Sky News Australia | Egypt authorities release 2 Coptic Christian boys who allegedly urinated on Quran Washington Post CAIRO — Egyptian authorities on Thursday released of two Coptic Christian boys taken into in juvenile detention for allegedly urinating on the Quran, but they will remain under investigation, a security official said. Even as news spread that the boys ... Egypt: 2 Coptic Boys Are Held as Contempt-of-Religion Cases Rise Egypt frees boys held for alleged Koran defiling Coptic Christian boys in Egypt accused of urinating on Quran |
Egypt Independent | Egypt's hardline Islamist party unravels Fox News CAIRO – Internal feuds are threatening to unravel the political party of Egypt's ultraconservative Islamist Salafis, as pragmatists try to shake off the control of hardline clerics who reject any compromise in their stark, puritanical version of Islam ... Women Council Slams Nour for Shunning Female MPs Politics in Egypt benefit from compromise Nour Party's crisis: A blessing for democratic powers? |
Middle East Voices | Women Fighting For Their Lives In Egypt Bay Area Indymedia Women activists in Egypt are more than concerned about threats to rights, about threats to their lives, and they are taking to the streets in Cairo to say so. They are upset about the blind eye the State turns toward violence against women, and they ... Egypt Islamists want equal rights for women - but only as far as Islamic law ... INSIGHT: Women – Another Casualty of Egypt's Draft Constitution |
BBC News | REFILE-Former head of Egypt's Ezz Steel jailed, fined Reuters (Fixes title of official in para two). CAIRO Oct 4 (Reuters) - A Cairo court sentenced the former chairman of Ezz Steel to jail for seven years on graft charges on Thursday, the second such sentence handed to the businessman and ex-official in ousted ... Egypt's Ezz Gets Jail Term and Fine for Money Laundering Egyptian steel magnate Ahmed Ezz convicted UPDATED: Egypt tycoon Ezz gets 7 years, fined $3.2bn for graft |
Telegraph.co.uk | Egypt, Arab League criticize Syria over Turkey incident Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt and the Cairo-based Arab League criticized Syria on Thursday for a mortar bomb that landed in Turkey, killing civilians and provoking a military response, saying the incident could endanger the whole region. Egyptian Foreign ... Egypt warns against Syria crisis spreading after Turkey strike Govt Will Not Send Forces to Syria - FM Says Turkey steps up Syria strikes, says will defend borders |
Ahram Online | Egypt PM says IMF loan talks to resume in late October Chicago Tribune CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prime minister said an IMF team would come to Cairo in the last week of October to resume talks on a loan sought by his government, which was still working on the major issue of how to reduce fuel subsidies. The government ... Egypt: still in an energy subsidy muddle Egypt oil subsidy reform needs more studies - minister Egypt's Maria TV pitches strict vision of Islam |
Ahram Online | Egypt's Morsi's advisor repeats calls for Camp David amendment Ahram Online Egypt does not practise its sovereignty over Sinai, President Mohamed Morsi's advisor, the political analyst Mohamed Esmat Seif El-Dawla told Al Ahram's Arab affairs magazine, Al-Ahram Al-Arabi. Seif El-Dawla said Clause 4 of Egypt's Camp David treaty ... Egypt's president honours Sadat |
The Associated Press | Egypt's revealing debate Macleans.ca This month, its Muslim Brotherhood government made history when a female newscaster, Fatma Nabil, appeared on state-run TV in an Islamic head scarf for the first time in 50 years—to some, another sign of Egypt's steady shift to conservative Islam ... Rights group: Egypt must tackle legacy of abuse What future for Egypt's wealth? Obama, death, and the Brotherhood |
Militants at large since Arab Spring complicate anti-terrorism efforts CNN (CNN) -- In the chaotic weeks during Egypt's revolution, thousands of inmates escaped from jail. Untold hundreds among them were Islamist militants. Many more detained for belonging to jihadist groups have been released from detention in the 18 months ... |
Pro-Egypt group launches advocacy campaign to lift congressional block on U.S. ... The Hill (blog) “The $450 million USD is desperately needed by Egypt to help its people — especially the youth — who have struggled economically after the January 25 Revolution. These funds will create the opportunity to drive innovation and a market economy that ... American Egyptian Strategic Alliance (AESA) advocates to lift the block of ... |