The head of Al-Nour Party's parliamentary bloc claims that the newly elected parliament is entirely dependent on businessmen and lacks experts in various other fields. Moreover, many of the new MPs won their seats through bribery, he said and that (...)
For the first time in parliamentary history, MPs representing the governorate of Alexandria met to form an ‘Alexandria MP Bloc'.
Ahmed El-Sherif, a member of the House of Representatives for Al-Nour Party in Alexandria, said independent MPs as well (...)
Al-Nour Party's assistant head of legal affairs, Talaat Marzouk, said he will appeal against the Supreme Electoral Commission's (SEC) decision announcing the "For the love of Egypt" list as the winner of parliamentary elections in West Delta at the (...)
Al-Nour Party candidates continue to withdraw from the electoral race, after the first phase that witnessed the party's loss to the ‘For the Love of Egypt' list in West Delta. The party acquired only eight individual seats.
Three candidates from the (...)
The Al-Nour Party candidates for the second round of elections have started their campaigns in the streets throughout the governorates.
Candidates of the Salafi party also started door-knocking campaigns in accordance with their decision that also (...)
A number of Al-Nour Party leaders threatened to withdraw from the parliamentary elections, stressing that the party will re-assess the phase after the runoff elections.
They also said the electoral process is a falsification of the facts through the (...)
Yasser Borhamy, Vice President of the Salafi Call, attacked political scientist Moataz Abdel Fattah and Islamic thinker Nageh Ibrahim, after they called on the Al-Nour Party and the Salafi Call to move away from political work and restrict their (...)
Leading member of the Al-Nour Party Mahmoud Maatouk, who was the party's candidate for the parliamentary elections in Qena, announced his resignation after losing the seat,
He further declared in statements that he regrets joining the party.
In his (...)
The Al-Nour Party filed a number of reports to the prosecution and police stations on the violations that were committed by a number of candidates during the first phase of parliamentary elections, Assistant Secretary-General of the party, Shaaban (...)
A number of parties and individuals affiliated with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood called for boycotting the parliamentary elections, claiming it is only a sham. Brotherhood figures have been issuing fatwas that participation is religiously (...)
‘For the Love of Egypt' electoral list seeks forming a political coalition including a number of independent political figures, which they will initiate after the run-off elections
Saad El-Gammal, a candidate in For the Love of Egypt, said the list (...)
Al-Nour Party will lead shuttle-tours in a number of provinces on the last campaigning day for the forthcoming parliamentary elections, to mobilise the largest possible number of votes. Figures of the Salafists community, including Yasser Al (...)
Conflict between the Al-Nour Party and the ‘For the Love of Egypt' electoral list escalated on Tuesday and complaints were submitted to the Higher Committee on Media Monitoring by the Salafi party against the list and its prominent members.
Al-Nour (...)
Days before elections are set to begin, the Al-Nour Party and its religious arm, the Salafi Call, have been embroiled in internal conflicts.
Sheikh Mohamed Gwely, head of the Salafi Call in Matruh, attacked the Al-Nour Party, saying that leaders in (...)
Major General Sameh Seif El-Yazal, leader of the ‘For the Love of Egypt' electoral list, denied any agreements with the Al-Nour Party to leave the West Delta constituency open for the latter. In an interview with Daily News Egypt, he said the (...)
The Salafi Al-Nour Party is focusing on making reform promises for voters and providing services for citizens in its electoral campaign.
The Al-Nour Party began its campaign with statements, which included promises to develop roads, sanitation, (...)
Al-Nour Party faced difficulties regarding the electoral list system in the four electoral districts of Greater Cairo, Upper Egypt, East Delta and West Delta.
The party is nominating only two lists in West Delta and Greater Cairo, while the (...)
Current conflicts within the Sufi community in Egypt have intensified, due to the electoral competition.
Sufis in Egypt are split over two competing lists. The first is the Republican Alliance list, headed by Jugde Tahani Al-Gebali, the previous (...)
Engineer Akmal Kortam, head of the Conservative Party, announced he is reversing his decision to withdraw from ‘In the love of Egypt' electoral list. He stressed that has no intentions to withdraw again.
Kortam noted in a statement that his (...)
Clashes erupted between vendors in Tahrir Square, with some wielding knives injuring many and sending some to the hospital.
Some vendors hid inside Omar Makram Mosque while others insisted on breaking into the mosque to expel them.
In related (...)
CAIRO: A state of calm descended on Tahrir Square on Saturday Devcember 3 after the million-man demonstration on Friday December 2 against the military council.
The vendors spread throughout Tahrir Square during the absence of the people (...)