The wife of late Salafi activist Mohamed Yousry Salama, Omneya, told ONtv Sunday evening that the fact she choose not to cover her hair was a point a disagreement between her and her husband.

The Muslim Brotherhood has denied that its young members are angry at the group for letting them confront clashes in Moqattam and outside the presidential palace.

A Hamas delegation currently visiting Egypt has held several talks with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Bureau, the group’s highest authority.

The Shura Council legislative committee on Sunday removed an article from the draft electoral law that banned the use of religious slogans in election campaigns. The amended draft law is to be submitted to the council Monday for review.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated government recently allowed members of the Brotherhood and hardline jihadists to join Egypt’s military academy for the first time as part of what U.S. officials say is a covert effort to impose Islamist rule in the key Middle East state.

Nader Bakkar, spokesman for the ultraconservative Salafist Nour Party, condemned Thursday recent statements by Wasat Party leader Abul-Ela Madi against Egypt’s intelligence apparatus.

On Street 10 of the south Cairo neighbourhood of Moqattam on Monday, it was hard to believe that there had recently been trouble near the Muslim Brotherhood's nearby headquarters. Yet throughout the past week, the quiet neighbourhood – better known in recent years as a hangout for young lovers – has seen three violent clashes pitting anti-government protesters against Brotherhood members and security forces.

Freedom and Justice Party leader Saad El-Katatni on Wednesday discussed Egypt's draft NGO law with the US and UK ambassadors at the party's headquarters in Cairo.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has questioned the legal basis for Wednesday’s court ruling that overturned President Morsi’s dismissal of former prosecutor-general Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud.

The fugitive leader of a radical Islamist group threatened on Wednesday to overthrow Tunisia's government, one day after the prime minister accused him of smuggling weapons into the North African country.

Amnesty International slammed the government on Wednesday for failing to protect Coptic Christians, the largest religious minority in the country.

Assertions by Wasat Party leader Abul-Ela Madi on Tuesday that parts of the Egyptian intelligence apparatus were engaged in activities aimed at destabilising the administration of President Mohamed Morsi have prompted controversy.

The Islamic preachers’ syndicates at Al-Azhar has denounced attacks on mosques during clashes at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters and condemned the use of houses of worship during political disputes.

The board of directors of a community-funded religious centre in Cairo's Moqattam district – located near the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters – issued a statement on Monday confirming that "members of the Islamist current" had taken control of the mosque during Friday's bloody clashes between protesters and Muslim Brotherhood supporters.

Freedom and Justice Party Secretary General Mahmoud Hussein denied reports circulated on Monday that the Muslim Brotherhood was on a state of high alert ahead of new presidential decrees expected to be issued within hours.

A Muslim man was sentenced to death in Egypt on Monday for killing two people in a dispute with Christians in a southern town, state media said, in a case that underlines sectarian tensions in the country.

Even though the Muslim Brotherhood did not field any candidates in the Journalists Syndicate elections last week, the results have still been perceived as a blow to the ruling group.

The Al-Zawya Al-Hamra Misdemeanor Court in Cairo sentenced satellite television host and Islamist preacher Abdullah Badr to six months in prison on Tuesday for insulting media professional Amr al-Leithy and his father.