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Egypt
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Politics
11/17/2011 6:05:25 PM
Unknown assailants pelt marchers in Shubra district with stones and Molotov cocktails; some witnesses blame Salafists
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Egypt
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Politics
10/28/2011 3:37:08 PM
Friday protest demands justice for those slain by the military on 9 October and condemns police brutality as revolutionary youth and Salafists attack the military council's rule ahead of Essam Atta's funeral procession to Tahrir
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Egypt
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Politics
10/25/2011 2:28:00 AM
More than 6,700 candidates and 47 political parties have officially completed the necessary paperwork to compete in November's historic parliamentary elections which will pit the favoured Islamists against liberals and leftists
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Egypt
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Politics
10/22/2011 12:30:52 PM
Thousands of Salafists congregated in Kafr El-Sheikh where Egyptian Salafi cleric, Abu Ishaaq Al-Huwayni, was tried, charged with insulting the Egyptian grand mufti
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Opinion
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10/15/2011 2:15:30 PM
The atrocious killings in Maspero are not so much sectarian as a staging point in a full-scale counterrevolution
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Egypt
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Politics
10/15/2011 11:36:00 AM
Outrage is mounting in reaction to the killing of scores of Coptic Christians in Maspero last Sunday, with few convinced with the army's denial of involvement
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World
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Region
10/13/2011 10:53:50 AM
After overcoming the dilemma of ousting Ben Ali, Tunisia now faces a new dilemma with the Salafists who seek to impose their radical interpretation of Islam on society
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World
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Region
10/9/2011 7:56:09 PM
Authorities in Tunis arrest hundreds of Salafists threatening to burn down the offices of a television station after it screened the Iranian animated film Perspolis
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Egypt
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9/30/2011 8:45:35 PM
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Egypt
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9/18/2011 3:10:00 PM
The diehards of ousted president Mubarak’s defunct NDP regroup into new parties
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Egypt
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Politics
8/29/2011 5:28:21 PM
The Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists have been vying each other to control venues and spots designated for the feast prayers
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World
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Region
8/26/2011 1:15:26 PM
An Israeli security source warns that attacks similar to last week's bus-gunning which dominoed into a diplomatic crisis with Egypt are being planned to instigate problems between the countries
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Egypt
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Politics
8/23/2011 3:35:01 PM
The Salafist Call (Al-Dawa Al-Salafya) and Nour Party release a statement explaining their boycott of yesterday's constitution meeting called by Egypt's Deputy Prime Minister Ali El-Selmi
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Opinion
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8/23/2011 10:49:04 AM
Extremist Islam is rearing its head, seeking to create Kabul in Cairo, and to impose a vision on the people’s revolution
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Egypt
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Politics
8/22/2011 5:20:54 PM
With the deputy prime minister's announcement of new guiding constitutional principles, the old argument between Islamists and liberal forces has reemerged, pitting the former against the ruling military council
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Egypt
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Politics
8/12/2011 1:43:04 PM
With many of its original organisers calling for a postponement the planned 12 August Friday "for the love of Egypt" looks to have dwindled to a Tahrir iftar, held amidst Sufi chanting and poetry
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Opinion
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8/8/2011 8:54:52 PM
Recent demonstrations by Salafists reflect fears about threats to Egypt's Islamic identity. The solution is not to isolate Islamists but to integrate them into Egypt's new political space
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Opinion
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8/7/2011 1:50:13 PM
While many fear the reverse, the reality is that Islamist movements are taking their cues from reformist and civil movements
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Egypt
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Politics
8/7/2011 1:24:22 PM
Traditionally apolitical, Egypt's Sufis decide to join liberals in a mass rally under the banner 'For the Love of Egypt' in response to the encroachment of Salafists and other Wahhabi-oriented Islamists on Egypt's political arena
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Egypt
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Politics
8/6/2011 1:36:00 PM
Sufi leaders along with ten political parties as well as Coptic, liberal and secular groups are planning to stage a million-man protest in Tahrir square on Friday, 12 August
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