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.

Cairo's Court for Urgent Matters sentenced three persons to life imprisonment on Sunday on charges of founding and belonging to an illegal terror cell with aims of overthrowing the government.

Egyptian security forces have seized supermarket chains owned by two leading figures of the Muslim Brotherhood as part of the government's crackdown against the banned organisation, judicial and security sources told Reuters on Sunday.

The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy (NASL) has called on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi to continue protesting in preparation for what they call the "uprising of 3 July 2014."

The expansion of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) into Iraqi cities has been one of the most eye-catching events in the Middle East this week.

The Muslim Brotherhood-led National Alliance to Support Legitimacy has called for a new week of protests against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who removed former leader Mohamed Morsy from office in 2013.

Egypt's wealthiest businessman, Nassef Sawiris, announced on Wednesday the formation of Nile Holding Investments (NHI), a private investment vehicle with the aim of investing in Egypt's growth.

The usually bustling streets of Baghdad were quiet on Thursday and business almost at a halt as stunned residents feared the imminent arrival in the capital of bands of Islamist militants.

On Wednesday, Cairo Criminal Court postponed the trial of deposed President Mohamed Morsy and 14 others to 22 June. The defendants, including seven fugitives, are charged with causing the death and injury of protesters outside Ettehadiya presidential palace on 5 December 2012.

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.