Dubai has named the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyeb, Islamic figure of the year.

The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church has suspended his weekly audiences amid fears of attacks by supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.

A Muslim Brotherhood leader called on Egyptians to lay siege to the U.S Embassy in Cairo to protest what he said was American support for the ouster of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.

In rare remarks on Egypt's government crisis, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that the fall of the president, Mohamed Morsy, demonstrates the weaknesses of political Islamist movements.

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are reeling from another devastating blockade but this time they are blaming Egypt, the neighbouring Arab power they once hoped would end their isolation, rather than their old foe Israel.

The Muslim Brotherhood reportedly is attempting to blame Egypt’s Coptic Christian community for the recent ousting of President Mohammed Morsi and even resorting to violent tactics in an effort to gain back power.

Cairo Court of Appeal has begun considering a request submitted by Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat to temporarily freeze assets of a number of high-profile Islamist leaders.

Chancellor Mohammed Hetta ordered the arrest of five prominent Islamist figures on charges of inciting violence during Monday’s clashes in the Ramses area, reported state agency MENA on Saturday.

Egypt risks being engulfed in a civil war unless its newly installed interim government includes Islamists, the African Union warned on Thursday.

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Thursday it had proposed through an EU go-between a framework for talks to resolve Egypt's political crisis, its first formal announcement of an offer for negotiations since President Mohamed Morsy was toppled.

Supporters of Mohamed Mursi who have camped by the Rabaa al-Adaweya Mosque since the Islamist president was deposed two weeks ago apologized to residents on Thursday for the harms they have inflicted on the Nasr City neighborhood.

Three people were killed and three were injured in an attack by unknown gunmen in Sinai’s Sheikh Zuweid neighborhood late on Wednesday.

Prosecutor Mohamed al-Kholi ordered Sheikh Hazem Salah Abu Ismail to be detained for four days pending investigation on charges of falsifying documents to prove his mother did not have the American citizenship.

The Muslim Brotherhood movement of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi will spurn an offer to join a new interim government, a spokesman for the Islamist group said on Wednesday.

A senior figure in ousted President Mohamed Morsy's Muslim Brotherhood met the European Union's foreign affairs chief in Cairo on Wednesday and said Brussels had offered no proposal that could resolve Egypt's political crisis.

Egypt's general prosecution has ordered the arrest of Essam Sultan, former MP and leading member of the Islamist Wasat Party, on charges of insulting the judiciary.

Giza Prosecution renewed the detention of Salafi Rayah Party leader Hazem Salah Abu Ismail and other Islamist figures for 15 days pending investigations into charges of murder, attempted murder and intimidation of citizens during the Bein al-Sarayat clashes.

The Egyptian Student Union (ESU) – which represents student unions in Egyptian universities nationwide – condemned a statement by Muslim Brotherhood students claiming to represent the position of all Egyptian students regarding recent political events.

Fatah spokesperson Ahmed Assaf has said that the live broadcast of the Hamas-owned Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa channels from Rabaa al-Adaweya Square east of Cairo amounts to interference in Egypt’s internal affairs.

Egypt's Public Prosecution has defended measures taken against the Muslim Brotherhood in the wake of President Mohamed Morsy's overthrow on 3 July, claiming in a Monday statement procedures had been carried out in full accordance with the law.

The Salafist Nour Party has complained that most of Egypt's proposed new cabinet members belong to a specific political current and have party affiliations.