A former Muslim Brotherhood leader has warned that government oppression in Egypt is fanning militancy that will pose a threat abroad unless the army-backed authorities start respecting freedom and human rights.

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb will speak about the concept of tolerance in Islam at the opening of the World Cup in Brazil on Thursday at 9pm.

During his June 8 inaugural address, Egypt’s new president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, paid tribute to the role of Coptic Christians in national life.

Egypt's ultra-conservative Islamist Al Nour party is voicing interest in joining President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's new government as part of a strategy to replace the banned Moslem Brotherhood as the country's most influential Islamist movement.

Cairo Criminal Court adjourned the trial of ousted President Mohamed Morsi and 14 other co-defendants who are accused of killing and inciting murder against protesters at Ithadeya Palace to June 11, according to Youm7.

Head of Egypt’s Salafist Nour Party, Younis Makhioun, said he expects his party to win the same percentage of parliamentary seats it did in 2012 -- nearly 24% of the total.

An Egyptian court sentenced on Monday eight alleged supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to five years in prison in relation to violence that erupted last November.

On Monday, Alexandria Criminal Court released police officer Abdel Rahman Al-Shimy of the former State Security Apparatus after an appeals court accepted his life sentence appeal.

An Egyptian court sentenced on Monday eight alleged supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to five years in prison in relation to violence that erupted last November.

An Egyptian court sentenced on Monday 112 alleged supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to one year in prison in relation to the violence that erupted on third anniversary of the January uprising.

Pro-Muslim Brotherhood students at Al-Azhar University in Nasr City, Cairo, protested Sunday against the inauguration Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as new president of Egypt.

As Egypt’s new president prepares to be sworn in, a court has sentenced 10 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death in absentia.

Pro-Muslim Brotherhood students at Al-Azhar University in Nasr City, Cairo, protested Sunday against the inauguration Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as new president of Egypt.

Pro-Muslim Brotherhood students at Sohag University staged a protest Sunday on campus against the inauguration of Egypt's new President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who was sworn in before the Supreme Constitutional Court in the morning.

The Salafist Call decided to appeal to Adly Mansour’s presidential decree banning non-appointed preachers at the Ministry of Religious Endowment or non-graduates from Al-Azhar Institute from delivering sermons or giving lessons at mosques, reported Youm7.

Pope Francis on Sunday hosts an unprecedented joint peace prayer in the Vatican with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in a symbolic gesture aimed at fostering dialogue.

Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Mursi released a statement on Wednesday on his official Facebook page, a day after the army chief who toppled him was announced the country's new president.

A Suez court sentenced twenty alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to three years in prison, fining them 50,000 Egyptian pounds each, on Wednesday for breaking the protest law.

The Sohag Criminal Court on Thursday handed multiple sentences to Muslim Brotherhood backers over charges of calling for a civil disobedience throughout the province.

Interim president Adly Mansour issued a law Thursday that bans non-appointed preachers at the Ministry of Religious Endowment or Al-Azhar University from delivering Friday sermons or giving lessons at mosques.

Muslim Brotherhood leading figure Mohamed Ali Bishr denied that he or other leaders of the group left the country after Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won the presidential elections.