The surprise happened today when was published the decision announced by the president of the electoral commission, Amba Pakhomios

Civil groups feel marginalized by Egyptian Islamists.

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has announced the names of the five candidates in the running to be the next Pope. Two bishops and three monks have been chosen by an 18-member Church committee as potential successors to Pope Shenouda III, who died in March aged 88.

Jama'a al-Islamiya hinted Friday that it may be willing to resort to violence in order to see Sharia adopted in the latest draft of the constitution from the Constituent Assembly. The group called on Egyptians to collect funds for what it described as a battle against “secularists and liberals.”

The Muslim Brotherhood has pointed finger at unknown assailants for Friday’s violence in the iconic Tahrir square after clashes erupted between its members and liberal protesters.

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has called on Muslims to declare Holy War on the US and Israel

Abu Islam has been charged with burning the Bible in front of the U.S. Embassy

The Freedom and Party leadership contest will be decided between former parliamentary speaker Saad El-Katatni and acting party leader Essam El-Erian, a party official announced Wednesday.

Several thousand Egyptians marched for miles through Cairo on Tuesday

The Egyptian-American man behind the inflammatory film "Innocence of Muslims" denied Wednesday violating the terms of his probation

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday called for demonstrations demanding the retrial of those responsible for protester deaths

Egypt’s media, once tightly controlled by the state, has become a free-for-all platform for ideas

Among the mourners and the angry at the march commemorating the first anniversary of the Maspero massacre, there was an earnest young man brandishing a sign that read, “Egyptian revolution supports Mitt Romney.”

One year on from the Maspero massacre, thousands of Egyptians march demanding justice On the one year anniversary of the Maspero Massacre, in which at least 26 Coptic Protesters were killed by the army, thousands of demonstrators march for justice.

Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa advised Shias not to try spreading their doctrine in a Sunni environment like Egypt, as it would cause strife and instability in the community.

The as yet unofficial Peace and Development Party affiliated with the Islamic jihad movement accused President Mohamed Morsy Tuesday of ignoring the initiatives that its leaders have proposed in Sinai.

Two Coptic Christians boys in Egypt will not be charged with blasphemy, a lawyer for the boys said on Wednesday.

Tarek El-Tayeb, 25, had always hated Christians. He was known among his friends as Tarek “El-Salafi” as he followed the ultraorthodox school of Islam.

Forty political groups plan to take to the streets tomorrow to demand justice for those killed a year ago in the Maspero massacre.

Constitution Party founder Mohamed ElBaradei has called for the perpetrators of the Maspero clashes, which took place one year ago today, to face justice.

"The moment I saw my brother laying on the ground covered with blood, after he was run over by an armoured military vehicle, fails to leave my memory, even one year later. Especially as I was hit when I tried to pick him up," says Wael Bishay, brother of Ayman, 40 who died in the 9 October Maspero massacre last year.