The head of the Strong Egypt Party Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh said on Sunday that he is "honoured" that the Muslim Brotherhood chanted against him at their rally in support of President Mohamed Morsi on Friday.

Women here say it crosses class barriers, generations and faiths. It prevails in public buses, trains, streets and homes. It exists online, on university campuses, and in parks, markets, at work and in cafes.

Hundreds of protestors in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Luxor have continued their demonstration in front of the governorate headquarters for a fourth consecutive day.

Clashes erupted on Wednesday night outside a Muslim Brotherhood conference in Desouk city in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate.

Thousands of Egypt’s Coptic Christians are fleeing to Europe, the United States and elsewhere rather than face mounting discrimination at home. Copts, Egypt’s ancient Christian community, are the country’s largest minority, making up nearly 10 percent of its 85 million people.

The Muslim Brotherhood guidance office held a meeting with the consultative council Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya on Wednesday to discuss the final arrangements for planned demonstrations on 21 June.

Al-Azhar's Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb warned members of different Islamist groups against accusing their opponents of blasphemy on Wednesday.

For the Muslim Brotherhood, running Egypt has been like crossing a minefield. As President Mohamed Morsi ends his first year in office, fortifications being erected at his group's headquarters suggest a looming war.

The UAE's state security prosecution on Wednesday announced the referral of 30 Egyptian and Emirati nationals to the country's Supreme Court to face charges of "establishing and administrating" an unauthorised Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood "cell."

The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party has condemned violent protests in Gharbiya over the appointment of a new governor.

The Salafist Nour Party has called on the Muslim Brotherhood to ease tensions with the opposition prior to demonstrations against President Mohamed Morsi on 30 June, the anniversary of his inauguration.

The Salafist Nour Party has called on the Muslim Brotherhood to ease tensions with the opposition prior to demonstrations against President Mohamed Morsi on 30 June, the anniversary of his inauguration.

Dozens protested Monday night in front of the Cairo hotel where the delegation of Hamas officials is staying during its visit to Egypt. The demonstrators were brandishing anti-Hamas banners and demanding to immedeately expel the members of the militant group from Egypt.

Saudi Arabian religious scholars are leading an increasingly vocal chorus of Islamic preachers who are urging Muslims and Arabs to support Syrian rebels against what they say are atrocities at the hands of Iran-backed Shi'ite forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

A reader wonders why Egypt has been largely off-the-radar as a important regional presence in the Syrian conflict. With interesting timing, the last few days may have inaugurated the beginning of a change to Egypt’s lack of involvement, a development coinciding with the U.S.’s own policy changes.

Hours after President Mohamed Morsi announced 17 new governor appointments, discontent was expressed nationwide due to the fact many of the new appointees are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, the group from which the president hails.

Clashes erupted on Sunday night between supporters of Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood and their opponents in Fayoum, injuring 38 people.

Under Hosni Mubarak’s rule, Egypt’s authorities took a tough line on Egyptians coming home after waging “jihad” in places like Afghanistan, Chechnya or the Balkans, fearing they would bring back extremist ideology, combat experience and a thirst for regime change. In most cases, they were imprisoned and tortured.

Egypt’s Administrative Prosecutor’s Office ordered a Quran teacher to be fired from Al-Azhar religious center.

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi named a member of an Islamist group remembered for a bloody attack on Western tourists in the ancient city of Luxor over a decade ago as governor of that province on Sunday.

An Egyptian Salafist holds an anti-Coptic Christian banner outside a courthouse in Cairo October 14, 2012 before the trial of Ahmed Mohamed Abdullah, known as Abu Islam. REUTERS Mohamed Abd El Ghany )