religious slogans
Court dismisses case demanding ban on religious parties
Egypt
November 27, 2014
Court dismisses case demanding ban on religious parties
Alexandria Court for Urgent Matters dismissed a case demanding banning religious parties from running in the upcoming parliamentary elections, citing…
Pope: We will never accept a “non-civil state”
Egypt
April 8, 2013
Pope: We will never accept a “non-civil state”
Egypt’s Copts do not accept any attempt to change the country’s “civil identity,” the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church,…
Politicians criticize Shura Council for permitting religious slogans
Egypt
April 3, 2013
Politicians criticize Shura Council for permitting religious slogans
Political groups have hit out at a decision by Egypt’s upper house to remove religious slogans from a list of…
Shura Council approves religious slogans in campaigns
Egypt
April 2, 2013
Shura Council approves religious slogans in campaigns
The Shura Council approved the use of religious slogans in election campaigns on Tuesday during a discussion on laws governing…
Shura Council moves to allow religious slogans in campaigns
Egypt
March 31, 2013
Shura Council moves to allow religious slogans in campaigns
The Shura Council legislative committee on Sunday removed an article from the draft electoral law that banned the use of…
Candidates using religious slogans will be disqualified, says elections commission head
Egypt
December 6, 2011
Candidates using religious slogans will be disqualified, says elections commission head
The High Elections Commission (HEC) will annul the parliamentary candidacy of anyone using religious slogans if he or she is…
Brotherhood accuses political forces of targetting its slogan
Egypt
October 24, 2011
Brotherhood accuses political forces of targetting its slogan
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party has accused other political forces of exerting pressure on the High Elections Committee…
Brotherhood’s slogan is illegal in elections, says official
Egypt
October 23, 2011
Brotherhood’s slogan is illegal in elections, says official
An Egyptian official has said that the Muslim Brotherhood's insistence in using the slogan “Islam is the Solution” is illegal…
Brotherhood begins campaigning without religious slogan
Egypt
October 19, 2011
Brotherhood begins campaigning without religious slogan
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) on Wednesday began campaigning for upcoming parliamentary elections by placing posters in…
Religious slogans replace painting on govt agency walls
Egypt
September 5, 2011
Religious slogans replace painting on govt agency walls
Unknown persons have replaced a mural on the walls of Egypt’s agricultural quarantine agency with a painting of the Egyptian…