Eid al-Fitr sermons and messages were not only festive this year, but carried heavy political implications.

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Sunday renewed its pledge to cooperate with Egypt to restore order along the border between Gaza and the lawless Sinai Peninsula.

13 Coptic civil society and political activist groups decided to band together and create a coordinating body unattached to the church.

For a country with many societal divides, sports – particularly football – can strengthen social cohesion and national identity.

"The religion Islam prohibits bloodshed and making damages to their properties and honour."

Egyptian talk show host Tawfiq Okasha will face trial on September 1 on charges of calling for the murder of President Mohamed Morsi

Islamic militants in the Sinai Peninsula warned the Egyptian military on Wednesday against cracking down on jihadis

The army has been effectively sidelined by Muhammad Morsi

The Muslim Brotherhood is considering participating in a demonstration Friday in support of President Mohamed Morsy. The group’s Guidance Bureau would make the final decision on Wednesday.

Ismailiya Criminal Court has sentenced to death on Tuesday 14 Islamists belonging to the Al-Tawhid we Al-Jihad organisation convicted of killing 5 police and military officers and one civilian during several attacks in June-July 2011 on an Al-Arish city police station and a Bank of Alexandria branch in northern Sinai.

The Brotherhood has already used its parliamentary position to name dozens of new editors for Egypt's major state-owned newspapers, including Al-Ahram. Akhbar Al-Youm, the second-largest newspaper in Egypt, will be run by a descendant of Muslim Brotherhood founder Hassan al-Bana.

"It is time for the Syrian regime to leave."

Human rights groups in Egypt have condemned a recent clampdown on media critical of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood

Approximately 100 journalists held a demonstration at the Institute of Leaders’ Preparation, a government center in Greater Cairo

While Syria's civil war dominates the world's attention, less dramatic and telegenic events in Egypt retain the power to decide if popular uprisings will succeed in establishing a democratic alternative to tyranny in the Arab world.

Egypt on Tuesday opened its border with Hamas-ruled Gaza for a three-day period ahead of a major Muslim holiday this weekend, but imposed tight restrictions

An Egyptian court has sentenced 14 members of a militant Islamic group to death for attacks six years ago in the Sinai Peninsula.

Yesterday I told you about Israeli media reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has already made the decision to strike Iran's nuclear facilities within the next few weeks. Iran has now responded to those reports.

Muslim Brotherhood leaders reacted positively to President Mohamed Morsy’s Sunday decision to send Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and Chief of Staff Sami Anan to retirement and abolish the supplement to the Constitutional Declaration.

Coptic Christian women are routinely victimized and forcibly converted by Muslims in Egypt, Miss Ghaly says.

In Egypt, this year marks the first Ramadan under the Muslim Brotherhood