing unit prices.
