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| Bakkar and Salafists skip Egypt national anthem before Morsi speech |
| 2012-12-02 |
| [Al Ahram] A number os Salafist members of the Constituent Assembly, led by former MP Nadder Bakkar, the spokesperson of Nour Party, skipped the opening of the playing of the national anthem at the start of president Morsi's meeting with assembly members at the Conference Call on Saturday night, reported Ahram Online Arabic news website. A number of Salafist members of the dissolved People's Assembly have refused to stand to the anthem on a number of occasions in assembly sessions before its dissolution in June 2012 citing their rejection to abide by anything except religious edicts. The president called in his meeting with the Islamist-led assembly for a referendum on a draft constitution which is rejected by non-Islamist forces. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Not sure it has a beat, nor can I dance to it. Thumbs down, big time. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2012-12-02 17:17 |
| #1 anthem of egypt in english My homeland, my homeland, my homeland, My love and my heart are for thee. Egypt! O mother of all lands, My hope and my ambition, How can one count The blessings of the Nile for mankind? Egypt! Most precious jewel, Shining on the brow of eternity! O my homeland, be forever free, Safe from every foe! Egypt! Noble are thy children, Loyal, and guardians of thy soil. In war and peace We give our lives for thy sake. (I think the Salafist object to many of these verses but most particularly to the last since it is only to Allah that one is to give one's life) |
| Posted by: lord garth 2012-12-02 02:51 |