The Muslim Brotherhood fielded harsh criticism Monday against former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, describing him as a loyalist of ousted President Mubarak.
The group accused Shafiq on its website, Ikhwanonline.com, of allowing “the corrupt (...)
The Democratic Alliance for Egypt (DAE) is planning a “preliminary paper” to be presented to the constitutional committee tasked with drafting Egypt's new constitution, said Wahid Abdel Meguid, the head of the DAE's coordinating committee. The DAE (...)
Preliminary results of the first phase of parliamentary elections came in favor of its Freedom and Justice Party, followed by the Salafi Nour Party and the liberal Egyptian Bloc Coalition, the Muslim Brotherhood has announced.
The Brotherhood said (...)
A recent statement by Mohamed al-Beltagy, member of the Muslim Brotherhood group's Freedom and Justice Party's executive office, has stirred controversy within the group's Guidance Bureau. In the statement, Beltagy said the group's intends to (...)
Facebook has turned into an electronic battlefield for the Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis and Sufis campaigning for seats in the upcoming parliamentary elections, as they increasingly criticize each other and promote their own candidates on the popular (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood has threatened to take to the streets and mobilize the Egyptian people should the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) not hand over power to a civil authority after its set deadline.
“The people will bear no more (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party has obtained a license to issue a daily newspaper bearing the party's name. It is expected to begin printing within a few days.
Adel al-Ansary, the newspaper's editor-in-chief, considers the (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau has instructed all group members to join the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the group, threatening to dismiss those who would not carry out the instruction.
The party's executive committee has (...)
The general guide of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Mohamed Badei said in his weekly statement on Thursday that he fears the repetition of the 1954 military coup scenario and warned the military council against continuing in power.
He said also (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party has warned the military council of remaining in power until a new constitution is approved.
In a press statement on Tuesday, the party said the council had claimed that the new constitution would be (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party has submitted its parliamentary candidacy list to the elections committee of the Democratic Coalition, of which the party is a member among 42 other parties.
The list indicates that the party would (...)
Islamist parties called on military Chief of Staff Sami Anan during a meeting on Saturday to end the state of emergency, apply the Treachery Law against former National Democratic Party (NDP) members, hand over power to a civilian government before (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday issued its first strongly-worded statement against the ruling military council since the 25 January Revolution, requesting that it “meet the many promises it had given,” a declaration that some observers see as (...)
Informed sources claim a delegation of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group, headed by Deputy General Guide Khairat al-Shater, met with the military council on Monday, hours before the group announced that it would boycott Friday's million-man (...)
The Reyada Party, which the internal opposition of the Muslim Brotherhood has filed to establish, and the Misr al-Mostakbal Party, that Islamic preacher Amr Khaled intends to form, have agreed to unite under one joint party to be called Reyada/Misr (...)
Islamist parties continue to make various preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to begin in November.
The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party announced it would nominate 105 of the same candidates who had (...)
Egypt's Islamist groups are divided over participation in the demontsrations planned for 9 September by a number of political groups to protest the prosecution of civilians before military courts.
While the Salafi Front has said it will not (...)
The Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, has criticized the government's response to an Israeli border raid last week.
An Israeli helicopter on Thursday crossed the Egyptian border allegedly in search of (...)
Ahmed Abu Baraka, the legal adviser of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, was assaulted on Tuesday morning by unidentified assailants who tried to steal his bag. The attack took place on Mohamed Mahmoud (...)
The Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood group, is likely to run for less than 50 percent of parliamentary seats in the upcoming elections, according to Wahid Abdel Meguid, elections coordinator for the Democratic (...)
Twenty members of the Wasat Party on Wednesday tendered their resignations in protest against the party leadership supporting Islamic thinker and presidential candidate Selim al-Awa without consulting the party's members. Last month, another 15 (...)
Three ministers attended a Ramadan iftar organized on Saturday by the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest Islamist political group.
The breaking-the-fast meal, hosted by InterContinental City Stars hotel in Nasr City, Cairo, is the group's first (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood group is holding its first public elections to replace three Guidance Bureau members who had resigned in order to join the group's Freedom and Justice Party. The Guidance Bureau comprises the group's leadership.
A source (...)
Essam al-Erian, vice chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, criticized the provocative slogans used by some Islamists in Tahrir Square on Friday.
Twenty-eight secular parties and coalitions, rejecting the slogans as well, (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood will take part in protests scheduled for 29 July in Cairo and other governorates under the name "Friday of Stability," the group said on Sunday.
The call for Friday protests was made by Islamist groups, which rebuff calls for (...)