Egypt's Islamists have called for fresh demos on Friday, as tensions escalate ahead of rival rallies planned for Sunday to commemorate Egypt's 1973 war against Israel.

Ahmed Hassan Mohamed, the victim of torture who had formerly accused five supporters of toppled President Mohamed Morsy of beating him and cutting his finger at Rabaa al-Adaweya sit-in in June, recused his prior statement on Thursday, saying the defendants were in fact innocent.

The cabinet issued a decision in its Wednesday meeting to form a committee to manage the funds of the Muslim Brotherhood Organisation.

The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), National Coalition to Support Legitimacy and the Muslim Brotherhood organisation officially announced Thursday their participation in the 6 October protests.

Clashes erupted on Tuesday between Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated students and anti-MB protesters in Mansoura University. The two groups hurled stones against each other due to conflicts over an exhibition on 6 October war.

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton arrived in Cairo late on Tuesday, in a visit to promote reconciliation between Egypt's interim administration and the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

An Egyptian court will hear an appeal on October 22 against its decision to ban deposed President Mohamed Morsy's Muslim Brotherhood and seize its funds, court sources said. The case against the Brotherhood had been brought by a lawyer from the leftist Tagammu Party, which cited the need to protect Egyptians from violence. The ruling against the group was then made on September 24.

Egypt’s national council for childhood and motherhood filed a complaint on Wednesday asking the general prosecution to investigate the case of a schoolgirl allegedly beaten by her teacher, Egypt’s state news agency Mena reported.

The Cabinet decided on Wednesday to form a committee to manage the funds of the Muslim Brotherhood that were frozen by court order.

Minya police on Wednesday arrested a leader from Jama'a al-Islamiya. The suspect was reportedly carrying a shotgun and an Al-Qaeda flag. He is charged with involvement in violence that followed the dispersal of the sit-ins staged in Rabaa al-Adaweya and Giza's al-Nahda Square in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsy.

Security forces, backed by army troops, are in the process of raiding a Minya village after a bishop was shot, eyewitnesses told state-run news agency MENA.

Egypt's Suez military court sentenced on Monday Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Mongey to ten years of imprisonment on charges of inciting violence and vandalising military property in August.

Presidential adviser Ahmed al-Muslemany has said the Muslim Brotherhood is welcome to join reconciliation providing its leadership recognizes the 30 June revolution and Egypt's subsequent government.

Cairo Misdemeanor Court has upheld a ruling against former Prime Minister Hesham Qandil sentencing him to one year in prison for failure to implement the Administrative Court verdict ordering the re-nationalisation of the Tanta Flax and Oil Company.

Unidentified gunmen shot at the car transporting the General Bishop of Upper Egypt’s Minya governorate on Monday, reported Ahram's Arabic website.

The Ministry of Education has warned that it would expel any student found mocking Islam or spreading illicit ideas at school. Penalties for violating the code of behavior include preventing a student from pursuing studies for one academic year. The ministry would notify all education departments of its decision without naming the accused.

“The divine religion of Islam does not have Jihad of women,” said one of Tunisian Moftis, Hamdeh Saeid.

Salah Abdel Maboud, a member of the council heading the Salafi-oriented Nour Party and a standby member of the 50-member constitutional amendment committee, has stressed that the party is built on political - not religious - lines, stressing that the party welcomes Egyptian non-Muslim members into its fold.

At least four people, three police conscripts and one civilian, were killed on Monday when unknown gunmen attacked a police station in Northern Sinai’s Arish, security sources said.

Rival groups of students, some armed with guns and Molotov cocktails, clashed across Egypt on Sunday, state media and security sources said, as violence triggered by the overthrow of President Mohamed Mursi spread to universities.

Fierce clashes and stone-throwing erupted on Friday in the area of Miami, east of Alexandria, during a march in support of deposed President Mohamed Morsy.