The Salafist El-Nour Party said Sunday it rejects demands echoed by a large number of demonstrators over the past weeks, calling for President Mohamed Morsi to step down, new presidential elections to be held, and for the new constitution to be amended if not abandoned.

After almost two months of ultimate solidarity with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafi Nour Party turned against its Islamist peers amid one of the severest political crises facing Egypt since the ascent of Mohamed Morsy to power.

Egypt's National Salvation Front (NSF), the main opposition bloc, and the Salafist Nour Party agreed on a unified initiative that aims to end Egypt's ongoing political crisis, following a meeting held in Cairo on Wednesday.

Around 150 Nour Party members in Giza resigned Thursday in protest over a meeting between Nour leaders and National Salvation Front figures earlier that day.

Far from a sign that peace will soon break out, Hamas's promotion of Hebrew learning in the Israeli-blockaded Mediterranean enclave aims to make linguistic skill a useful new front in the struggle against the Jewish state.

Leading political, governmental and religious figures have released a document renouncing violence at a dialogue Thursday hosted by Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb.

Prominent Islamic scholar and author Gamal El-Banna passed away on Tuesday

The Salafi Watan Party commended Dostour Party head Mohamed ElBaradei for his proposal of a dialogue between President Mohamed Morsy, Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim, and representatives from the Freedom and Justice Party

In 'The Veil,' an exhibition of photographs, the curly haired, highly talented Egyptian photographer Laura El-Tantawy attempts to challenge the stereotype of the headscarf as being exclusively a symbol of female oppression.

The British Embassy in Cairo announced Wednesday a suspension on new visa applications in Cairo and Alexandria due to the "current security situation."

Authorities in an Egyptian city scaled back a curfew imposed by President Mohamed Mursi, and the Islamist leader cut short

A Cairo tribunal has upheld death sentences passed on seven Egyptian Coptic Christians in absentia for their involvement in a movie that ridiculed the Prophet Mohammed, a judicial source says.

Egypt's Salafist Nour Party on Tuesday proposed a three-point plan aimed at ending the country's current political crisis

The Salafi-oriented Nour Party has demanded the formation of a "national salvation government,” an end to the state of emergency

The Islamist party of the Jihad Organization and Jama'a al-Islamiya has said the ways of dealing with banditry specified in the Quran must be applied to Black Bloc members

Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa has approved a death sentence delivered in absentia for seven Coptic Egyptian expats accused of producing and acting a movie deemed insulting to Islam

The Salafist Nour Party "has its concerns" about President Mohamed Morsi's Sunday night declaration of a state of emergency in Egypt's canal cities, party spokesman Nader Bakkar said in a Monday statement.

President Mohamed Morsy has invited representatives from 11 political parties for a dialogue, as well as several leading political figures, amid continued nationwide violence.

Egypt’s political turmoil has reached a new climax in the past few days with the Islamist sphere — from which the regime hails — and opposition forces swapping bitter accusations on violent nationwide clashes.

The Salafist Nour Party has announced its intention to take part in President Mohamed Morsi’s ‘national dialogue’ initiative aimed at resolving Egypt’s ongoing political crisis, Nour Party Chairman Youssef Makhioun stated on Monday.

Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed El-Beltagy urges Egyptian authorities on Sunday to "step in with full strength in order to prevent the killing of civilians," in response to the clashes that have overtaken major cities in Egypt on the second anniversary of the revolution and after a court issued a controversial death sentence.