Police arrested prominent Salafi leader Gamal Saber on Tuesday in connection with a deadly family feud in Shubra district that left three people dead. According to reports, members of the Assal and Saber families have been exchanging gunfire and Molotov … read more
Egyptian police have arrested a close aide and cousin of former Libyan ruler Moammar Gaddafi in Cairo’s Zamalek. Police, in coordination with INTERPOL, surrounded the residence of Gadhaf Al-Dam early on Tuesday morning. Al-Dam was holed up behind iron-barred doors … read more
Max Weber defined the state as an agency which successfully claims a “monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. The Egyptian state has used plenty of violence over the past couple of years, in the lead-up to and the aftermath … read more
Last week, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood issued a strongly-worded statement unabashedly rejecting the draft UN declaration calling for an end to all forms of violence against women. It claims that the declaration contravenes Egypt’s “cultural specificity” and would lead to “the … read more
Egypt’s Emergency State Security Criminal Court has halted trial in the “Zeitoun cell” case referring it to the general prosecution. Twenty-five people were accused of adopting an armed jihadist ideology and committing an armed robbery at a jeweller’s shop in … read more
The Justice Ministry is drafting a new law to guarantee accountability for the president. “The committee assigned by Justice Ministry to draft the law is currently considering laws that hold presidents accountable in other countries to select the best models, … read more
In the second such incident in as many days, hundreds of residents of Mahallah Ziad village in Egypt’s northern Gharbiya governorate on Monday surrounded a police station in an attempt to capture and publicly execute a man charged with kidnapping … read more
All “reckless” bakeries that respond to calls for civil disobedience will be shut down, warned Supply Minister Bassem Ouda on Monday. “And I will sue all bakers objecting to the new policy for baking bread,” he threatened. Ouda made his … read more
The office of the prosecutor-general ordered on Monday the arrest of three people who work for the Muslim Brotherhood’s guidance bureau headquarters. The men – Soheib Mohamed, Mostafa El-Sadawy and Ahmed Abou Raia – are suspected of assaulting six journalists … read more
We’ve heard of the jinx of the Sphinx, mystic curses from the lands of Ancient Egypt and the odd sprinkle of magic over all things mysterious. But recent claims from a prominent Egyptian preacher have perhaps reached new heights. Beware, … read more