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Threats keep ElBaradei from polls, news agency reports
Egypt

Threats keep ElBaradei from polls, news agency reports

  Constitution Party President Mohamed ElBaradei did not vote in the second round of the referendum Saturday because he feared…
Debating Sharia and democracy with a Salafi friend
Opinion

Debating Sharia and democracy with a Salafi friend

Salafis might accept procedural democracy — that is to say the vote and the ballot box — as a means…
Sheikhs and the ballot box: Internal rifts emerge within Salafi Nour Party
Egypt

Sheikhs and the ballot box: Internal rifts emerge within Salafi Nour Party

Once again Salafis are making headlines, not with incendiary statements, but because of internal rivalries that may threaten their most…
Gaza court gives life terms to two killers of Italian activist
World

Gaza court gives life terms to two killers of Italian activist

Four Palestinian hardliners were jailed, two for life, on Monday after a Gaza military court found them guilty of the…
New presidential team hints at Brotherhood-Salafi rapprochement
Egypt

New presidential team hints at Brotherhood-Salafi rapprochement

After much speculation and anticipation, President Mohamed Morsy announced his 21-member presidential team Monday, revealing a staff dominated by Islamists…
Salafi preacher rejects Coptic or female VP
Egypt

Salafi preacher rejects Coptic or female VP

A senior Salafi preacher rejected on Tuesday the possibility that the next vice president would be a Copt or woman,…
Abu Ismail’s female supporters defend presence at sit-in
Egypt

Abu Ismail’s female supporters defend presence at sit-in

Female supporters of Salafi presidential hopeful Hazem Salah Abu Ismail have not abstained from sleeping inside tents erected in Cairo's…
Salafis likely to support Abu Ismail, Awa or Abouel Fotouh for president, leader says
Egypt

Salafis likely to support Abu Ismail, Awa or Abouel Fotouh for president, leader says

The Salafi movement will likely support Islamists Hazem Abu Ismail, Abdel Moneim Abouel Fotouh or Mohamed Selim al-Awa for president…
Nour Party head defends NGO, sees army taking time to cede power
Egypt

Nour Party head defends NGO, sees army taking time to cede power

The head of Egypt's leading ultra-conservative Islamist party believes it will take time for the ruling military to hand power…
Abu Ismail: SCAF interfering in Constitution, pushing ‘consensus candidate’
Egypt

Abu Ismail: SCAF interfering in Constitution, pushing ‘consensus candidate’

The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) is trying to guarantee itself certain prerogatives in Egypt’s new Constitution…
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