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A man holds a sign in Arabic against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad reading, " You are not welcome in Egypt, Magian", in front of the al-Azhar mosque during Ahmedinejad's visit to Cairo, 5 February 2013. It's considered the first visit to Egypt by an Iranian president since Tehran's 1979 Islamic revolution. The trip was meant to underline a thaw in relations since Egyptians elected an Islamist head of state, President Mohamed Mursi, last June. But it also highlighted deep theological and geopolitical differences.
Salafis to lobby against rapprochement with Iran
Al-Masry Al-Youm 03 Apr 2013
The Salafi Dawah and the Nour Party are launching campaigns against Egypt’s warming ties with Iran, leading...
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei addresses a news conference in Berlin in this November 20, 2009 file photo. ElBaradei pulled out of the race to become Egyptian president on January 14, 2012, the Nobel Peace Prize winner saying
ElBaradei slams ban against Iranian tourists in mosques
Egypt Independent 01 Apr 2013
Dostour Party head Mohamed ElBaradei criticized news that Iranian tourists will be prevented from visiting historic...
Sawfat Hegazy in Tahrir Square
Safwat Hegazy: Shia Islam is 'blasphemy'
Egypt Independent 05 Mar 2013
Salafi Preacher Safwat Hegazy said on Monday that Shia Islam “will never exist in Egypt,” reacting to the...
صورة أرشيفية للقيادي السلفي ياسر برهامي.
Salafi Dawah head hits out at Brotherhood over renewed Egypt-Iran ties
Al-Masry Al-Youm 02 Mar 2013
Salafi Dawah deputy head Yasser Borhamy said that the normalization of relations between Egypt and Iran is one of the...
Angry Pakistani Shias refuse to bury dead
AFP 13 Jan 2013
Shia families refusing to bury their dead after twin bombings in Pakistan's troubled southwestern city of Quetta...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a press conference in Tehran, June 7, 2011 where he repeated the Islamic assertion that Tehran wants a "Palestinian government over the entire land of Palestine".
Spokesperson: Endowments Minister still deciding on Iran invitation
Al-Masry Al-Youm 01 Jan 2013
Ministry of Endowments spokesperson Salama Abdel Qawy denied that Endowments Minister Talaat Afify refused an...
The Saudi capital of Riyadh, photo by AFP/Getty images
Saudi Grand Mufti warns Gulf public against unrest
Reuters 24 Nov 2012
JEDDAH –– Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti, the highest religious authority in the birthplace of Islam,...
Shia faith
Police bar Shias from Ashura ceremonies inside Hussein Mosque
Egypt Independent 24 Nov 2012
  Police stopped a number of Egyptian Shias from entering the Hussein mosque in Cairo Saturday afternoon, to...
Policeman, armed protester killed in Saudi clash
AFP 04 Aug 2012
  A Saudi policeman and an armed protester were killed in overnight clashes in the kingdom's oil-rich Shia-...
A portrait of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is installed in front of Lebanese (C) and Iranian flags on a flyover leading to Beirut International Airport.
Endowments Ministry warns against invites to Iran
MENA 21 Jun 2012
The Endowments Ministry on Thursday warned imams and preachers against accepting invitations to Iran, saying such...