The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, that groups supporters of ousted President Mohamed Mursi, has called for demonstrations this Friday.
In Al-Sharq Al-Awsat’s Wednesday edition, Minister of Manpower and Immigration Kamal Abu Eita said the terms of the Muslim Brotherhood for reconciliation are preposterous.
Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed El-Hadidy, who established the political movement QAWEM to challenge perceptions of the Islamist group and propose solutions for a way out of the current political crisis, says both the Brotherhood and the state must make vital changes in order to move forward.
Egyptian security forces used live ammunition on October 6 to disperse supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi who were also attacked by men with firearms and swords, Amnesty International said Monday.
The leader of Egypt's largest Salafist party has called on interim President Adly Mansour not to issue a controversial protest law without first conducting a national dialogue, or at least discussing it with political forces.
The security forces arrested Tuesday a suspect in the attack on the Maadi satellite station with an RPG last week causing a one-meter hole in one of the satellite dishes.
AFP — Muslims across Egypt offered prayers at local mosques early Tuesday to mark Eid al-Adha, as security forces shut down key public squares that have seen mass protests, including Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
The City of Mahallah in Gharbiya experienced limited skirmishes between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Morsy after Eid prayers in the early morning of Tuesday.
The Muslim Brotherhood supported calls for continued protests and strongly condemned violence used by security forces, saying it demonstrated the regime’s weakness.
Toppled President Mohamed Morsy's brother, Hussein, sent him a letter for Eid al-Adha calling on him to hold on to his position.
Alexandria security services dispersed gathering by supporters of ex-President Mohamed Morsy on Mnday. Eyewitnesses said the troops fired teargas bombs and bird shots to disperse the supporters in Geleem area, east of Alexandria. The demonstrators were gathering to condemn ‘military coup’ which caused dozens to be injured.
Egyptian authorities arrested three people, allegedly belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, in clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Mursi in Alexandria on Monday.
Efforts by Islamist figure Ahmed Kamal Abul-Magd to mediate between the Muslim Brotherhood and interim government appear to have reached an impasse.
Egyptian authorities arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Walid Al-Haddad early on Monday, security sources said.
Egyptian police fired teargas at protesters supporting deposed president Mohamed Morsi who gathered east of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Monday afternoon, according to Ahram's Arabic news website.
Military prosecution in Suez renewed the detention of 22 of Morsy supporters in Suez . They will be detained 15 days pending investigation on charges of inciting violence and attacking the armed forces.
A judge has extended the detention of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi for 30 days pending investigations into his escape from prison during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
The army closed Tahrir Square to traffic on Sunday after receiving information that elements from the Muslim Brotherhood are planning to storm the square.
Prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahdy Akef was referred to Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday for “insulting the judiciary and defaming its men.”
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Engineering students at Cairo University begin sit-in over the death of Mohamed Reda, who they say was killed by police on campus
Cairo University students begin sit-in over student killing
