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The Muslim Broterhood has big hopes of becoming a major and legitimate political force, though there might be a cost. A delegation of the Muslim Brotherhood visited the Azhar's Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayīb. He invited all Islamist movements to participate in the forthcoming conference the Azhar will...
The children of the Egyptian cleric Shaykh 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman have appealed for his release from jail in the US, saying their father is too frail to stand imprisonment thousands of miles away from home. 'Abd al-Rahman's children called on the Egyptian government to request the US government to...
Hundreds of salafists, including dozens of fully-veiled women, protested outside the Azhar offices in northern Cairo, urging the Muftī, a senior Muslim cleric in Egypt who issues religious edicts, to backtrack on his view on the head-to-toe veil. The protesters raised banners that went further...
Around 300 Islamists rallied in anger in Cairo on May 6, 2011 over the killing of al-Qā'idah leader Usāmah Bin Lādin by US forces in Pakistan. The demonstrators were watched on by police as they gathered around a salafist mosque and unfurled a banner bearing a picture of Bin Lādin that declared he...
'Abūd al-Zumur, founding member of Egypt's Islamic Jihād Organization and friend of al-Qā'idah's new chief Ayman al-Zawahrī, said on 3 March 2011 that Usāmah Bin Lādin's death will not affect the organization and pleaded against revenge attacks. Zumur, who was in jail with Zawāhrī, said Bin Lādin...
In a ground-breaking meeting, leaders of the Azhar and the Muslim Brotherhood agreed on May 3, 2011 to join hands to spread moderate Islam. Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Ahmad al-Tayīb held rare talks in his office in Cairo with Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Badī' over means to unify religious...
The Coptic Orthodox Church has been accused of suppressing anyone who dares to convert to Islam. Both the Muslim and the Christian religious institutions should promote the right of beliefs for every citizen without any bonds. As long as Egyptian Muslims and Christians are living together on...
On 1 May protesters suspended their sit-in outside St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo for 15 days. After the Friday Prayer, Cairo witnessed three separate protests staged by Salafists, calling for the release of Coptic women who converted to Islam, but were supposedly held against their will be the...
The Muslim Brotherhood on 30 April announced the formation of a new party and pledged to contest nearly half of the seats in the next parliamentary elections. The party will be named Freedom and Justice Party. No explanation was given to why the group have now decided to contest 50 per cent of the...
Egypt has deployed extra police and troops to the central al-Minya province after a dispute between two Christian and Muslim families sparked deadly sectarian clashes. A curfew has been imposed on the town of Abū Qurqās after a dispute between the two families over the building of a speed bump...

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