constitution
Salafi leader: Brotherhood agrees Sharia, not principles, to be legislative source
Egypt
June 30, 2012
Salafi leader: Brotherhood agrees Sharia, not principles, to be legislative source
Prominent Salafi leader and preacher Yasser Borhamy has said that the Muslim Brotherhood has agreed with the Salafi vision to…
Court postpones lawsuit against Constituent Assembly formation
Egypt
June 26, 2012
Court postpones lawsuit against Constituent Assembly formation
The Administrative Court on Tuesday postponed a lawsuit challenging the formation of the Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the country's…
SCAF to amend Constitutional Declaration to gain legislative, financial powers
Egypt
June 17, 2012
SCAF to amend Constitutional Declaration to gain legislative, financial powers
The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces will introduce amendments to the Constitutional Declaration, issued in March 2011, to expand…
New Constituent Assembly faces deep challenges
Egypt
June 13, 2012
New Constituent Assembly faces deep challenges
Egypt's Parliament has for the second time approved an assembly to draft a new constitution after the first attempt…
Jama’a al-Islamiya hopes to guide assembly with draft constitution
Egypt
June 13, 2012
Jama’a al-Islamiya hopes to guide assembly with draft constitution
Jama’a al-Islamiya on Tuesday said it has prepared a draft constitution that it plans to submit it to the Constituent…
Islamist domination of Constituent Assembly against people’s will, says MP
Egypt
June 12, 2012
Islamist domination of Constituent Assembly against people’s will, says MP
Freedom Party MP Ihab Ramzy criticized what he called Islamist domination of the Constituent Assembly on Tuesday, accusing them of…
Supreme court says will not send representatives to Constituent Assembly
Egypt
June 12, 2012
Supreme court says will not send representatives to Constituent Assembly
The Supreme Constitutional Court’s general assembly agreed on Tuesday not to send representatives to the committee tasked with writing Egypt’s…
ElBaradei: Constituent Assembly formation is attempt to hurt revolution
Egypt
June 12, 2012
ElBaradei: Constituent Assembly formation is attempt to hurt revolution
Nobel laureate Mohamed ElBaradei on Tuesday attacked the planned formation of the committee tasked with writing the country's new constitution,…
Alaa Al Aswany declines nomination for Constituent Assembly
Egypt
June 12, 2012
Alaa Al Aswany declines nomination for Constituent Assembly
Prominent novelist Alaa Al Aswany has declined his nomination to sit on the committee tasked with writing Egypt’s new constitution,…
Update: Constituent Assembly to be elected Tuesday despite secular outcry
Egypt
June 12, 2012
Update: Constituent Assembly to be elected Tuesday despite secular outcry
Parliament on Monday approved a law setting the rules governing the election of the Constituent Assembly, paving the way for…