Islamism

Security forces have arrested two Salafis suspected of demolishing the shrines of revered Sufi figures in the Delta city of…

Tuesday's editorials and columns reflect the anxiety of various journalists and writers about the influence of Islamists, who strongly backed…

One of Egypt’s prominent Salafi sheikhs, Mohamed Hussein Yaqoub, said that religion won in Saturday's referendum on constitutional amendments.

The 25 January Egyptian uprising was a bombshell that undid several cliches about Middle East politics. On top of the…

Egypt’s Ministry of Interior released 109 political detainees belonging to Islamist groups including Salafi Jihad, al-Takfir wal-Hijra, and al-Jihad.Prisoners from…

Many at home and abroad are apprehensive of an eventual Islamist takeover should the popular revolt in Egypt lead to…

Amid heavy speculation that the South Sudan referendum, which concluded on Saturday, will split  the country into two separate states,…

Egypt's current social and economic problems are serious, perhaps overshadowing the mounting sectarian tensions in the country. More than anything,…

Last week, Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq threatened to attack Egypt’s Coptic minority in the wake of a massacre at a…

The Muslim Brotherhood has stuck with its well-known slogan "Islam is the solution" for nearly a quarter of a century.…