Latest in Tag: Muslim Brotherhood Highlight
Latest in Tag: Muslim Brotherhood

Another advisor resigns from presidential team
Advisor for legal affairs Mohamad Fouad Gadallah resigns, accuses government of failing to engage people outside ruling party

In other words: Who is the alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood?
Before answering this question, ask yourself: Has the Muslim Brotherhood succeeded in running the country? I ask this as someone who considers himself relatively involved in the countryâs political circuit, who does not seek to judge the Muslim Brotherhood based on his own political convictions; however at the same time I do not pretend to …

âIf you hate the Muslim Brotherhood, honk your hornâ
A campaign to show disapproval of the Muslim Brotherhood across Egypt

Lawyers protest for judicial independence
Demonstrators in Abbaseya call for the preservation of judicial neutrality

Professional syndicates call for protests in solidarity with judiciary
Syndicates announce full solidarity with Egyptâs judges and call for protests

Students protest in support of detained classmate
Demonstrators at the High Court building claim those arrested for Black Bloc connections are innocent

Student protest against “Harassment Minister”
Students reject the ministerâs presence at a conference, calling him a âharasserâ

Mekki to stay if promised judicial independence
President Mohamed Morsi assures top judges he will safeguard their independence

Cabinet reshuffle: Bad News
It was quite surprising to sense optimism in some people’s voices when they received news on the cabinet reshuffle, disrespectfully announced in a tweet by Morsi. All the signs indicate an even worse government taking over. First of all the prime minister remains, which means that inadequacy will continue to be the main characteristic of the new cabinet. For …

NSF calls for protests at Shura Council
National Salvation Front says new judiciary law being discussed in parliament is intended to help forge elections, calls on youth to join

Andalous Institute condemns ârepressive police tacticsâ
The Andalous Institute for Tolerance and Anti-Violence Studies says the police are backing whatever regime is in power

US citizen to appear in court on Tuesday
Andrew Blake was arrested by CSF in central Cairo last Friday

FJP welcomes Mekki’s resignation
Minister of Justice Ahmed Mekki’s request for resignation is met with approval by both the Brotherhood and one of its critics Ahmed Al-Zind

The Protocols of the Elders of Moqattam
The dust had barely settled in Boston last week when, like virulent microorganisms, conspiracy theories began to multiply exponentially on cyberspace in an attempt to ascertain who was responsible for the bombingsâand, in keeping with the genre, some of the answers were typically atypical. The human mind is a pattern-finder par excellence, like no other …

Morsi discusses state of the country
President Mohamed Morsi touches on a number of issues facing the country in a lengthy interview on Al-Jazeera

The Revolutionary Connection
Unfortunately, revolutions come at a price. The whole idea of revolting is to destroy the connection with the status quo, and this connection can be broken in two main ways. You either break the connection, celebrate its destruction, propose a different status quo, implement it and build a new connection; or simply break the connection, …

39 detained in Friday clashes
Police arrest 39 for alleged participation in violence in Downtown Cairo

State Department assesses Egyptian human rights in 2012
The United States State Department highlighted a number of growing human rights concerns in Egypt in its annual report

Over 100 injured in Friday clashes
The Brotherhood blames âpaid thugsâ for violence in downtown Cairo

Al-Dostour Party Medical Convoy attacked
Party accuses Muslim Brotherhood affiliates of attacking their convoy in Dakahleya, say they were saved by residents
In Pictures: Clashes hit downtown Cairo
Muslim Brotherhood supporters clash with their opponents in Abdel Moneim Riad street in downtown Cairo on Friday.

Violence kicks off in Cairo and Alexandria
Brotherhood supporters and opponents face off near Tahrir Square and Samouha
In Pictures: Muslim Brotherhood Friday protest
A number of Islamist parties and movements began their demonstration after Friday prayers outside the High Court building.

Brotherhood’s Friday demonstrations
Opposition and some Salafi groups criticise Brotherhood-led protest

Black Bloc calls for anti-Brotherhood protests on Friday
Prosecutor General orders arrest of 22 people accused of founding and financing the group

Ain Shams university suspends classes
In a press conference held by student movements at Aim Shams University, students announced protests would escalate if the university does not heed their demands

Friday protests garner split reactions
Several political parties are throwing their weight behind the Muslim Brotherhoodâs call to protest, while many are refusing to participate

NSF preparing for elections
National Salvation Front affirms the importance of electoral participation and renews calls for guarantees of fairness in upcoming elections

UAE breaks up ‘Qaeda cell’ of seven Arabs
Authorities accuse the Islamists of links to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is outlawed in the Gulf state.

Student Union elections procedure to be decided
Electoral process to be formally voted on at the Ministry of Higher Education on Tuesday