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Egypt praying in tune
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Cairo is to synchronise the call to prayer across the city's 4500 mosques using computers, putting an end to out of tune and out of time muezzin. "Egyptians have a problem with timing," said Sheikh Salem Abdel-Galil, the official...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - Islam

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Egypt's Islamists won almost 90% of parliamentary seats, state media says

The leading Islamist Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won 40 out of 60 seats in the runoff for the second round of the three-stage elections, according to both the party and the official Al-Ahram newspaper. The ultra-conservative Salafi Al-Nur party won 13 seats. Ref. Source 8

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Rape, death threats and fatwas:

Egypt opposition in crosshairs: Hard-line Egyptian clerics have called for the assassination of opposition leaders and claimed sexual assaults were justified against women protesters. Security has been bolstered around the homes of opposition members following the death threats. Ref. Source 5

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Egypt 'committed to freedom of expression'


Egyptian authorities yesterday stepped up a campaign against a popular TV comedian accused of insulting the President, threatening to revoke the licence of a private TV station that airs his weekly programme and angrily dismissing...
Source: nzherald.co.nz - Islam