In an apparent about-face, the Muslim Brotherhood has on Wednesday admitted for the first time that some of its youth members took part in the clashes against opposition protesters last Friday in Cairo.

A senior Muslim Brotherhood leader on Wednesday vowed that the group would not go to Friday’s demonstration against President Mohamed Morsy to avoid clashes like those that took place last Friday.

The controversial trial of Alber Saber on charges of insulting religion resumed on Wednesday at the New Cairo Court.

After almost six decades of restoration, the 27th Dynasty Hibis Temple at Kharga Oasis regains its original allure

The Muslim Brotherhood has admitted for the first time that its members took part in Friday's clashes in Tahrir Square

The role Islamic Sharia law in Egypt's new constitution continues to stir controversy almost a week after the Constituent Assembly released its first official draft of the national charter.

Muslim Brotherhood lawyer Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maqsoud lodged a complaint on Tuesday with the attorney-general against Egypt's media minister, the Egyptian Radio and Television Union, and the editor-in-chief of state-run magazine Rose El-Yousef for circulating "false news" about the Brotherhood and its leaders.

Egypt's new ambassador his country's new Islamist government remains committed to peace with the Jewish state.

The Coptic Orthodox Church on Wednesday held the first mass to introduce the five Church figures being considered for the papacy at the Bishop Bishoy Cathedral in Wadi al-Natrun.

An Egyptian Coptic Christian arrested on suspicion of posting online an anti-Islam film that ignited Muslim protests around the world should be freed immediately, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

The role Islamic Sharia law in Egypt's new constitution continues to stir controversy

The election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi to the presidency this summer was followed by a flurry of conjecture

Egypt's state prosecutor has asked the general intelligence service and interior ministry to provide possible evidence in a probe of Islamists

As Egypt's closure of some of the smuggling tunnels from Gaza drives up prices in the tiny coastal enclave

The spokesman of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Paul, has announced that the new Coptic Orthodox Patriarch will be chosen on 4 November

Abdel- Meguid Mahmoud has ordered an investigation into allegations two top Muslim Brotherhood officials incited attacks

Outside of Gaza few people will have heard of Hisham al-Saedni, also known as Abu Walid al-Maqdisi.

Young or older Baha’is could neither be admitted to the hospital nor study in schools or universities

The surprise happened today when was published the decision announced by the president of the electoral commission, Amba Pakhomios

Civil groups feel marginalized by Egyptian Islamists.

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has announced the names of the five candidates in the running to be the next Pope. Two bishops and three monks have been chosen by an 18-member Church committee as potential successors to Pope Shenouda III, who died in March aged 88.