What Fate Awaits The Salafist Al-Nour Party?
On Saturday 15 November, a court of law should pass its verdict, at the elementary level, on a lawsuit filed by…
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Egypt’s Salafist Front To Protest On 28 November To ‘Impose Islamic…
Railway movement has resumed in Upper Egypt following a three-hour halt due to a carriage derailment in Minya,…
Salafist Leader Demands Repeal Of Protest Law
Nour Party chairman Younes Makhion has called for the controversial protest law to be scrapped and for the release…
Salafist Nour Party Meets Presidential Hopeful Sabahi
Presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi discussed with members of the Salafist Nour Party his electoral platform…
Egypt’s Salafist Nour Party May Participate In New Government
The ultra-conservative Salafist Nour Party has announced intentions to take part in Egypt's next cabinet, although…
Salafist Nour Party Condemns Egypt Constitution Ban On Religious Parties
Younes Makhioun, head of the ultra-conservative Salafist Nour Party, condemned on Thursday the decision by Egypt's…
Court Adjourns Case Demanding FJP, Salafist El-Nour Party Dissolutions
The High Administrative Court adjourned to 21 December Saturday a case demanding the dissolution of the Muslim…
Egypt’s Presidency To Hold Talks With Salafist Nour Party
Presidential media advisor Ahmed El-Muslimany is expected to meet with the Salafist Nour Party as part of the…
Egypt’s Salafist Watan Party Denies Speaking To Israeli Press
Egypt's Salafist Watan Party on Monday denied that party chairman Emad Abdel-Ghafour had granted any interviews to…
Al Nour Party Asks Morsi To Refer Sukuk Law To Al-Azhar
Ultraconservative Salafi Al Nour Party has submitted an official note to the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi…
Salafist Figure: We Will Take To Streets If Army Intervenes Against Morsi
Leading Salafist political figure Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail criticised what he described as opposition calls for…
Egypt’s Islamists Protest French Intervention In Mali
Egyptian security forces have bolstered security around the French embassy in Giza Friday, including closing…
We Didn’t Broker Deals To Grant Immunity To Our Grand Imam: Al-Azhar
Members representing the prestigious Al-Azhar in the Constituent Assembly have indirectly denied allegations made…
Police Arrests Of Salafist ‘Hazemoun’ Condemned
Two members of the 'Hazemoun' movement – supporters of Salafist leader Hazem Abu-Ismail – were detained by police…
Salafist Shura Council Head Calls For Dismissal Of Egypt’s Qandil Govt
Tarek El-Sehri, deputy head of the Shura Council (the upper, consultative house of Egypt's parliament) and a…
Choice Of Salafist As Egypt’s Minister Of Religious Endowments Provokes Criticism
News that Salafist Mohamed Ibrahim has been chosen as Minister of Awqaf evokes fear of threats to Egypt's moderate…
Egypt Ultraconservative Group Names Cleric Candidate
An ultraconservative Islamist party in Egypt has put forward a leading Muslim cleric recently banned from entering…
A Salafist MP is dismissed for getting a Nose Job
Egypt’s Islamist Salafist al- Nour party has dismissed one of its parliament members from its ranks for getting a…