Egypt’s Christians rang in the new year Wednesday with prayers for peace after months of unrest, but expressed no regrets over backing the military’s overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

Secretary General of Karama Party Amin Iskander said on Tuesday that the party opposes reconciliation with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB).

The leader of the hard-line Islamic group Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya along with tens of Muslim Brotherhood figures has been referred to trial by Egyptian prosecutors on violence charges stemming from last summer's protests that led to the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi.

Cairo Appeal Court sets 13 February for first session of trial of 17 Muslim Brotherhood leaders for killing and inciting murder of peaceful protesters in front of the group’s headquarters in Moqattam during the 30 June violence that ensued.

Shubra Criminal Court will continue hearing the case of cutting off the Qalyub Agricultural Road, where 48 people are suspected, 12 of whom are Muslim Brotherhood leaders.

Shubra el-Kheima Criminal Court allowed Mohamed el-Beltagy a family visit on Monday after the judge postponed the trial of 48 defendants, including 12 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders, to Feb. 15 in the case of cutting the Qalyub highway.

World Hijab Day is to recognize Muslim women who choose to live a life of modesty, and was first started on Feb. 1, 2013, according to the movement’s official website.

Egypt’s Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat has referred the Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and 50 other leading members of the group to a criminal court in a new case on charges of confronting authorities during the dispersal of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya sit-in last August and for forming an operation room to incite disorder and destruction of property.

Ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, it seems that Nour Party will not support Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, the president of Misr al-Qawia party, in case he runs for president, as a source inside the party told Youm7 on Sunday.

The secretary general of the salafist Nour Party, Mohamed Shokry, claimed Sunday that the Muslim Brotherhood aims to end the political existence of the Nour Party.

Sixteen supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi were sentenced to five years in prison on Sunday for illegally protesting last December.

The UAE summoned the Qatari ambassador on Sunday to protest against remarks made by a Muslim Brotherhood-linked cleric who slammed the Emirates for jailing Islamists, the foreign ministry said.

Three Palestinian residents of Arish belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Sunday on charges of organizing marches and inciting acts of violence against troops and facilities in North Sinai governorate, said a security source.

National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, led by the Muslim Brotherhood, has called for a new week of protests against the interim authority.

Hamas on Thursday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to play his due role in confronting what it called "Egyptian media provocation" against the movement.

Egyptian security forces arrested 11 Muslim Brotherhood members accused of running Facebook pages inciting violence against the police, the Interior Ministry said Thursday, moving the crackdown on the group into social media.

Italy would have no objections to an investment in Telecom Italia by Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris if he were prepared to put cash into the business, a government official said on Wednesday.

Funds owned by 46 Muslim Brotherhood leaders were seized on Tuesday by a panel tasked with appraising the group’s finances.

The National Coalition to Support Legitimacy is preparing to start a campaign to support General Sami Anan to run for president during the coming presidential elections, sources from within the Muslim Brotherhood told Youm7.