Latest in Tag: Muslim Brotherhood Highlight
Latest in Tag: Muslim Brotherhood
NCHR delegation visits Tora Prison
A group of board members from the National Council for Human Rights visit Tora prison and speak to detained political leaders
FJP deputy leader Essam El-Erian detained for 30 days
Senior MB member’s arrest is the latest in a series of government crackdowns
Morsi and Sisi: Against both!
On 30 June I was suffering from a dislocated shoulder, which is quite painful by the way. However, I managed to make it to Kasr El Nile Bridge and join an anti-Morsi demonstration. Getting rid of Morsi and everything that he represented was certainly a pleasant thought that I was willing to do anything to …
Court recuses itself from trial of Brotherhood leaders
Date for next hearing of Supreme Guide and deputies not set
Pro-Morsi Al-Azhar students clash with security forces
Al-Azhar students protested death of peers, detainment and student housing
Egypt: Absent Justice
By Mohammed Nosseir Egypt is a country that has been lacking justice for decades. Two revolutions and thousands of marches and demonstrations demanding justice, among other things, have taken place in all Egyptian governorates. So far, however, nothing has been achieved, be it the amendment of laws or the actual application of justice on the ground. …
16 arrested on 6 October sentenced to prison
Deadly violence on 6 October left dozens dead
Barbatoze
Sherif Adel’s weekly look at Egypt’s events
Anti-Coup Alliance to protest on Tuesday
Pro-Morsi demonstrators announce plans to protest for the “independence of the judiciary” this week
Car bomb found at site of deadly Tunisia clash
A quantity of TNT and ammonium nitrate substances frequently used in homemade explosives were also found
Muslim Brotherhood denies links to church attacks
The Brotherhood strongly criticises media reports that it was involved in Sunday’s church shooting, says three members were injured
Prosecution refers former Minister of Information to criminal court
Abdel Maqsoud and former manager of broadcasting in the engineering department charged with wasting public funds
Anti-Coup calls for more protests
The coalition also called for protests against the trial of ousted president Morsi
Counter-Revolution movements target universities: RevSoc
Revolutionary socialists condemn clashes in Alexandria University
Tunisia PM says committed to ‘principle’ of resigning
Prime minister’s speech as clashes between security forces and gunmen rocked the central Sidi Bouzid region, leaving at least six policemen dead
On popularity and bubbles
Stories by foreign journalists on Egypt usually come in themes. One period it’s all about sexual harassment, the other it’s all about Egypt’s very bad liberals, and currently it’s all about the Sisi Personality cult. Articles probing all sides of the “story”, from the cult’s prevalence to what it means to the role of the …
Four officers detained for the death of prisoners
Charges of the victims still unknown; human rights groups gathering authorisation from families to represent them in court
Shater and Katatny detained for espionage charges
Other charges include storming Egyptian prisons and aiding convicts’ escape
Mosques and politics in Egypt
By Nervana Mahmoud Nothing reflects the essence of Islam better than the pilgrimage to Mecca. It sums up the faith in a nutshell: humility, reflection and most importantly, equality. In the haj, women stand side by side with men; the rich stand alongside the poor; brown people alongside white. All are equal in the journey …
Brotherhood criticises West’s “hypocrisy”
The Muslim Brotherhood lambasts Western governments and their post-3 July stances in its weekly message
Clashes in Friday protests, 11 arrested
More than a hundred days since his ouster, supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi are still taking to the streets in protest
Barbatoze
Sherif Adel’s weekly look at Egypt’s events.
Al-Dostour party demands immediate investigation in Gaber’s death
“Al-Dostour party supports the Egyptian state in executing the roadmap”
Brotherhood calls for more protests amid crackdown
Morsi supporters maintain demands ahead of further demonstrating
Former MB supreme guide referred to court
Mahdy Akef is referred to criminal court for insulting the judiciary in an interview he gave earlier this year
Anti-coup alliance demands are unrealistic: Al-Nour Party
Al-Nour party spokesman Sherif Taha says that a political solution is a necessity
Friday protests to avoid Tahrir Square
The National Coalition to Support Legitimacy calls on demonstrators to “avoid further bloodshed” while “retaining their right” to protest in Tahrir Square.
UAE to try 30 Emirati, Egypt Islamists on Nov 5
Prosecution has accused the group of having “established and managed a branch for … the international organisation of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, without a permit.”
What are the inner makings of Egypt’s democracy movement? (Part 2 of 2)
In our previous article on the inner workings of Egypt’s democratic movement, we discussed the country’s Nasserist and leftist political camps. Here, we will seek to do the same with Egypt’s social democratic and liberal movements. The largest and most important party within the former, and perhaps even the larger civil democratic movement as a …
ErdoÄźan Needs to stand with Egypt, not the Muslim Brotherhood
By Adel El-Adawy The Egyptian-Turkish relationship has reached a low point and can be considered severed, because of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄźan’s full-fledged support for the Muslim Brotherhood at the expense of the majority of Egyptians and the Egyptian state. As Egyptian Ambassador to Turkey, Abdel Rahman Salah explained: “The fear of ErdoÄźan’s government …