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In Algeria, conservatives weigh in against pressure for Western-style democracy
Middle East
June 17, 2019
In Algeria, conservatives weigh in against pressure for Western-style democracy
HAIZER, Algeria (Reuters) – While tens of thousands of Algerians have been gathering for four months in the capital to…
How Libya’s Haftar blindsided world powers with advance on Tripoli
Middle East
April 10, 2019
How Libya’s Haftar blindsided world powers with advance on Tripoli
TUNIS (Reuters) – Western diplomats sat down for three hours with Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar in his eastern stronghold last…
Egypt’s Salafi Al-Nour Party supports Sisi’s 2nd presidential bid
Egypt
January 28, 2018
Egypt’s Salafi Al-Nour Party supports Sisi’s 2nd presidential bid
Egypt’s Al-Nour Party, the country’s largest Salafi party, declared on Sunday that they are officially supporting President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s second…
Young Islamists have ‘very scant’ knowledge of Islam, study finds
Features/Interviews
July 12, 2017
Young Islamists have ‘very scant’ knowledge of Islam, study finds
Young Muslims who become radicalized often invent a patchwork, imagined version of Islam that has little or nothing to do…
Salafi MP slams US law on state-sponsored terrorism, charges hypocrisy
Egypt
October 3, 2016
Salafi MP slams US law on state-sponsored terrorism, charges hypocrisy
MP Ahmed al-Sherif, a member of the Salafi-oriented Nour Party, has attacked the new JASTA law, which was passed in…
Court rejects dissolution of Nour Party over religious orientations
Egypt
July 5, 2015
Court rejects dissolution of Nour Party over religious orientations
The Supreme Administrative Court on Sunday upheld an earlier verdict in which it turned down a petition demanding the dissolution…
Salafis launch campaign against Ramadan series
Egypt
June 13, 2015
Salafis launch campaign against Ramadan series
Salafi activists have launched a campaign on social media platforms to boycott the many TV series to be aired during…
Sources: Egypt upholds Islamist ex-presidential candidate’s jail term
Egypt
April 14, 2015
Sources: Egypt upholds Islamist ex-presidential candidate’s jail term
Egypt's highest civilian court on Tuesday upheld a seven-year jail term for an Islamist politician and ex-presidential candidate convicted of…
Salafis get green light to respond to media criticism of Islamic figures
Egypt
March 25, 2015
Salafis get green light to respond to media criticism of Islamic figures
The Salafi Call has gained approval from the Ministry of Endowments to deliver sermons during the upcoming Friday prayers, in…