AFP | Egypt's president pledges to ease up on crackdown in restive Sinai, not pursue ... Washington Post EL-ARISH, Egypt — Egypt's new Islamist president on Friday pledged to ease up on the crackdown in the country's restive Sinai Peninsula and not pursue hundreds of fugitives from the lawless region that has seen a surge in militancy and cross-border ... Egypt president visits Sinai to "reassure" Copts Egypt president visits Sinai to 'reassure' Copts Morsy visits Arish to discuss security, talk to Copts |
U.S. News & World Report (blog) | Woman runs for leadership of Egypt's largest Islamist political party Fox News CAIRO – For the first time, a woman is running for the leadership of the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful Islamist group. Sabah el-Saqari says she wants to increase female participation in politics and even defends a ... The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's Coming Economic Storm Egypt's Morsi Seeks Middle Way To Regain Mideast Leadership Will Egypt seize Libya for its oil? |
Ma'an News Agency | Egypt's Christians - Distraught and Displaced Right Side News Reuters reported last week that "Most Christians living near Egypt's border with Israel [in the town of Rafah in Sinai] are fleeing their homes after Islamist militants made death threats and gunmen attacked a Coptic-owned shop." Photos of desecrated ... Egypt releases 2 boys accused of desecration Egypt: 2 Coptic Boys Are Held as Contempt-of-Religion Cases Rise Egypt releases Coptic children held in blasphemy case |
Christian Science Monitor | Egypt's leading female voice for change warns that revolution is backsliding Christian Science Monitor Egyptian women shout slogans and beat drums during a protest against the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic parties in front of the presidential palace in Cairo on October 4. The women were also demonstrating in support of women's rights in the ... |
ABC News | Egypt's hardline Islamist party unravels Bryan College Station Eagle 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 |
Woman bids to lead Egypt Islamist party Boston.com CAIRO (AP) — For the first time, a woman is running for the leadership of the political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful Islamist group. Sabah el-Saqari says she wants to increase female participation in politics and even defends ... |
The Voice of Russia | FM Denies Sending Forces to Syria AllAfrica.com Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr denied recent claims about the possibility of dispatching Egyptian forces to Syria. Egypt did not and will not send troops to Syria, Amr stressed in Peru, underling that Egypt did not even think of such a step. Amr ... Egypt, Arab League criticize Syria over Turkey incident Egypt warns against Syria crisis spreading after Turkey strike Lavrov to discuss Syria issues in Egypt and Saudi Arabia in November |
Analysis: Egypt's Mursi dogged by own promises in first 100 days Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has won grudging respect from detractors in his first 100 days by sending the army back to barracks faster than anyone expected and raising Egypt's international profile in several newsmaking visits ... |
Interfaith Website Relaunched in Egypt in Spirit of CMS Pioneers AllAfrica.com Orient and Occident online magazine seeks to promote not just coexistence but cooperation with Muslims. It was Egyptian media that brought the appalling "Innocence of Muslims" trailer to the wider attention of Muslims around the world. The consequences ... |
New York Times | Pyramids by the Nile. Egypt? No, Sudan. New York Times We were intent on exploring the remote — and safe — northern region of the Nubian Desert, clustered with more pyramids than Egypt and nearly unvisited by outsiders. But more than any particular destination, I was interested in the people. I was ... |