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Former presidential candidate Abu Ismail sentenced to 5 years in prison
Charges include using power and violence against prosecution members, says state-run newspaper
14 Salafi leaders acquitted
Defendants expected to be released Monday, to be put under probation
Appeal process begins for programme host Islam El-Beheiry
El-Beheiry is appealing a sentence of five years imprisonment for charges of contempt of religion
Al-Nour Party focuses on making promises for electoral campaign
Party candidates promise voters to develop roads, schools, hospitals and health insurance
Salafi Calling old guards re-elected
Group argues “pro-Brotherhood” candidates lost elections
Setting the stage: The 2012 Abbaseya clashes
Although the political dispute between the State and the Islamists intensified after the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, the May 2012 Abbaseya clashes count as the first main bloody confrontation between the countries’ two political entities. In defiance of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ (SCAF) delay to hand power …
Court upholds Abu Ismail’s prison sentence
Salafi preacher convicted of forging official documents to run in 2012 presidential elections
Al-Azhar files complaint against TV show, accuses presenter of ‘distorting Islam’s teachings’
Statement by the religious institution is violation to freedom of religion
Salafi leaders back to mosques after restrictions
Ministry of Religious Endowment accepts sermons by Borhamy and Makhyoun
More Islamists referred to military tribunals
Since 1950s, special military courts used as judicial tool to crack down on Islamist opposition
Court postpones dissolution of Al-Nour Party to 21 February
Anti-Brotherhood group vows to fight ‘religious political parties’ in parliament
224 arrested in Friday protests: Interior ministry
Officials provide conflicting figures on the numbers of protester deaths
Brotherhood to remain peaceful, denies statements by unknown individuals
Group asserts commitment to “overthrowing junta”
5 members of Salafi Front arrested in Cairo ahead of 28 November protests
Suspects were planning to “stage protests and incite violence”, says interior ministry
Endowments ministry amends upcoming Friday prayer speech
The speech will be unified across the country’s registered mosques
Court rules ‘lack of jurisdiction’ over lawsuit to dissolve Al-Nour Party
Decision proves party’s clear stance and legal situation: Al-Nour spokesman
Abu Ismail sentenced to one year for insulting police
Former presidential candidate jailed for video describing police as ‘dogs’
No electoral alliance until districts are drawn: Al-Nour Party
Chairman Makhioun says party is open to coalitions but only until official electoral lines have been drawn
Al-Nour chairman accuses culture minister of contradicting constitution
Makhioun condemns culture minister’s statements regarding screening of the movie Noah
Salafi choices during the presidential elections
By Nader Bakkar From an intellectual point of view, the Salafi movement is a rich one, distinguished by varying interpretations within the same school of thought and containing both positives and negatives simultaneously. A group of scholars and independent preachers that belong to this movement have preferred to withdraw completely from the political scene and …
Islamist Al-Nour Party backs Al-Sisi
Al-Nour Party says Al-Sisi is the more suitable candidate for this stage
Abu Ismail sentenced to 7 years
Salafi preacher convicted of forging official documents in order to run as a candidate in the 2012 presidential elections
Return of jihadist fighters from Syria sparks fear in Tunisia
AFP – Around 400 Tunisian jihadists have returned from fighting in the Syrian war, the interior minister said, sparking fears that the battle-hardened militants could fuel Islamist violence back home. Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has been rocked by sporadic violence linked to Muslim extremists who were suppressed under the regime of ousted strongman Zine …
Al-Nour Party lists challenges for next president
The Islamist party says it will not field a presidential candidate and will evaluate nominees based on a number of criteria
Will you vote this year?
This will be the third year in a row that Egyptians will vote on a constitution. Yet another referendum with yet another Yes campaign. Vote Yes for stability , they said in 2011. Vote Yes for Islam, they said in 2012. Vote Yes for your country, they are saying in 2013. Never are there campaigns …
Abu Ismail forgery trial begins
The former presidential candidate is also being charged with inciting murder and defamation of police officers
Muslim Brotherhood waging campaign of defamation: Al-Nour
Salafi party accuses Brotherhood of slander and spreading lies
Abu Ismail’s trial resumes
The former Salafi leader is charged with libel against police officers
Constituent Assembly bans formation of political parties on religious grounds
“The committee amended Article 54, which pertains to the establishment of political parties, banning the formation or activities of a party that are based on religious grounds,” Salmawy said.
Islamists criticise constituent assembly
The Salafist Call’s deputy leader and Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya accuse assembly of trying to change Egypt’s “Islamist identity”