The latest deadly bombing in Egypt, which killed at least 14 people and injured 200, has prompted the authorities to brand the largest Islamist group in the country, the Muslim Brotherhood, as a terrorist group...
Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood's significant loss in the recent Doctors Syndicate elections in Egypt has signalled a dwindling popularity of the group, which lost majority control for the first time in 28 years...
The group's failure to garner the majority (...)
The future of existing Islamist parties in Egypt seems uncertain under a newly-drafted constitution that contains an article banning the formation of political parties on a religious basis.
Some observers say the new article will not change anything (...)
The Egyptian Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Supporters of Jerusalem) jihadist group came to the fore following the ouster of the president, Muhammad Morsi, on July 3.
The group has claimed responsibility for a range of attacks on army and police (...)
The recent clashes that took place between pro-Muslim Brotherhood students and security forces at Al-Azhar University have been seen by some observers as "part of conspiracy" that is aimed to "destabilize" the country.
But online activists, on the (...)
Two campaigns recently launched by two Egyptian Salafist groups to confront "extremism and explosions" have raised questions as to whether the campaigns will achieve their set goals.
Although it seems quite difficult to uproot extremism and stop (...)
Gulf media outlets have been reflecting resentment at the apparent failure of Arab governments to take more decisive action over the crisis in Gaza.
The Gulf press has largely steered clear of criticizing Hamas, with some commentators even showing (...)
The emergence of a new Egyptian militant group has sparked mixed reactions with some observers arguing that it is a normal development due to the continued confrontation between the Muslim Brotherhood group and the authorities.
Others, however, (...)
One month after it was launched by retired Maj-Gen Khalifah Haftar, "Operation Dignity", targeting Libya's Islamist militias, is still in full swing with forces loyal to the general carrying out air and artillery strikes against Islamist militias in (...)
The recent unrest in Libya has put the spotlight on one of the main fault lines dividing the country's numerous militias: their stance on Islamism. The conflict puts forces loyal to retired Maj-Gen Khalifah Haftar and secular militias on the one (...)
In what appears to be an attempt to curb politics mixing with religion, the Egyptian government has recently issued a decision preventing preachers who are involved in politics from orating in mosques.
Any imam who is part of any political group or (...)
A recent Muslim Brotherhood statement on the current political limbo has sparked controversy in terms of its timing and objectives, with pro-army pundits interpreting it as a prelude for the group to participate in Egypt's forthcoming parliamentary (...)
Sympathizers of Islamist insurgency in Egypt's Sinai have recently launched a social media campaign against the army, accusing it of committing "war crimes" against civilians in the peninsula. The multiplatform campaign, which began on 21 March, (...)
A recent police raid on one of the hotbeds of Egyptian Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis armed group has been widely hailed in local media. The raid was seen as a big blow to the Sinai-based jihadist group which has claimed a series of attacks on army and police (...)
A Twitter hashtag in English, set up on 7 April and aimed at influencing Western opinion regarding alleged violence committed in Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood group, has been widely trending in the country and the Middle East, reaching over (...)
Former Egyptian presidential hopeful Bassem Khafagy, chief of the under-construction Development and Change Party, has recently announced that he would run "for the first free coming elections", not the elections slated for 26 and 27 May.
In a video (...)
A recent report by Egypt's National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) on the violent dispersal of a pro-Muslim Brotherhood camp in Cairo last year has raised questions in some circles over the stance of rights groups on the current crackdown against (...)
The UK's Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) unveiled last week its new Foreign Office's Advisory Group on Freedom of Religion or Belief, featuring Tariq Ramadan, grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood Hassan el-Banna, from Cairo writes (...)
Islamists in Egypt are divided over the presidential bid of outgoing Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, with the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters deploring it and calling for mass protests, while pro-army Islamists like the Salafists giving (...)
An Egyptian court ruling sentencing 528 Muslim Brotherhood members to death has sparked a wave of angry reactions, with some rights activists denouncing the verdict as "a scandal" and the first of its kind in the country's modern history.
The (...)
An initiative floated by the Muslim Brotherhood leading figure Jamal Hishmat announcing that his group was ready to "take a step backward" and that the reinstatement of Morsi is no longer on the table has sparked a wave of controversy in Egypt.
As (...)
Since the ouster of Islamist president Mohammad Morsi, several pro-Muslim Brotherhood TV channels have been launched with the aim of supporting "his legitimacy", condemning what they see as a coup, and urging Morsi's loyalists to keep (...)
A previously unknown jihadist group has claimed responsibility for two attacks against Egyptian security forces. The group has a Facebook page and issues its statements on an al-Qaeda online portal, which is monitored by the American intelligence (...)
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has long tried to position himself as a representative of the moderate religious trend of Islam. Lately, however, his opinions on Egypt have been seen as provocative and uncharacteristically divisive.
Since the ouster of (...)
The recent decision by the Egyptian government to unify the theme of Friday sermons in all mosques nationwide has sparked mixed reactions, with supporters saying it would put an end to "incitement of violence", while opponents have said it was "a (...)