Some 500 supporters of prominent Salafist preacher and former presidential candidate Hazem Abu-Ismail attacked the headquarters of the opposition Wafd Party on Saturday night, according to Mohamed Tharwat, managing editor of Al-Wafd news website. Tharwat told the Hayat television channel … read more
Despite its location, there hasn’t been much coverage of the Salafi sit-in outside Media Production City; possibly due to the fact that its members are calling for a potentially violent purge of all “corrupt” and “ant-Islamic” media personalities. This reporter … read more
12:45 Peaceful voting lines in one area of Mahalla were momentarily scattered when an unrelated gunfight started in front of a polling station, Al-Ahram’s Arabic language news website reported. When the unidentified thugs moved on, voting continued. 12:30 Independent Monitoring … read more
Political forces in the Upper Egyptian city of Assiut organised events on Friday evening to urge the public to vote “no” in the constitutional referendum on Saturday. Ahmed Khanfar, founding member in the Constitution Party in Assiut, told Al-Ahram Arabic-language … read more
Hours before the referendum kicks off in Cairo, concerns are looming about the legality of the process. Unlike other referendums, it is taking place over two rounds staged a week apart, and there is also controversy surrounding the judicial oversight … read more
The Salafi sit-in at Media Production City has been suspended, the protest’s general coordinator Walid Haggag announced on Friday evening. The decision was made in order to “grant full opportunity to TV channels to cover the two phases of the … read more
Thousands surrounded the Al-Qaed Ibrahim Mosque in Alexandria on Friday night, saying that Salafis had escaped inside the mosque after firing at protesters during clashes earlier in the day. Fighting had erupted earlier between supporters of President Mohamed Morsy and … read more
Spanish police have found 28 million euros (US$36.5 million) in assets owned by ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and people close to him, including Marbella beach properties and luxury cars, the government said on Thursday. Egypt had asked Spain to … read more
Vice President Mahmoud Mekky held a third national dialogue session on Thursday with a number of political figures and legal experts to discuss the new draft constitution and ways to resolve the political crisis surrounding it. The first session was … read more
Members of Egypt’s General Prosecution on Thursday called for the resignation of Prosecutor-General Talaat Ibrahim – recently appointed by President Mohamed Morsi – and the dismissal of Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki due to what they described as “threats” by the … read more