Former Egypt presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail called on Egyptians to gather in Tahrir Square on Friday to protests the bloodshed of last Friday in Abbassiya, when the army forcibly evacuated the sit-in initially called for by Abu Ismail to object banning him from running for the presidency. The sit-in witnessed violence previous to [...]
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Egypt presidential candidate Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail launched an attack on the media on Thursday on his official Facebook page, saying that they are “forging” the truth. “The media is trying its best to forge the facts and cheat the people that the events of the Abbassiya were caused by supporters of Hazem Abu Ismail,” [...]
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CAIRO: Egypt’s electoral commission said on Saturday it had received verification that the mother of Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, a leading Salafist presidential candidate, had US citizenship, a status that will likely disqualify him from the race. This, according is a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “The high electoral committee received a [...]
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CAIRO: Prominent Media Figure and Presidential Hopeful Bothaina Kamel said that the upcoming presidential elections will be a “farce and will be subjected to the approval of the military junta” over their results, stressing the need to evaluate the presidential candidates according to their history and their attitudes away from their similar electoral programs. Kamel, [...]
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CAIRO: Egypt’s firebrand ultra-conservative Salafist Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail is ready to officially enter the presidential race. Known for his comments toward women in recent months where he has called for the headscarf to be worn by all, no make-up and no bikinis on beaches, Abu Ismail officially garnered the 100,000 signatures needed to run [...]
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CAIRO: Egyptian women are angry, again, at presidential hopeful Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail’s comments that as president he would require the veil, or higab, on all women in the country. Abu Ismail said that women in the country must “change creed” and that Islam gives no special personal freedom. “If you claim that Allah considers [...]
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CAIRO: Egypt’s firebrand and controversial ultra-conservative presidential hopeful Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail said in a recent interview that Islam gives no guarantees of personal freedom. “If you claim that Allah considers it your personal freedom, show me your reference? Nobody has ever said that – except for people have no understanding of Sharia,” Ismail said [...]
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CAIRO: As protests and clashes continue in downtown Cairo, ultra-conservative Salafist presidential hopeful Hazem Abu Ismail called on the Egyptian people to unite around one demand, which according to him, “all goals would be realized, such as stopping the bloodshed and maintaining the gains of the revolution, and the constitutional path, and speeding the transitional [...]
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CAIRO: A Facebook-based Salafist news outlet re-aired an interview by Egyptian television host Reem Maged of Baldna Bel Masry, and covered her head and face with a dark filter, in an attempt to “veil” her. Maged was interviewing potential Islamist presidential nominee Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, who in a previous interview said he wished to [...]
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