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Articles of the author Osama el Mahdy Mohamed Fayed
Sufis distribute leaflets attacking Salafis during Tanta celebration
Hundreds of Sufis reached Tanta Thursday evening to celebrate the birthday of revered Sufi al-Sayyid Ahmad al-Badawī. They staged marches throughout the city and some distributed leaflets attacking Salafis and calling them the enemies of Islam. One (...)

15 - 04 - 2011
Sufi sheikh warns of sectarian war with Salafis
A leading figure from the Azeemia Sufi order has warned of a sectarian war between Sufis and Salafis over the destruction of several shrines connected with revered religious figures. Sheikh Mohamed Alaa Abul Azayem labeled as “thugs” Salafis who (...)

05 - 04 - 2011
Cabinet meeting ends without word of reshuffle
A meeting of Egypt's Council of Ministers on Wednesday ended without any mention of a cabinet reshuffle, despite a tempest of recent speculation that a ministerial shakeup was around the corner. "We have no instructions for a reshuffle," said (...)

06 - 10 - 2010
Sufi followers celebrate Abul Abbas el-Moursi in Alexandria
On Friday, tens of thousands of followers of the Sufi orders gathered in Alexandria to celebrate the last day of the moulid of Abul Abbas el-Moursi, a founder of Sufism in Egypt. The followers of more than 12 Sufi orders participated in the (...)

17 - 07 - 2010
Govt asks FT for more investment
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif has said that Egypt is keen on developing Egyptian-French economic relations in all fields. His comments were delivered in a meeting with France Telecom (FT) CEO Stephane Richard in Cairo. Nazif told Richard he is happy (...)

11 - 05 - 2010
Sufi council blasts Egypt state security
Sheikh Mohamed el-Shahawy, president of the London-based International Sufi Council, criticized Egypt's state security apparatus Tuesday for delaying a longstanding request to transfer the council's headquarters to Cairo. "Sufi orders have always (...)

26 - 01 - 2010
Cabinet reshuffle just a ministerial ''patching''
President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday appointed Ahmed Badr, president of Ain Shams University, as education minister, and Alaa Fahmi, president of the National Post Authority, as minister of transport. The president also appointed five new (...)

04 - 01 - 2010
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