Several political movements and figures are to hold a press conference 6pm Wednesday, as part of a campaign launched in solidarity with eight activists facing charges after demonstrating against the New Year's Eve Two Saints Church bombings in January 2011.

Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie said the current stage in Egypt requires the coordination of efforts to lift Egypt out of the crises stifling it.

Both the Jama'a al-Islamiya and April 6 Youth Movement criticized the limited Cabinet reshuffle. On Wednesday, it was announced that Mohamed al-Nashar would be appointed as Minister of Higher Education, Mohamed Saber Arab as Minister of Culture, Omar Salem as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, and Refaat Hassan as Minister of Manpower.

Al-Azhar rejected and expressed deep concern over Iran’s intention to produce a movie that personifies the Prophet Mohamed and recounts his life story. All the scholars of Al-Azhar and the Sunni communities rejected the work and demanded that Iran bans showings of the film.

Excluded presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu Ismail told Al-Masry Al-Youm Tuesday that he will continue filing lawsuits even after the end of the current presidential poll in order to ensure his eligibility for the next contest.

Egyptian presidential contender Mohamed Mursi on Monday announced his intention to apply Islamic Law in Egypt in the event he became Egypt's next head of state.

A leader from the Salafi-oriented Nour Party on Tuesday criticized a gathering organized by supporters of disqualified presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, who are protesting the decision to exclude him from the race.

On the eve of Egypt’s anticipated presidential poll, tension is mounting between the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafis, after the latter have declined to back the Brotherhood’s presidential nominee and opposed its calls to bring down the Cabinet.

Egyptian presidential contender Mohamed Mursi on Monday announced his intention to apply Islamic Law in Egypt in the event he became Egypt's next head of state.

The rivalry between the Muslim Brotherhood and its candidate for presidency Mohamed Mursi, and the organisation's former leading member and popular presidential candidate Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh has reached new heights, as the two sides start to attack each other directly in the media.

Disqualified Salafist presidential candidate Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail has called on all Egyptians to converge in Tahrir Square on Friday for mass prayers.

Presidential hopeful Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh has described the nomination of former regime figures for the presidential election slated for 23 and 24 May as an "effrontery," warning that such people "will not do Egypt any good."

Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi's meeting with a parliamentary delegation, the Egypt-Saudi Arabia diplomatic crisis, the clashes in Abbasseya neighborhood, and the upcoming presidential race are the main topics discussed in Monday's newspapers.

Wasat Party Spokesperson Tarek al-Malt has accused a group of Salafi preachers of inciting Friday’s clashes in Abbasseya.

As violence continued to rage in Cairo's Abbasiya district in the past few days, the Muslim Brotherhood called for Friday protests in Tahrir Square to demand that the country's military rulers hand over power to a civilian authority.

A leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party announced his support for the presidential hopeful and former Brotherhood member Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh Saturday.

The Muslim Brotherhood did not abandon its principles when it reversed its previous ban on fielding a presidential candidate, but rather the circumstances are what changed, said Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy on his Facebook page.

Salafist Nour Party MP and Deputy Parliament Speaker Ashraf Thabet on Sunday dismissed the existence of serious conflict between Egypt’s government and parliament, stressing that any outstanding problems between the two would be resolved “very shortly.”

The Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday called on the ruling generals to immediately sack the government of Kamal al-Ganzouri and form another that can better manage the country and supervise the presidential election.

The man who is dubbed the "scholarly president," due to his many achievements and awards in the engineering field, has spoken to Ahram Online about the problems plaguing Egypt's transitional period, including the Muslim Brotherhood's spat with the government of Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzouri.

In one town in northern Mali a man has been whipped for drinking alcohol. In another, pictures of unveiled women have been torn down. In a third, traditional music is no longer heard in the streets.