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The Brotherhood won 16 seats out of the 24 on the Bar
Association’s board.
Ragai Atteya, the government’s candidate, who they declared their support for, lost to the
Nasserist’s
candidate Samah Ashour, who won the Bar Association’s top post. Montasser al-Zayyat, the lawyer of
the
Gama’at al-...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 13, 2001
A Muslim Brotherhood’s representative made an inquiry questioning the Minister of Culture
about
the last three novels published by the General Authority for Cultural Palaces, claiming that they violate
general decency. The Minister of Culture ordered an investigation into the matter, which ended...
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The general counselor of
the Brotherhood does not believe the
government responded to their success in the recent parliamentary elections through the
severe and
unjustified verdict of the Military Court in the case of professional syndicates. Two Egyptian human rights
organizations requested...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 17, 2000
Al-Hayat, praised the Muslim Brotherhood for backing the Coptic candidate of the Wafd Party in the Waili district. The author of the article described the group’s attitude as "a new step towards an opening to other political powers and an attempt to extend the group’s efficient political tendencies...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 25, 2000
Al-Usbua published a file opposing Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s plans to monitor the coming elections under the title "No to dubious supervision. No to interference in Egypt’s affairs."
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 2000 to الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 15, 2000
The long political history of the Muslim Brotherhood group shows that they have never changed their strategy and their view of the other [religion]. Their current backing for a Coptic candidate, in the elections, is a tactical move aimed at overcoming their racist public image, although the Copts...
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A short article, which appeared in a foreign publication, regarding the Muslim Brotherhood’s backing of a Coptic candidate [for the next parliamentary elections], raised much speculation, especially when the Coptic candidate, a lawyer, revealed that he had not been told the whole story.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 12, 1997
Fahmy Huweidy discusses responses he received to an article he wrote previously. He finds the Coptic associations in North America extreme, but many Copts in Egypt defend their behaviour.Huweidy was asked to write this time about the situation of the Copts in Egypt. Is there persecution or not?...
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Subtitle:- Three
Christian lawyers defend the
supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood who is accused of insulting Egyptian
Christians.Last April, one of
the weekly papers published declarations that were alleged to have
been made by the supreme guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood, in which he was...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 1, 1997
Further titles:- State’s Security Major Fouad Alam: The MB of today is not different from that of the 1940s and 50s. They have a secret cell which is ready to attack, they are just waiting for a chance.- Mamoun El Hudeibi: We will not change our thoughts and programs. We will remain as we are till...