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In Algeria, conservatives weigh in against pressure for Western-style democracy
Middle East

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…
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