Tag: gamal mubarak

In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Cash

Posted on By 3arabawy

Via the Daily News Egypt:

Pope Shenouda’s outspoken support for Gamal Mubarak has reignited the debate about separating religion from the state, promoting alarmed analysts to call for keeping politics and religion apart.
In a recent televised interview, Pope Shenouda asserted his confidence that President Hosni Mubarak would be succeeded by his son, should he choose to run for the position. Speaking to ON TV, the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church expressed that “most Egyptians love Gamal Mubarak and would vote for him before any other candidate.”

Neither Gamal Mubarak nor the Pope can provide an alternative for the liberation of the Egypt’s Christians.

Gamal Mubarak’s associate sentenced to death for murder

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Billionaire Hisham Talaat Mustafa, a Gamal Mubarak associate and construction tycoon, was sentenced to death, together with a former State Security officer, for murdering Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim… The stock market is in turmoil…

A Tale of Two (or more inconsistent) Akefs

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It’s really comical following MB Supreme Guide Mahdi Akef’s publicly stated positions vis a vis Gamal Mubarak.

In April 2009, Yasmine Saleh of the Daily News Egypt reviewed Al-Jazeera’s interview with Akef, where the latter

also said that the MB welcomes the nomination of Gamal Mubarak, the son of current President Hosni Mubarak and chairman of the policies committee in the ruling National Democratic Party, in the coming presidential race.
“But, as we have said before, Gamal Mubarak must first leave his father’s palace and run for the presidency as a regular Egyptian citizen,” he said.

But in April 2008, the same Yasmine Saleh, wrote for the same Daily News Egypt, about the same Akef making

statements this week rejecting the idea of Gamal Mubarak becoming the next president of Egypt, especially “given the country’s current status,” according to a press statement sent to Daily News Egypt.
In an interview with the German News Agency, Akef said that before, he was actually in favor of Gamal Mubarak being the next president, however, his attitude changed after the changes Article 76 of the constitution underwent — modifying the criteria for would-be presidential candidates.

It gets even more comical if you for example google those three words together: “Akef”, “Gamal”, “Mubarak”. Do that and enjoy the tons of reports (more if you do the search in Arabic) quoting Akef where he’s changing his mind about Gamal Mubarak sometimes almost on a monthly basis.