As different political forces begin campaigning for and against the impending constitutional referendum, the Salafi-oriented Jama’a al-Islamiya said it would organize a million-man march to fight for the application of Sharia in the new constitution.
The National Council for Women (NCW) called on Egypt's Ministry of Interior and security officials in Egypt's northwestern governorate of Matrouh, Saturday, to take the required action to find Sara Abdel-Malik, a 13-year-old girl who was reportedly kidnapped in September.
Informed sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm Saturday that Islamist leaders have nominated Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat al-Shater for the post of People's Assembly speaker in the next Parliament.
Both Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb and the acting Patriarch of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius called on the Egyptian people
Bishops who have been meeting for three weeks to plot a way forward for a Church whose membership is dwindling in Europe are concerned by Islam's growth
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.
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Amr Adeep in an important interview with John McCain