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Egypt bans mosque preachers in crackdown on Islamists

Egyptian authorities will bar 55,000 unlicensed clerics from preaching in mosques in the latest move against sympathisers of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, the minister of religious endowments said on Tuesday. Egyptian authorities have been cracking down on Mursi’s Muslim … read more

Egypt urban inflation eases to 9.7%: CAPMAS

Egypt’s annual urban headline inflation fell to 9.7 percent in the twelve months to August 2013, down from 10.3 percent a month earlier, figures from the Central Agency for Statistics and Mobilisation (CAPMAS) showed on Tuesday. The overall inflation rate … read more

Tamarod founder survives assassination attempt

Mahmoud Badr, the founder of Tamarod, the Egyptian youth movement that rallied street protests against ousted President Mohammad Mursi, survived assassination attempt on Monday: Al Arabiya correspondent reported from Cairo. Tamarod’s official website reported that gunmen opened fire at his … read more