Salafi
Threats keep ElBaradei from polls, news agency reports
Egypt
December 24, 2012
Threats keep ElBaradei from polls, news agency reports
Constitution Party President Mohamed ElBaradei did not vote in the second round of the referendum Saturday because he feared…
Debating Sharia and democracy with a Salafi friend
Opinion
November 14, 2012
Debating Sharia and democracy with a Salafi friend
Salafis might accept procedural democracy — that is to say the vote and the ballot box — as a means…
Sheikhs and the ballot box: Internal rifts emerge within Salafi Nour Party
Egypt
September 25, 2012
Sheikhs and the ballot box: Internal rifts emerge within Salafi Nour Party
Once again Salafis are making headlines, not with incendiary statements, but because of internal rivalries that may threaten their most…
Gaza court gives life terms to two killers of Italian activist
World
September 17, 2012
Gaza court gives life terms to two killers of Italian activist
Four Palestinian hardliners were jailed, two for life, on Monday after a Gaza military court found them guilty of the…
New presidential team hints at Brotherhood-Salafi rapprochement
Egypt
August 30, 2012
New presidential team hints at Brotherhood-Salafi rapprochement
After much speculation and anticipation, President Mohamed Morsy announced his 21-member presidential team Monday, revealing a staff dominated by Islamists…
Salafi preacher rejects Coptic or female VP
Egypt
July 4, 2012
Salafi preacher rejects Coptic or female VP
A senior Salafi preacher rejected on Tuesday the possibility that the next vice president would be a Copt or woman,…
Abu Ismail’s female supporters defend presence at sit-in
Egypt
April 24, 2012
Abu Ismail’s female supporters defend presence at sit-in
Female supporters of Salafi presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail have not abstained from sleeping inside tents erected in Cairo's…
Salafis likely to support Abu Ismail, Awa or Abouel Fotouh for president, leader says
Egypt
March 7, 2012
Salafis likely to support Abu Ismail, Awa or Abouel Fotouh for president, leader says
The Salafi movement will likely support Islamists Hazem Abu Ismail, Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh or Mohamed Selim al-Awa for president…
Nour Party head defends NGO, sees army taking time to cede power
Egypt
February 9, 2012
Nour Party head defends NGO, sees army taking time to cede power
The head of Egypt's leading ultra-conservative Islamist party believes it will take time for the ruling military to hand power…
Abu Ismail: SCAF interfering in Constitution, pushing ‘consensus candidate’
Egypt
February 8, 2012
Abu Ismail: SCAF interfering in Constitution, pushing ‘consensus candidate’
The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is trying to guarantee itself certain prerogatives in Egypt’s new Constitution…