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Egyptian Association for Supporting Democratic Development
Registered no. (5469 – 2004)

The Egyptian Association for Supporting Democratic Development demands that the Upper Parliamentary Elections Committee ensures the integrity of each phase of the Parliamentary election

The Egyptian Association for the Support of Democratic Development (EASD) ..

Essam Wins in Nasser City

After prolonged delay and consultations regards Makram el-Deary, the final results of reelection in Nasser City was declared. Till the end of voting count, el-Deary, the Moslem Brotherhood nominee, led her competitor of the National Democratic Party, Mustafa el-Salab with margin of 1500 votes. Nevertheless, the declared outcome announced that el-Salab wins ..

Bridging the divide     
Written by Samir Morqos     

head of the Coptic Centre for Social Studies
The contemporary Coptic question dates back to the 1970s, a period characterised by sectarian tensions which erupted in the Akhmim incident of 1970 and in the Khanka incident two years later. Efforts to understand these incidents of..

Muslim Brotherhood Expected to Win Parliamentary Elections

By Majdi al Al and Jamal Shaheen

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- More than 10 million Egyptians went to the polls on Tuesday in elections which pit the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) against the Muslim Brotherhood in the second-round of the parliamentary elections with a total of 133 seats still up fo..

Cairo:  Security problems and ballot-rigging in the mid-noon
 

It’s the mid day of the run-off elections in Egypt, and it seems that the rule of” hitting below the belt” will prevail, either by buying votes, collective registration or thuggery.
In El Tebbeen, Madina Nasr and Abdeen’s constituencies, the NP candidates continued to muster the electors, who were collectivel..

Egypt is failing election exam

It was appropriate to begin November 9 at a polling station inside a school in the Cairo neighbourhood of Bab al-Sheiriyya. After all, that was the day that Egypt was to take an exam in democracy as Egyptians voted in the first round of parliamentary elections.

This year’s parliamentary elections were the big test because they came at the end of a ..

CAIRO, EGYPT - Several violations were observed during the first phase of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, the vice president of the European Union Parliament, Edward McMillan-Scott, said.

A four-member delegation from the EU parliament arrived in Egypt on Wednesday to observe the first of three phases of local parliamentary elections.

McMillan-Scott, the delegation’s head..

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 Dear Moslem Brothers
Thanks to Allah, Who grants us this great success, and Who gathers people around our message and principles; which is clearly reflected in the result of the first phase of the parliamentary election. Therefore, we express gratitude to Allah for His blessings, He Says " if you had spent all that is i..

Honorable Stances of el-Miniya Judges

The supervisory judges, over the reelection in el-Miniya districts, confirmed that they are keen on having fair polls.

In Bany el-Mazar district, in which four candidates stand for run-off election, among them the Moslem Brotherhood nominee, Mousa Ganom, rumors about an intention of some officers to rig the ballot outcome. Up..

Infringements in Assute
By Muhammad Reda

 Heavy security hand is very observable in the four districts of Assute, in which the Moslem Brotherhood candidates vie for run-off polls.

In Bander Assute district, the supporters of the Moslem Brotherhood nominee, Khaled Oda, were almost denied access for polling stations.

In poll no 37, th..

The MB Denies any Assault on its Supreme Guide

A learnt source in the Moslem Brotherhood denied what media announced about an attack on the Supreme Guide of the Moslem Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef, during casting vote.

The source added that the Supreme Guide voted and returned home peacefully. In fact, the increasing turnout before the polling station along with th..

Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?
By F. Gregory Gause III

Summary: The Bush administration contends that the push for democracy in the
Muslim world will improve U.S. security. But this premise is faulty: there
is no evidence that democracy reduces terrorism. Indeed, a democratic Middle
East would probably result in Islamist governments unwilling to cooperate ..

Wise after the event
By Salama A Salama

To introduce a law fining those who fail to vote was not the wisest thing to do. Nor, given that 75 per cent of registered voters did not take part in the presidential elections, has it had the slightest effect. Such policies are only imposed in Third World countries, where people are led by intimidation rather than persuasion. Elsewhere co..

Egypt candidate supporters burn ruling party office
 
CAIRO, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Supporters of an independent candidate in Egypt’s parliamentary elections attacked and burnt the headquarters of the ruling party in a lower income Cairo district, witnesses and police said on Wednesday.

The witnesses said the attack by a group of between 30 and 50 men on the one-storey building t..

Judge Injured by NDP Thugs in Mazghouna

By: Alaa Ibrahim and Saad Al-Gizawy

At the polling station in Mazghouna constituency, a number of thugs supporting the NDP candidate, Essam Abu Al-Magd, have attacked both the judges and voters, causing insignificant injuries to one judge and a number of the citizens.
The judges and electors were surprised by aggressive actions from a..

CAIRO, Egypt - The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s leading  
Islamic group, more than doubled its legislative representation in
runoff parliamentary elections, according to initial results
announced Wednesday.
        The fundamentalist group won 34 seats in the first round,  
while the ruling National Democratic Party won a..

Aziz Congratulates the MB

Ikhwan online

Dr. Aziz Sedqy, the ex-Prime Minister and the Coordinator of the National Front for Change and Reform, held a telephone conversation with the Supreme Guide of the Moslem Brotherhood, Muhammad Akef.

Aziz conveyed his congratulations for the Moslem Brotherhood which wins 34 seats in the first stage of the parliamenta..

Egypt polls kick off amid high opposition hopes

 
Egyptians start electing new parliament amid resurgence of banned Muslim Brotherhood.

 
By Jean-Marc Mojon - CAIRO

Egyptians started electing a new parliament Wednesday after a campaign that saw deep division among the secular opposition and a resurgence of the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Thous..

Heated run-off poll in Egypt

 Cairo - The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s ruling party competed in a heated runoff vote in the country’s parliament elections on Tuesday, with scattered outbursts of violence, protests by hundreds of Brotherhood members at counting centers and reports of irregularities at the polls.

The Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest Islamic fundamentalist part..

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood gains in run-off
afrol News, 16 November - "Independent" candidates of Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood party have gained a large number of seats in the run-off voting after the first round of the country’s parliamentary polls. The Brotherhood is establishing itself as the country’s major opposition force despite government efforts to eliminate the grouping.