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Draft Islamist-backed bill to regulate protests sparks criticisms
Egypt

Draft Islamist-backed bill to regulate protests sparks criticisms

The Islamist-dominated Shura Council was rattled on Monday by scathing criticism from politicians and activists over a proposed bill to…
Islamist parties consider running for Parliament on one list
Egypt

Islamist parties consider running for Parliament on one list

Islamist parties are considering putting forth one list of candidates to run in the next parliamentary elections to counter the…
Islamist lawyer accuses Al-Masry Al-Youm cartoonist of blasphemy
Egypt

Islamist lawyer accuses Al-Masry Al-Youm cartoonist of blasphemy

Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah referred an Islamist lawyer’s complaint alleging that a cartoon published in Al-Masry Al-Youm was blasphemous to…
150 Salafi Nour Party members resign
Egypt

150 Salafi Nour Party members resign

One hundred and fifty members of the Salafi Nour Party from 23 governorates submitted their resignation from the party following…
Mali Islamists destroying more Timbuktu mausoleums
World

Mali Islamists destroying more Timbuktu mausoleums

Armed groups occupying Timbuktu in northern Mali used pickaxes on Sunday to smash up any remaining mausoleums in the ancient…
Thursday’s papers: Alleged gunmen in custody, rising tensions between Islamists and opposition
Egypt

Thursday’s papers: Alleged gunmen in custody, rising tensions between Islamists and opposition

Topping the news in Thursday’s papers are three chief developments: the arrest and detention of two Islamists, increasing tensions between…
Protesters for and against Morsy gather in Alexandria
Egypt

Protesters for and against Morsy gather in Alexandria

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Alexandria on Tuesday to reject the referendum on the draft constitution, scheduled Saturday, 15 December.…
Nour Party decides not to take part in Tuesday protests
Egypt

Nour Party decides not to take part in Tuesday protests

Galal Morra, secretary general of the Salafi Nour Party, said the party has so far decided not to take part…
Islamists to demonstrate in Cairo, Alexandria, Assiut Tuesday to support Morsy
Egypt

Islamists to demonstrate in Cairo, Alexandria, Assiut Tuesday to support Morsy

Islamist forces are organizing three mass demonstrations in Cairo, Alexandria and Assiut on Tuesday, titled “National Consensus,” in support of…
Analysts: Morsy’s recent moves might lead to further upheaval
Egypt

Analysts: Morsy’s recent moves might lead to further upheaval

Egypt's Islamist president, Mohamed Morsy, overreached by giving himself broad powers and trying to ram through a new constitution without…
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