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Kerdasa police massacre defendants to hear verdict on 24 April
Other Islamist figures to receive a decision regarding their release on 19 April
Islamists’ attempts to take power after Arab Spring was mistake: Professor Eiji Nagasawa
Daily News Egypt interviewed the Japanese veteran academic and expert on Egyptian social affairs to review several issues, including the role of Islamism, the leftist movements, and the current economic policies of the government
Sudanese people to conduct 1-week civil strike in December
Al-Bashir’s government suspends, monitors private media outlets to curb current civil obedience, says Sudanese journalist
Has Pakistan’s Zarb-e-Azb military operation failed?
Two terror attacks in the northwestern region and the military’s claim of averting “Islamic State” attacks have put a big question mark on the “success” of the Pakistani army’s Zarb-e-Azb operation against Islamists.
Calls to investigate Rabaa dispersal amid continued divide in narratives
Three years on, the perpetual indifference to opposing narratives is the sign of a divided society
The effective ways to fight radicalism
In March 2016, when the supporters of Islamic State (IS) wanted to establish a base in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia—a town along the Libyan border—it was the local population that rose up against them and worked with the security forces to defeat and oust them. They all vehemently worked against radicalism because they felt that it …
Current Brotherhood leadership unable, unwilling to make theoretical revisions: El-Sherif
Daily News Egypt met with Ashraf El-Sherif, a professor of political science at the American University in Cairo and an expert on political Islam, to understand the mechanisms of these divisions and how they have been translated in the current actions and rhetoric of different Islamist factions
Bangladesh’s crackdown on Islamists ‘lacking political strategy’
Bangladesh has launched a security operation against Islamists, who have been accused of murdering secular activists. Analyst Siegfried Wolf tells DW a comprehensive political strategy against terrorism is still missing.
Mohamed Al-Zawahri released under restrictive security measures
Brother of Al-Qaeda leader was charged with belonging to a terror cell
The Muslim Brotherhood once more
The Muslim Brotherhood remains caught at the centre of the problems that dominate Egyptian politics. Regime hardliners believe that all the ills of Egypt could somehow be traced to an elaborate conspiracy by the Muslim Brotherhood to destabilise the country. Muslim Brotherhood members or supporters believe that former Islamist president Mohamed Morsi will one day …
Islamists issue death threat against leading Bangladeshi blogger
Libya’s internationally recognised government rejects UN-backed peace deal
Leaders in Libya’s internationally-recognised parliament in Tobruk have rejected a deal for sharing power with their rivals in Tripoli. The UN-mediated deal aims at bringing peace in the north African country
Islamists rallied to influence voters in Saudi Arabia: Egyptian community representative
Low participation in parliamentary elections, voters confused between candidates
1,250 forced disappearances since beginning of year: NGO
Islamists and liberal activists targeted by security services, research claims
Endowments ministry fires preacher, bans Imam and launches investigations
The preacher is accused of leaving Salafi affiliated signs inside a mosque in Matariya
On nationalism, dry drilling, and patriotic promotion: How the Suez Canal opening was presented to the masses
Describing the drilling of the new canal as “legendary,” state media outlets promise prosperity and effective change.
Female community leaders fear electoral competition against Muslim Brotherhood
“It’s not a political issue but a social and cultural one,” said social expert during NCW conference
Libyan PM in Cairo for security talks
Ibrahim Mehleb will meet Abdullah Al-Thinni to discuss developments in the Libyan crisis
National Security prosecution unconstitutional: ‘Al-Zawahiri cell’ defence
68 defendants charged with forming, managing terrorist organisation
Turkey election results will reduce ongoing hostility with Egypt: Analyst
Ruling party threatened to form government after opposition parties took over 25% of seats
Matariya bomb blast injures 6, several other bombs defused
Among the injured were two army conscripts, while bombs were defused near Ramses Square and Al-Shorouk
‘Terror attacks’ in first 3 months of 2015 equal to entire 2014
Spike in attacks by militant groups remains consistent in apparent contradiction of interior ministry claims
Egyptian Islamists’ views differ on Yemeni conflict
Amid support from government-led Sunni institutions, movements warn of Egyptian military intervention, refuse “Iranian expansionist polices”
Another extremist group faces trial
Ajnad Misr is the fourth group to be prosecuted by the State
Over 2,140 more Egyptians return from Libya
Cabinet approves committee to deal with victims of terrorism in Libya
Salafi leaders back to mosques after restrictions
Ministry of Religious Endowment accepts sermons by Borhamy and Makhyoun
Egypt condemns Copenhagen attacks
Attacks left 2 dead, 5 others injured across Copenhagen
Egypt condemns assassination of Somali MP
Need for collaboration against abhorrent terrorism, says FM spokesman
Drive-by shootings of security personnel ‘difficult to prevent’: Analyst
“This happens every week,” says analyst Mohamed Qadri Saeed
Egypt closes Salloum border amid Libya security woes
Border guards detain 151 illegal migrants attempting to enter Libya