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.

A Constituent Assembly member submitted a proposal Saturday for the article on Al-Azhar to include provisions for electing the Grand sheikh and determining an age for his retirement, which was rejected by Al-Azhar’s representatives within the assembly.

Three judges charged with attempting to break into the High Court building and injuring employees have had their convictions overturned

In an apparent about-face, the Muslim Brotherhood has on Wednesday admitted for the first time that some of its youth members took part in the clashes against opposition protesters last Friday in Cairo.

A senior Muslim Brotherhood leader on Wednesday vowed that the group would not go to Friday’s demonstration against President Mohamed Morsy to avoid clashes like those that took place last Friday.

The controversial trial of Alber Saber on charges of insulting religion resumed on Wednesday at the New Cairo Court.

After almost six decades of restoration, the 27th Dynasty Hibis Temple at Kharga Oasis regains its original allure

The Muslim Brotherhood has admitted for the first time that its members took part in Friday's clashes in Tahrir Square

The role Islamic Sharia law in Egypt's new constitution continues to stir controversy almost a week after the Constituent Assembly released its first official draft of the national charter.

Muslim Brotherhood lawyer Abdel-Moneim Abdel-Maqsoud lodged a complaint on Tuesday with the attorney-general against Egypt's media minister, the Egyptian Radio and Television Union, and the editor-in-chief of state-run magazine Rose El-Yousef for circulating "false news" about the Brotherhood and its leaders.

Egypt's new ambassador his country's new Islamist government remains committed to peace with the Jewish state.

The Coptic Orthodox Church on Wednesday held the first mass to introduce the five Church figures being considered for the papacy at the Bishop Bishoy Cathedral in Wadi al-Natrun.

An Egyptian Coptic Christian arrested on suspicion of posting online an anti-Islam film that ignited Muslim protests around the world should be freed immediately, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

The role Islamic Sharia law in Egypt's new constitution continues to stir controversy

The election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi to the presidency this summer was followed by a flurry of conjecture

Egypt's state prosecutor has asked the general intelligence service and interior ministry to provide possible evidence in a probe of Islamists

As Egypt's closure of some of the smuggling tunnels from Gaza drives up prices in the tiny coastal enclave

The spokesman of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Paul, has announced that the new Coptic Orthodox Patriarch will be chosen on 4 November