{"id":638323,"date":"2017-10-02T03:40:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T03:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/02\/invasive-procedures-still-tops-coverage-of-egypt\/"},"modified":"2017-10-02T03:40:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T03:40:58","slug":"invasive-procedures-still-tops-coverage-of-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/02\/invasive-procedures-still-tops-coverage-of-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Invasive procedures still tops coverage of Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alleged state-ordered \u201cinvasive forensic examinations\u201d of those arrested at<\/strong>the Mashrou\u2019 Leila concert<\/strong> on charges of \u201cdebauchery\u201d continued to top coverage of Egypt in the foreign press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An Egypt-led bid to reconcile Fatah and Hamas in Gaza moved forward yesterday<\/strong> as officials from the Fatah-led government began filing into Gaza to commence the handover of administrative control over the territory, according to Ma\u2019an<\/a>. An Egyptian delegation led by Cairo\u2019s ambassador to Israel, Hazem Khairat, is in Gaza to help mediate the transition. Egypt\u2019s chief spy Khaled Fawzy, who was instrumental to the negotiations, is also expected to visit both Ramallah and Gaza next week<\/a>. Mediation may be the order of the day, since Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has set conditions for a full reconciliation that would see Hamas lay down its arms and \u201cdismantle its military wing.\u201d This comes as we learn that Hamas has reportedly accepted an Egyptian plan for a multi-stage prisoner exchange with Tel Aviv<\/strong>, according to The Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Egypt\u2019s position towards Hamas remains \u201cquite delicate,\u201d <\/strong>Sonia Farid cautions in a piece for Alarabiya<\/a>. Hamas is seeking Egypt\u2019s mediation in its reconciliation efforts with Fatah, even though a 2014 court ruling has banned all Hamas activities and ordered the closure of all the group\u2019s offices in Egypt. These factors \u201ccomplicate the situation between Egypt and Hamas and make it hard to envision a possible rapprochement.\u201d<\/p>\n

A potential spanner in the works? <\/strong>Libya\u2019s attorney general is claiming that Hamas smuggled weapons out of Libya via Egypt, according to US right-wing media outlet Breitbart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A proposed anti-hate crime bill crafted by Al Azhar is so vague it could open<\/strong>the door for the institution to dictate the tenor of religious discourse<\/strong> at the expense of free speech and even oppress the Christian minority, writes Ashraf Ramelah writes for Canada Free Press<\/a>. \u201cThe ambiguity of the bill, if passed, will muzzle thinkers and intellectuals and stifle expression more so than now. With this maneuver, Al Azhar shows that its aim is to govern behavior and gain more power over personal lives,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Also worth noting in brief this morning:<\/p>\n