A prominent opponent of Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has been detained on suspicion of insulting the Islamist leader, the activist's lawyer said on Wednesday.

Egyptian activists are concerned that the rise of Islamist politicians could undermine years of work to discourage female genital mutilation. The practice, and the movement against it, however, have far deeper roots in the country.

Salafi preacher and TV anchor Abdallah Badr was arrested in 10th of Ramadan City on Wednesday morning after failing to respond to the court verdict sentencing him to one year in prison for libel against actress Elham Shahin.

More than three quarters of Muslims in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia favour traditional sharia to be 'the official law of the land' in all Islamic countries, but are divided on the issue of its application, a recent survey has revealed.

The Republican Party in America suffered from consecutive defeats in the Congress and Senate elections during the 60s and the 70s. The party, which is economically conservative, could not confront the Democratic Party on several social levels, such as social justice, health and education. The Republican Party encourages bold capitalism and does not look after social security issues or equality between minorities. It has also not made any efforts to contain marginalized groups or the escalating number of migrants.

The United Arab Emirates has released Egyptian prisoners in an effort to reduce tension with the Islamist regime in Cairo. The UAE said it would release 103 Egyptians arrested over the last few years on financial offenses. Officials said all of the inmates, ordered release by President Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, were not linked to Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood.

An Egyptian professor who was questioned over allegations that included insulting religion filed a legal complaint on Wednesday against the university’s vice-president for preventing her from performing her job.

Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood is trying to exact revenge on the judiciary for years of imprisonment and political exclusion, but is attacking the wrong target, opposition leader Amr Moussa said on Monday.

Egypt's administrative Disciplinary Court halts an order to suspend Sheikh Mazhar Shahin, who is well-known for leading prayers in Cairo's Tahrir Square during and after Egypt's 18-day uprising in 2011.

A delegation from Al-Nour Party is scheduled to travel to the United States soon as part of an introductory tour for the party.

Ten defendants accused of murder, attempted murder, and causing damage to St Mark’s Cathedral during clashes at the cathedral in early April were released on bail on Monday.

The Strong Egypt Party said today that authorities are hindering efforts by its leader Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh to communicate with the public.

An Egyptian criminal court acquitted on Monday Mostafa Hamza, a senior figure in Islamist group Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya, of charges of joining a restricted group that aimed to overthrow the regime, as well as taking part in planning the failed assassination attempt against ousted president Hosni Mubarak in Addis Ababa in 1995.

The Wasat Party has not withdrawn its proposals to amend the judicial authority law and has no plans to do so in future, the party has said.

A misdemeanour court in Cairo ordered Monday the release pending trial of ten people who had been arrested at the clashes that erupted at Cairo’s St. Mark’s Coptic Cathedral on 7 April.

Muslim Brotherhood students criticized repeated flagrant violations of the students’ most basic rights in university campuses across the country.

Around 300 Coptic Egyptians flew on Monday to Jerusalem to perform pilgrimage, reported a local newspaper.

Thousands of Al-Azhar University students have protested the lack of medical facilities on campus after a student died.

Fear and worry has driven many Coptic Christians to leave Egypt, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II said in a recorded interview aired on Hayat satellite channel on Saturday.

The Egyptian embassy in Yemen secured the release of a young Egyptian citizen who was forcibly detained in the home of her family in Aden. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the girl’s family attempted to force her to marry a relative.

In an official statement Saturday, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt held the Iraqi government responsible for ongoing violence, and called on all parties in Iraq to seek dialogue and reconciliation, unity and construction.