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Salafi politics has taken Egypt by storm. This has surprised many commentators who underestimated their base of thought and non-political nature. For others, it has been a validation of years of Salafi work in mosques and surrounding communities to preach Islam and help the poor.   As an aid to...
Shaykh Hamdī ‘Abd al-Fattāh is a unique personality in Egypt. Little known outside of his home region of Maghagha in Upper Egypt, he is a candidate for parliament running under the banner of the Salafi Nour Party. In and of itself, there is nothing unusual here – the Nour Party has searched for and...
Human rights activist spotted election propaganda for the candidates of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) at the Abū Ismā'īl school station in violation of the law.
Islamic movements continued their preparations for participation in the Friday of identity and stability in a million-man protest due to be staged in Tahrīr Square and other major squares across Egypt.
Salafī Shaykh Muhammad Hasān said that there is no present for a nation that is ignorant about its past.
Many Islamist factions are disagreeing over the Azhar document and the propsed governing principles of the constitution. Salafists have declined to negotiate with Dr. 'Isām Sharaf, Prime Minister of Egypt, over the governing constitutional principles. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Group...
A Salafī leader in Egypt said on Monday that his political party, the Nūr Party, includes several leaders from the disbanded National Democratic Party (NDP).
The salafists seek the application of the Islamic caliphate model, said Dr. Yusrī Hamād, the official spokesman for the al-Nūr (Light) Party, adding Egypt is an Islamic, not civil, nation. He said that 95% of the Egyptian people are Muslims, noting the sharī'ah guarantees the rights of minorities...
The al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group), the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom & Justice Party (FJP) and the salafī al-Nūr party turned down an invitation by the Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation (ILBRR) to participate in an "Islamic million-man march in defense of the sharī'ah...
 Ḥizb al-Wasaṭ [Center Party], Muslim Brotherhood, the Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah group, and salafīs announced the establishment of political parties.    

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