AFTER six decades of military dictatorship, Egypt sorely needs a constitution to set it on the path to democracy

The Shiites and Bahais are often overlooked in discussions about Egypt’s religious minorities

Intellectuals and writers have lashed out at Islamic preacher Youssef al-Badry’s call to destroy statues because he considers them idols

Egypt's Interior Minister says security forces have intercepted a group of smugglers bringing in weapons from Libya

Egyptians are feeling the squeeze from nearly 20 months of political turmoil that have gutted the nation's economy

Egypt is deep into the messy process of drafting its new constitution. In the past few weeks, two different drafts were released within days of each other

Terror group says Morsi’s arrival would break blockade

The Obama administration actually appears to be drawing closer to an Egyptian government dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood

Nonetheless, in the current climate, Israel simply cannot afford to let down its defenses -- not on the borders and not within the country

The Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt on Tuesday denied involvement in the demonstrations in Kuwait against Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah’s decision to amend the law on parliamentary elections, which the opposition says would hurt their chances in the upcoming race.

The Salafi Front, one of Egypt’s most revolutionary Islamist movements, has established a new political party: Al-Sha’ab, or the People’s Party. While not particularly groundbreaking in light of Egypt’s current political fluidity, the group’s mix of policies favoring social justice with a strict Islamist frame of reference is intriguing.

The Salafist Nour Party has expressed its overall contentment with the draft constitution, curtailing speculations concerning the party’s position. “The Nour Party has approved 70 per cent of the draft constitution,” affirmed spokesman Nadar Bakkar to Ahram Online, emphasising his party’s general conviction with regards to the draft.

An argument between Islamists and liberals over the terms of the draft constitution erupted on Monday, jeopardising the fate of the charter. The two camps both said that unless their conditions were met, they would withdraw from the ranks of the 100-member Constituent Assembly tasked with writing the constitution.

Senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official Ahmed al-Hamrawy on Monday resigned from the group

Egypt’s Channel 1 broadcast a video of Egyptian Cleric Futouh Abd Al-Nabi Mansour leading an Islamic prayer

There have been rays of the light of Jesus breaking through the gloom.

An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced controversial television presenter Tawfiq Okasha to four months in prison

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has thanked Qatar's emir for speeding the delivery of the opening tranches of a $2 billion loan aimed at boosting Egypt's troubled economy

Younis Makhyoun, a member of the Constituent Assembly and a member of the supreme body of the Salafi-oriented Nour Party, called on Egyptians to support Sharia in the constitutional referendum, but added, “Sharia, however, must be applied without voting.”

The Muslim Brotherhood's political party will seek an inclusive majority in Egypt's parliament through alliances with rivals, its new chief said, addressing fears of a narrowly Islamist outcome to the uprising against autocratic rule.

The Salafist Front launched a political party, named the People Party, Saturday afternoon. Speaking at the launch news conference, party spokesman Ahmed Mawlana said that the People Party is a pro-civil state party with an Islamic reference.