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Salafi Front calls for protests from 21 June

Scores of Salafis in protest at State Council, Cairo, Mrach 29, 2011. Protesters demanded release of Kamilia Shehata Zakher, a Copt-converted-Muslim and wife of Bishop of Minya's Mawas Monastery, allegedly detained by church for her conversion.
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Salafi Front spokesperson Khaled Saeed said Wednesday the Islamist coalition is planning a million-man demonstration from 21 June, leading up to 30 June opposition protests against President Mohamed Morsy's...
17:32

Twenty-five injured in Fayoum clashes

Clashes between Muslim Brotherhood, Tamarod in Fayoum
Al-Masry Al-Youm
Twenty-five people were injured in Fayoum’s Itsa City Wednesday in clashes between supporters of Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsy and his opponents, medical sources told Al-Masry Al-Youm. The clashes...
17:32

PM warns of catastrophe if Morsy ousted

Al-Masry Al-Youm
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil said on Wednesday that if demonstrators toppled President Mohamed Morsy on 30 June, it could precipitate a political castrophe in Egypt. If Morsy is toppled, his successor would also be...
16:35

Presidency launches website documenting 1 year of Morsy

Mohamed Morsy during Egypt's water rights conference
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Egypt's presidency has launched a new official website documenting the first year of President Mohamed Morsy's four-year presidential term. The website, "A year in the presidency," aims to highlight...
15:26

UAE puts Egyptians, Emiratis on trial for forming Brotherhood branch

Hazem Abdel Hamid
Emirati judicial authorities on Wednesday referred thirty Emirati and Egyptians citizens for trial on charges of founding a branch of the international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United Arab Emirates...
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On 6 April, security forces clashed with hundreds of protesters, most of them from the April 6...
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Khaled Ali (R) former Presidential Candidate, and political activist, protects Muslim Brother injured during clashes between protesters and Muslim Brothers at headquarters of Brothers Guidance in Moqattam, Cairo, 22 March 2013.
Dozens of protesters gather at Tahrir Square, Cairo, 15 March 2013, demand toppling of President Mohamed Morsy's regime.
Violent clashes going on between central security forces and dozens of protesters at Kasr al-Nil bridge, Cairo, 11 March 2013.
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Scores of Salafis in protest at State Council, Cairo, Mrach 29, 2011. Protesters demanded release of Kamilia Shehata Zakher, a Copt-converted-Muslim and wife of Bishop of Minya's Mawas Monastery, allegedly detained by church for her conversion.
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