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The State Security Supreme Court decided to postpone the trial of Saad Eddin Ibrahim to the 19th of the coming month. Lawyer Abdel Haleem Mandour, who defends the fifth and sixth defendants and known for being an Islamist, said that he will not only defend his clients but all the defendants,...
More than 1500 persons applauded and shouted urging the destitution of the Culture Minister, Farouk Hosni, during last Friday’s conference of the Amal [Labor] party. The publishers of Al-Shaab Newspaper launched a severe campaign against the writer of the novel "Banquet for the seaweed" and accused...
... we asked the professors of the Azhar and Islamic scholars for their opinion on what Al-Banna says. Their rage and objections against what he said surprised us. They made it clear that the apostate’s punishment is death and that a Muslim has no freedom to leave his religion.
In a rare public glimpse of a fierce internal debate, Islamist spiritual leader Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman denounced attempts to work within the Egyptian political system by two fledgling Islamist parties.
Al-Arabi has learned that Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman amir [commander] and mufti of Islamic groups has agreed to issue a request to the Egyptian authorities declaring his wish to return to his homeland.
Despite press reports claiming the rejection of Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya to ongoing efforts by some of its former members to establish a political party, the would-be founders vow to move on. Dialogue is said to be taking place between leading members of several Islamist groups including the Gamaa...
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