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Erian: People Sovereignty Does Not Conflict with Islamic Law

Although some Muslim figures hold that ‘People are the source of authority’ – as a principle – is actually a blasphemy, the Freedom and Justice Party deputy leader Erian assures

Beltagy: Opposition Rejects Rules of Democracy

Urging more diverse patriotic participation in local and national government, Muslim Brotherhood leader Beltagy hopes all parties would help push the wheel of production and progress throughout the homeland.

Essam El-Erian: Interior Ministry Must Investigate Lynching and Torture Cases without Delay

FJP leader, Erian, stresses that using excessive violence against protesters is a despicable, intolerable crime that must be investigated quickly, bringing to trial all those involved.

Helmi Al-Gazzar: ElBaradei Remarks Call for More Violence and Chaos

The National Salvation Front’s coordinator ElBaradei gives government ultimatum: either form a new Cabinet, to include a number of opposition figures like himself, or face continued violence and vandalism.

Muslim Brotherhood Welcomes Opposition Dialogue with Presidency; Keen on Legal Status

The Brotherhood welcomes the opposition’s change of heart and its offer for dialogue with the Presidential institution, highlighting the need for genuine dialogue without conditions or restrictions.

Al-Azhar Initiative to Halt Ongoing Violence in Egypt

Translation of the full text of Al-Azhar document renouncing violence, seeking common ground among rivals across the Egyptian political spectrum, and recognizing dialogue as the only way to resolve difference

Muslim Brotherhood: We Will Not Meet Violence with Violence

Egypt’s Brotherhood reiterates its commitment to peaceful action under the Constitution and the law, even in the face of recent chaos and lawlessness that burned and destroyed many of its

Justice Fathi: National Legislation Must Be Passed, Enacted to Confront Terrorism and Hooliganism

Egyptian laws must get tough enough to deter those who plot and carry out deliberate acts of violence, vandalism and sabotage, in order for the country to regain its security

Freedom and Justice Party Statement Condemning Current Violence, Urging National Dialogue

The FJP announces support for night-time curfew in three of Egypt’s Canal cities where freedom of expression and the right to peaceful protest have been fatally abused.

Ahmed Diab: Salvation Front’s Demands Unreasonable, Undemocratic

Egypt’s National Salvation Front leaders threaten to reject the country’s new national charter, approved by popular referendum weeks ago, as the Front’s members are implicated in ‘peaceful’ protests that killed