Saudis are increasingly booking holidays to Egypt in what appears to be the first sign that the country's tourism industry is picking up as relative political stability returns.

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced to death the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, from which ousted President Mohammed Morsi hails, along with 13 other members and supporters over violence last summer.

Islamist scholars led by influential Qatar-based cleric Youssef al-Qaradawi urged Arab and Islamic states on Thursday to protect Sunni Muslims in Iraq, where sectarian war threatens after Sunni Islamist insurgents overran much of the country’s north.

Cairo University President Gaber Nassar said in a news conference on Thursday that the University Council referred 10 professors who were advisors to deposed President Mohamed Morsy to a disciplinary council for allegedly embezzling funds from the university.

The Giza Criminal Court sentenced 12 men to death Wednesday, accused of storming the Kerdasa police station and murdering several police officers in last August.

Preacher Mohamed Amer was suspended and referred to an investigation Tuesday for mocking President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi‘s visit to a survivor of a sex attack in Tahrir Square and describing her as a “dancer” in a Friday sermon in a Cairo mosque, Youm7 reported.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned Wednesday the trial of Muslim Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Badie, Khairat al-Shater and 15 others on charges of killing protesters outside the guidance office to June 23.

On Wednesday, Alexandria's Sidi Gaber Misdemeanor Court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Hendawy to 15 years in prison over charges of inciting protests by the 7am group, a minor girls' protest group loyal to deposed president Mohamed Morsy.

A local imam was suspended on Tuesday and referred to an investigative committee for allegedly insulting President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the victim of sexual assault in Tahrir Square.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of 50 Muslim Brotherhood members, leaders and former Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie to June 23; the defendants are accused of forming an operations room during the Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in last year and inciting violence.

An appeals court refused on Tuesday a request filed by Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed El-Beltagy and Islamist figure Safwat Hegazy to change judges in a trial in which they face charges of torturing policemen.

The Muslim Brotherhood acknowledged mistakes it made after the 25 January revolution and called on all revolutionary forces to put aside their differences and unite over the document it has issued under the title of “Charter of Morals and Honor”.

The investigations conducted by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, headed by Tamer al-Fergany, have shown that the 24 defendants in the case known as the "two Mansoura cells" have committed the crimes attributed to them between July 2013 and June 2014.

Yasser al-Serry, a jihadi leader living in London, said that giving alms to the Zakat House that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi agreed to establish a few days ago is haram, and called for a boycott to anything that supports Sisi.

An Egyptian police officer was killed on Monday in a shootout during an ambush on a "terrorist cell" that belongs to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in South of Cairo, the Interior Ministry said.

An Egyptian court sentenced a teacher to six months on Sunday on charges of insulting religion in front of her students at a Luxor school.

Clashes between Egyptian security forces and Islamist supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi on Monday left one policeman dead in southern Cairo, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned Monday the trial of former President Mohamed Morsi and several Muslim Brotherhood leaders on charges of espionage to June 29, in order to hear further witness testimony.

Security forces will be removing from vehicles the widespread sticker asking onlookers “Have you praised the Prophet (Mohamed) today,” among other religious slogans, Deputy Interior Minister for Media Affairs Abdel-Fattah Osman said in a televised interview on Sunday.

Vice-Chief of the Salafi Dawa Yasser Borhamy has issued a religious edict, saying that Muslims are forbidden from watching football matches in the World Cup as it could be seen as admiring disbelievers.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned on Sunday trial of toppled President Mohamed Morsy and other 130 suspects affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood over prison break charges to 28 June.