Muslim Brotherhood
12 arrested in Fayoum over Friday protests
Egypt
December 28, 2013
12 arrested in Fayoum over Friday protests
Twelve people were arrested on Saturday for taking part in protests on Friday supporting deposed president Mohamed Morsy. Fayoum Security Directorate…
Fact-finding committee investigating post-30 June violence names targets
Egypt
December 28, 2013
Fact-finding committee investigating post-30 June violence names targets
A fact-finding committee tasked with investigating incidents of violence since the breakout of 30 June protests that toppled former president…
Journalists Syndicate denounces gag on Brotherhood newspaper
Egypt
December 28, 2013
Journalists Syndicate denounces gag on Brotherhood newspaper
In a statement on Saturday, the Journalists Syndicate has condemned the Interior Ministry’s decision to halt the printing of the…
This day in history: Colonial-era PM Nuqrashy assassinated
Archaeology
December 28, 2013
This day in history: Colonial-era PM Nuqrashy assassinated
On this day in history, 28 December 1948, former Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud Fahmy al-Nuqrashy was assassinated by a member…
Students call for massive march to Al-Azhar University in response to security crackdown
Egypt
December 28, 2013
Students call for massive march to Al-Azhar University in response to security crackdown
Students supporting deposed president Mohamed Morsy have called for massive marches to al-Azhar University, where police and pro-Muslim Brotherhood students…
HRW against Brotherhood terrorist tag
Egypt
December 28, 2013
HRW against Brotherhood terrorist tag
US-based Human Rights Watch has asked the Egyptian government to reverse its recent decree branding the Muslim Brotherhood as a…
Clashes across Egypt leave three dead
Egypt
December 27, 2013
Clashes across Egypt leave three dead
Muslim Brotherhood supporters and police clashed across Egypt on Friday, leaving at least three dead in protests after the army-backed…
Al-Azhar students, police clash on Friday
Egypt
December 27, 2013
Al-Azhar students, police clash on Friday
Clashes erupted on Friday between police and pro-Morsy students at Al-Azhar University's male campus in Nasr City. Dozens of students staged…
Endowments leader aims to end ‘sectarianism caused by Brotherhood’
Egypt
December 27, 2013
Endowments leader aims to end ‘sectarianism caused by Brotherhood’
Saad al-Feqqi, newly-appointed Undersecretary of the Ministry of Endowments in Kafr al-Sheikh, said he has been working “on erasing the…
Minister: Labeling Brotherhood as terrorist group applies to Brotherhood university protests
Egypt
December 27, 2013
Minister: Labeling Brotherhood as terrorist group applies to Brotherhood university protests
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education Hossam Eissa said in a statement Friday that the Cabinet has decided…