The Islamic Bands were especially popular in the early 2000s, then became a tool of the Muslim Brotherhood after their victory following the Arab Spring. Then they largely disappeared, until showing up more recently on social media.
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AL AKHBAR (Egypt), BBC, REUTERS Worldcrunch CAIRO — Conflicting reports from Egypt are casting doubt over the future of the Muslim Brotherhood as a non-governmental organization. Al-Akhbar, a state-run newspaper, reported Friday that the minister of social solidarity has decided to dissolve the Brotherhood, though it had yet to be announced. “The minister’s decision has […]
The problem all along, this Turkish writer argues, has been the Egyptian Army. And its takedown of the Muslim Brotherhood will only breed extremist terrorists.
BBC NEWS (UK) Worldcrunch The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has met Egypt’s ousted President, Mohammed Morsi, her spokeswoman says. Ashton visited Mr Morsi on Monday evening and held two hours of “in-depth” discussions with him. The location of the meeting was not given, but Mr Morsi has been detained since he was […]
MENA (Egypt), NEW YORK TIMES (USA), RT, AP Worldcrunch CAIRO – Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is being detained over alleged ties with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, and questioned on related charges of murder and kidnapping. A top Cairo court has ordered that Morsi be questioned on whether he collaborated with Hamas for his […]
REUTERS Worldcrunch CAIRO – Seven people were killed and more than 260 wounded when supporters of Mohammed Morsi clashed with the deposed president’s opponents and security forces through the night as violence returned to Egypt“s streets. Two people were killed at a bridge in central Cairo where police and anti-Morsi locals clashed with some of […]
EGYPT INDEPENDENT (Egypt), SAUDI GAZETTE (Saudi Arabia) Worldcrunch Egypt and Saudi Arabia moved one big step closer to connecting two of the Arab world’s most pivotal countries — and biggest economies — in a very real way. The Saudi Binladin Group, the world’s largest construction company, has given its final approval to a project to […]
From its founding, the Muslim Brotherhood has been hostile, yet not completely rigid, toward the Jewish State. Now, will President Morsi invite Egyptian Jews to return home?
CAIRO – The Muslim Brotherhood has been accused of illegally receiving 10 billion Egytian pounds ($1.5 billion) from the United States government. Prosecutor General Talaat Abdallah ordered an immediate investigation into the charges on Thursday. Lawyers Mohamed Ali Abd al-Wahab and Yasser Mohamed Sayab filed the complaint, in which they quoted Mitt Romney — the […]
CAIRO – President Mohammed Morsi has reportedly signed a decree Wednesday that activates Egypt’s new Constitution, after nearly 64% of voters approved its adoption in a referendum that concluded this past weekend. Opposition leaders have vowed to try to overturn the new Constitution, saying its language is vague and does not protect freedom of speech […]
CAIRO – After clashes one night this week near the presidential palace, I went to a mosque near the palace. I knew it would be open, as it was time for the dawn prayer. I immediately recognized people from the Muslim Brotherhood, especially when I saw my neighbor from our town on the outskirts of […]
MASRAWY, AL AHRAM (Egypt) Worldcrunch CAIRO – Protests against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have turned deadly. Egypt’s Health Ministry confirmed Thursday five deaths and 446 injuries from the latest confrontation, which turned violent Wednesday night in clashes between pro and anti Morsi demonstrators, the news site Masrawy reported. As the clashes intensified, presidential security deployed […]
AL-AHRAM, EGYPT INDEPENDENT (Egypt), TIME Worldcrunch CAIRO – As opposition protests across Egypt gather momentum, the Islamist-dominated Constituent Assembly is rushing to finalize a draft of a new constitution that will be voted on Thursday. Egyptian daily Al-Ahram reports that the government body worked into the early hours of Thursday in an attempt to finish […]
AL MASRY AL YOUM, AL WATAN (Egypt), AL CHARK AL AWSAT (Saudi Arabia) Worldcrunch CAIRO – ‘Chaotic’ is the only word to describe the Egyptian political scene right now. There is of course the ongoing battle among and within the three main movements in post-Mubarak Egypt: Islamists, secularists and those who still support the old […]