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 After three days of sectarian tension following a series of attacks on Coptic Christian church-goers in Alexandria, activists blamed the government for failing to subdue rising interdenominational friction.

"There have been signs of growing tension between Muslims and Christians for years," said director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights Hossam Bahgat. "Under the pre..

Deputy head of court of cassation believes justice ministry’s decision is way of silencing more vocal judges.

 Two Egyptian reformist judges have been summoned to a disciplinary hearing which could see them sacked over charges they made of fraud in last year’s parliamentary elections, a judicial source said Monday.

Mahmud Mekki and Hisham al-Bastawissi, two members of t..

A leading member of Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood today said he saw no harm in an Iranian nuclear weapon because it would help restore the balance between Israel and the Arab and Muslim world.

Mohamed Habib, deputy leader of Egypt’s main opposition group, told Reuters that Washington’s motive for opposing Iran’s nuclear programme was to ensure Israel’s survival and military domi..

 In January 2003, one of the two most wanted men in the world couldn’t contain his frustration. From a hiding place probably somewhere in South Asia, he tapped out two lengthy e-mails to a fellow Egyptian who’d been criticizing him in public.

"I beg you, don’t stop the Muslim souls who trust your opinions from joining the jihad against the Americans," wrote Ayman al-Zawahiri, deput..

The Egyptian government has sent two prominent judges to a disciplinary board for possible expulsion from the judiciary, raising the stakes in a conflict between the government and judges seeking judicial independence. The decision by Justice Minister Mahmoud Aboul Leil provoked a storm in Parliament yesterday when opposition members called for an urgent debate and the speaker refused to allow ..

Judges have threatened to escalate their confrontation with the government if does not back down from its decision to refer Counselors Ahmed Makki and Hisham el-Bastaweesy to the Fitness Determination Board. They said they would resort to adjourning sessions and organizing sit-ins and all kinds of protests if the government did not correct its position.

Counselor Mahmoud al-Khudhair..

Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb?

The Bush Administration, while publicly advocating diplomacy in order to stop Iran from pursuing a nuclear weapon, has increased clandestine activities inside Iran and intensified planning for a possible major air attack. Current and former American military and intelligence officials said that Air Force planning group..

The memory of Ginine Massacre, this black spot in the human history, is a clear testimony for the international reluctance and, even, collusion with the Israeli colonial project, which has committed a great many crimes, including killing, evacuation, etc., overlooking the simplest laws of human rights. The anniversary comes as pressures from everywhere continue to be practiced against the Pales..

Is it the end of politics in Egypt or is it just the end of The Wafd Party? This is the main comment on the deplorable incidents that took place in the headquarters of El-Wafd Party on the 1 April 2006. Violence was triggered when Dr Aymen Jomaa’s supporters broke in the party’s headquarters by force and took it over. When the rival front, Dr Mahmoud Abaza’s supporters, who call themselves refo..

The national campaign against emergency law kicked off yesterday where thousands of Egyptian university students marked the occasion through a series of coordinated angry demonstrations denouncing emergency laws and rejecting the security apparatus meddling in academic affairs.
The demonstrations organized by different political and national forces active in the Egyptian community.

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Muslim Brotherhood’s Akef insists state of emergency has heightened tensions in Egypt instead of easing them.

 
CAIRO - Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood launched a campaign Wednesday to end the state of emergency, which President Hosni Mubarak has renewed for 25 years and is expected to extend next month.

"The lack of freedom is the cause of a..

The emergency law is a tool in the hands of the executive power to storm many basic rights and freedom guaranteed by the Egyptian Constitution. Since the assassination of President Anwar El Sadat in October 1981 , the emergency law was renewed by a temporary resolution no. 560/1981 for one year and then has been extended many times again till 2003.
The emergency law grants to the authority t..

The insightful Mr. K Gajendra Singh writes:

USA could slip into fascism, with its political leadership, corrupt to the core, as new scandals prove everyday, if not checked by its great US people. People around the world have started doubting if it were ever true.

This country, my country, has already become a fascist police state. Our government lies to the people, spies on citi..

Jordan`s relationship with Palestinian militant group Hamas has gone through many ups and downs over the past two decades. But the most serious challenge to the relationship since 1999, when Amman closed Hamas` offices and evicted four of its leaders, occurred Tuesday following accusations that the group was smuggling arms to Jordan as a prelude to attacking vital targets.

Only hours be..

Egyptian government delays lifting of emergency law, disciplines ’dissident’ judges, persecutes journalists.

After a period of hope and mounting calls for political reform in Egypt, analysts say the regime is now seeking to systematically gag dissident voices as Washington turns its attention to other issues.

"The reform process has backslided because the United States, busy..

The government’s statement to the People’s Assembly in Jan. 30, 2006 is the second statement to be delivered by Dr. Ahmad Nazif who took over the government since 18 months. Nazif’s taking over the Cabinet in July 2004 is considered a new progressive step towards the process of the slow and hesitated economic conversion, which is led by the state since 1991. By adopting this process, the state ..