In 6 October City, a new sprawl of malls and mansions just west of the capital, locals say there is only one shop that sells alcohol. Its name is Bazaar al-Gamaa, and if you ask its owner, Abu Ramez, nicely, he will fetch you a bottle of vodka from the storeroom. In the fridges opposite the till, there are crates of local lagers: Sakara, Meister, Rex – and Stella, an award-winning Egyptian lager unconnected to its Belgian namesake. "That's my favourite," said Ramez, who has been an off-licence owner for 22 years. "Low alcohol percentage. Better for my liver."
Former head of "Asala" Salafi Party, Adel Afifi, called on citizens on Monday to defend themselves and their property in the light of what he described as the weakness of police performance on the streets.
Mohamed al-Gendy, a popular activist, was last seen alive at around 2:30 a.m. January 28, when he said good night to a journalist friend near Cairo’s Tahrir Square and headed home. When Gendy didn’t show up at a planned march the next day, his cellphone switched off, his friends grew alarmed—especially because he had recently received threatening texts, telling him to stop his activism.
April 6 Youth Movement has called for an 'angry day' of protests against President Mohamed Morsi on 6 April.
The Muslim Brotherhood said on Saturday it could have physically bested the 'perpetrators' who beat up members of the Islamic group at its main headquarters, but abstained from such an engagement "for the greater good."
Egypt's prominent Salafist figure and founder of Al-Raya Party Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail said that protesting at the offices of liberal parties and politicians has become "an urgent necessity."
Galal al-Morra, secretary general of the Salafi-oriented Nour Party, called on the National Salvation Front to consider Egypt’s interests and not to politically support “saboteurs and killers.”
Prosecutors ordered both Abdel Rahman and Ahmed Gamal Saber, sons of prominent Salafi leader Gamal Saber, detained for four days pending investigation into multiple charges, including murder.
Upon the conclusion of student elections at Egyptian universities nationwide, the emergence of political forces other than the Muslim Brotherhood represents a fresh addition to the burgeoning student movement.
Hours after the State Commissioner’s Authority issued a recommendation to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday, the Brotherhood announced it legalised its status.
Egypt's official women's rights council says Islamists who reject a U.N. blueprint to combat violence against women and girls are promoting the idea that Islam favors violence against women.
As earlier suggested, the wonderful thing about Salafis—those extra “radical” Muslims who seek to emulate as literally as possible prophet Muhammad’s teachings and habits—is that they are so unabashed and frank about what they believe. Such is the degree of brainwashing that they have undergone. Unlike the Muslim Brotherhood, which was founded much earlier, doublespeak is not second nature to the Salafis.
A report recently released by the State Commissioner’s Authority requested that the Administrative Judiciary Court dissolve the organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood, and that the government take steps to prevent it from engaging in any further banking activities.
Christians gathered in front of the Libyan Embassy in Washington, D.C., on March 14 to peacefully protest the recent detainment and torture of Copts in Libya.
Police arrested prominent Salafi leader Gamal Saber on Tuesday in connection with a deadly family feud in Shubra district that left three people dead.
The Independent Student Alliance clinched several key seats on Tuesday in Cairo University’s student union elections, beating out a coalition made up of candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood Student Alliance and the Strong Egypt Party.
Activists and opposition groups have called for a demonstration in front of the Cairo headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood on Friday, to protest what they describe as attacks by Brotherhood members and security forces on opposition activists.
The Cairo Southern Court on Wednesday ordered the release of 31 detainees arrested during the Sunday clashes between protesters and police in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Moqattam.
A panel of judges on Wednesday recommended the dissolution of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which President Mohammed Morsi hails, arguing it has no legal status.
An Egyptian delegation travelled to Libya on Saturday after increasing tensions between Egypt and Libya. The Al-Gabha Al-Democratiya political party received an invitation to celebrate the first anniversary of the foundation of the Libyan National Forces Alliance.
The Maspero Youth Union (MYU) confirmed on Saturday that four Egyptian Copts were detained at a checkpoint on Friday in the Libyan city of Misrata. MYU claims that those detained are being held because they are Christians.
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