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Freedom and Justice Party Launches Women’s Cadres Project

Dispelling common myths that depict Islamists as mostly male chauvinists who marginalize women as housewives with nothing to contribute to society but raise children, the Muslim Brotherhood and its political

Ashri: New Constitution Determines Parliamentary Elections System

According to Freedom and Justice Party legal expert, Mukhtar Ashri, a new and better system for parliamentary elections in Egypt is to be detailed in the country’s new Constitution.

Freedom and Justice Party Press Release: Court Rules to Dissolve Elected People’s Assembly

Press Release from the Freedom and Justice Party, the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, on Saturday’s ruling by the Supreme Administrative Court to dissolve Egypt’s parliament.

Freedom and Justice Party Prefers Closed List System for Possible Parliamentary Re-Elections

Only months ago, Egypt’s first freely, democratically contested parliamentary elections were held at an estimated cost of LE2 billion (almost US$335 million) to the cash-stripped nation, and now a court

October 8, Brotherhood Lawyers’ Trial for Allegedly Slandering Constitutional Court Judges

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood lawyers Alhafi and Abdel-Maksoud are referred to the Criminal Court for filing accusations of forgery against Supreme Constitutional Court judges who have not been investigated for the

Egypt Information Minister to Political Parties: No-One Will Be Excluded; Freedoms Guaranteed for All

Egypt’s new Information Minister meets with the heads of the country’s political parties; assures them that State-owned media outlets will not alienate any political players, and that freedom of speech

Rights Activist Urges Constitutional Court to Drop Case Against Brotherhood Lawyers

Denouncing total lack of media support for lawyers Alhafi and Abdel-Maksoud rights activist Borai urges Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court to drop the case against them without further delay.

Freedom and Justice Welcomes New ElBaradei Party

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood political wing, the FJP, welcomes ElBaradei’s just-registered secular Constitution Party, hoping it would adopt an honorable civilized political discourse and prove a worthy opposition.

100 Freedoms Articles Drafted in Egypt’s New Constitution for All Egyptians

With the help of constitutions of India, Turkey, France and Germany, Egypt’s panel in charge of writing the first post-revolution national charter has drafted over 100 articles on Freedoms and

Ashri: Brotherhood is a Lawful Organization; Will Further Legalize Status When NGO Law is Enacted

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood seeks to assure all that it is indeed a wholly lawful and law-abiding organization, that – contrary to common belief – it had never been formally banned,