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President's Reinstatement of Egypt Parliament Met with Praise, Indignation
![[President Morsi adresses Tahrir. Image originally posted to Flickr by Johnathan Rashad.]](/content_images/3/sm_7480989680_3a90b9b8e3.jpg "[President Morsi adresses Tahrir. Image originally posted to Flickr by Johnathan Rashad.]")
A surprise decision by Egypt's newly-inaugurated President Mohamed Morsi reinstating the dissolved People's Assembly (the lower house of parliament) has led to a state of political confusion, bringing an end to the relative calm that has prevailed since last month's hotly-contested presidential runoff vote. The People's Assembly was dissolved in mid-June by the then-ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), pursuant to a ruling by Egypt's High Constitutional ...
Keep Reading »Egypt's Military Rulers Retreat on NGO Crackdown After US Intervention: Reports
![[Field Marshal and de-facto president Hussein Tantawi. Image from Reuters]](/content_images/3/sm_2011-634609298118223488-822.jpg "[Field Marshal and de-facto president Hussein Tantawi. Image from Reuters]")
Field Marshal Tantawi has reportedly told US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that NGOs recently raided would be allowed to operate as before. Egypt’s military rulers have pledged to allow NGOs recently raided by security forces to reopen and operate after the US voiced disgruntlement over a security crackdown on 17 NGOs, according to The New York Times. Speaking to anonymous US officials, the Times reported that Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the ...
Keep Reading »Q&A: Freed @Alaa talks Prison, Parliament, and Egypt's Future
![[Alaa Abdel-Fattah at his home after his release. Photo by Salma Shukrallah]](/content_images/3/sm_alaaafterrelease.jpg "[Alaa Abdel-Fattah at his home after his release. Photo by Salma Shukrallah]")
Upbeat as ever, newly released activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah speaks to Ahram Online about his experience inside Tora Prison and Egypt's current political situation. At his parents’ house amid an exceptionally cheerful atmosphere, prominent blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah on Monday received a multitude of press and television reporters, as well as supporters and friends, only one day after his release from military detention. As people congratulated him, the activist spoke of his ...
Keep Reading »Muslim Brotherhood's FJP Sticks to SCAF Roadmap
![[Supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood 'The Freedom and Justice Party' participate in a march in support of the party ahead of parliamentary elections, in Cairo. Image from Reuters]](/content_images/3/sm_stickingtoplanfjp.jpg "[Supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood 'The Freedom and Justice Party' participate in a march in support of the party ahead of parliamentary elections, in Cairo. Image from Reuters]")
The Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists are accused of turning their back on the popular uprising by revolutionaries, but they continue to receive widespread popular support. The latest statement issued by the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political party founded by the Muslim Brotherhood, concerning the latest series of clashes, has triggered a fresh wave of criticism against the Islamists, who once again appear to critics to be in agreement with the Supreme ...
Keep Reading »SCAF Hails Security Forces, Warns of Foreign Plots
![[Adel Emara, deputy defence minister and member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Image from Ahram Online]](/content_images/3/sm_2011-634599047314793562-479.jpg "[Adel Emara, deputy defence minister and member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF). Image from Ahram Online]")
Military council member lauds 'self-restraint' of security personnel outside Cabinet, warns of foreign plots to derail democratic transition. Deputy Defence Minister and Supreme Council of the Armed Forces member Adel Emara described soldiers who attacked protesters in downtown Cairo in recent days as “heroes” at a Monday press conference. At the conference, convened in the aftermath of a violent security crackdown on a three-week-long anti-government sit-in in front of ...
Keep Reading »SCAF: Intelligence Points to Plan to Burn Parliament Building
![[Egyptian Parliament Building.]](/content_images/3/sm_Egyptian_parliament_bulding.jpg "[Egyptian Parliament Building.]")
Major General Adel Emara, deputy defence minister and a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), interrupted a press confernece he was giving to read out an intelligence brief stating that unknown assailants are planning to set Parliament on fire today. The announcement came as a journalist demanded an apology from the military to all Egyptian women after female protesters were subjected to humiliating and brutal treatment by Egyptian Army soldiers during ...
Keep Reading »Military 'Heroes' Bore the Unbearable Amid Plot to Destroy Egypt: SCAF
![[General Adel Emara. Photo Credit: AFP.]](/content_images/3/sm_Egypt11.jpg "[General Adel Emara. Photo Credit: AFP.]")
Major General Adel Emara describes the army soldiers who have been facing protesters in downtown, Cairo, over the past three days as “heroes.” Adel Emara, deputy defence minister and member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), described the soldiers confronting, and attacking, protesters in downtown Cairo over the past three days as "heroes who bore the unbearable’" while dealing with "sabotaging" culprits. In a press conference Monday in ...
Keep Reading »Advisory Council Frozen in Protest at Brutality, SCAF Highlights Soldiers' "Self-restraint"
![[Military soldiers attacking demonstrators at the Cabinet on Friday 16 December. Image from Reuters]](/content_images/3/sm_acouncilfrozen.jpg "[Military soldiers attacking demonstrators at the Cabinet on Friday 16 December. Image from Reuters]")
The Advisory Council to the ruling military wants military leaders to apologise for bloodshed near Cabinet office. The newly-formed Advisory Council, commissioned to draw, among other tasks, the outlines of the new constitution, has decided late Friday to put on hold its meetings in protest against ongoing heated clashes at the Cabinet office. Earlier Friday, two members of the advisory council, Moataz Abdel-Fatah and Ahmed Kheiry, resigned to protest the ...
Keep Reading »Military Re-Sentences Maikel Nabil to Two Years in Prison
![[Maikel Nabil poses in Tahrir Square in front of an Egyptian military tank holding a placard that reads “We refuse to let the army seal the uprising of the people.” Image from Ahram Online]](/content_images/3/sm_2011-634594675716422733-642.gif "[Maikel Nabil poses in Tahrir Square in front of an Egyptian military tank holding a placard that reads “We refuse to let the army seal the uprising of the people.” Image from Ahram Online]")
Maikel Nabil has been re-sentenced to two years in military prison and fined LE200 leaving the renowned blogger and activist with no options to appeal. Coptic blogger Maikel Nabil has been sentenced to two years in military prison on Wednesday and fined LE200 (US$30.3). The verdict was returned by a C28 military court Wednesday after the case was adjourned five times over the past few months. In addition to the fine, the military court also ruled that Nabil must pay LE300 ...
Keep Reading »Q&A: Emad El-Din Abdel Ghafour, Chairman of the Salafist Al-Nour Party
![[Emad El-Din Abdel Ghafour. Image from masress.com]](/content_images/3/sm_blahgaaraa.jpg "[Emad El-Din Abdel Ghafour. Image from masress.com]")
Al-Nour Party chief gives Salafist perspective on ‘secular’ vs. ‘civic’ state; political reform; international relations; future of tourism; and women’s rights. For months after the January 25 Revolution, Salafists have done little to alter their image as Islamic hardliners. Moreover, some of them have substantiated the perception that they are, in fact, “extremist” through a host of controversial media statements. However, in recent weeks, after ...
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Sherif Tarek writes for Ahram Online.
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