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Ghozlan: Morsi Constitutional Declaration in Line with Popular Will and Revolutionary Demands

Responding to public and revolutionary demands, Egypt President Morsi issues a Constitutional Declaration to complement an earlier one issued by the Military Council, in order to protect the path of

Erian: Current Mohamed Mahmoud Street Clashes Bizarre

Freedom and Justice Party leader Erian expresses shock at new Mohamed Mahmoud St clashes, which he believes involve ‘hidden hands’, and at declared withdrawals from the charter-drafting panel, some of

Ghariani: Charter-Drafting Panel Received No Formal Withdrawals from Church or Any Other Members

Affirming that Egypt’s constitution-writing panel follows democratic processes every step of the way as it draws up the country’s most important document, the panel’s head announces he received no official

Beltagy: Egypt Liberals and Secularists Shun Democracy When It Does Not Put Them in Power

Minority or not, Egypt’s liberal and secularist politicians believe democracy must put them in office, or they will abandon the whole idea.

Farid Ismail: Some Constituent Assembly Withdrawals Merely a Media Show

Egypt’s constitution-writing panel exceeds 80,000 hours of work in 5 months; meets and canvasses opinions of millions of Egyptians in all provinces across the country; ploughs on despite ‘strategic’ withdrawal

Ghozlan Surprised at Church Withdrawal; Asserts Special Article for Copts in New Charter

Egypt Coptic Pope pulls Church representatives from constitution-writing panel, despite new special article, for first time in history, clearly detailing Christian entitlement to refer to own religious strictures.

Abdul Quddus: Pope Did Not Threaten to Withdraw from Constituent Assembly

Contrary to recent misleading reports, Egypt’s Coptic Pope never threatened to pull out of the Constitution-writing panel, but simply said he coordinated stance with Azhar.

Sobhi Saleh: People are Source of Authority; No Theocracy in Egypt New Constitution

Egyptian constitution-writing committee assures all there is no intention of turning country into a religious state or a western-style theocracy using texts and articles in the first post-revolution charter.

Egypt Coptic Pope Tawadros II Hopes Constitution Will Unite All Egyptians, Supports Article II

Recently-elected Egyptian Coptic Pope Tawadros II condemns Bashar violence and brutal massacres; and announces his full support for article 2 of the Egyptian Constitution staying on unchanged.

Huda Ghaneya: Persistent Media Campaigns Spread Rumors about Status of Women in New Charter

Egyptian broadcast and print media relentlessly continue their dirty misinformation campaigns against Islamists, currently focusing on vilifying the Constitution-writing panel at every opportunity.