Items related to Salafis

Prosecutor general to summon Salafi preacher over 'contempt of religion'
Al-Masry Al-Youm 17 Feb 2013
The prosecutor general is summoning hardline Salafi preacher Ahmed Mohamed Abdallah, known as Abu Islam, who is charged...
Session of Shura Council, Cairo, 2 January 2013.
Salafi MPs consider EU loan as usury
Egypt Independent 11 Feb 2013
Salafi MPs on Sunday accused the Muslim Brotherhood of accepting usury after the Shura Council approved an agreement...
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad (L) flashes V sign during his meeting with al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, Cairo, 5 February 2013. Ahmedinejad visits Egypt for the first time since 1979, as an Iranian President, to attend summit of Organization of Islamic Conference will be held in Cairo.
Salafis denounce arrest of Ahmadinejad protesters
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Feb 2013
The Salafi Front and the National Center for the Defense of Freedoms condemned the arrest of four Islamist youth...
Younis Makhiyon new President of al-Nour Party during the second general Assembly of the party, Cairo, 9 January 2013.
A Salafi way out?
Noha El-Hennawy 03 Feb 2013
After almost two months of ultimate solidarity with the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafi Nour Party turned against its...
Younis Makhiyon new President of al-Nour Party during the second general Assembly of the party, Cairo, 9 January 2013.
Nour Party declines to participate in planned Islamist demonstration
Amr al-Tohamy 03 Feb 2013
The Salafi Nour Party decided not to participate in a demonstration planned for Friday called for by other Islamists,...
Salafi leader criticizes Brotherhood for excluding other groups
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Jan 2013
A Nour Party leader and presidential adviser criticized the Muslim Brotherhood, saying the dominating party excludes...
Younis Makhiyon new President of al-Nour Party during the second general Assembly of the party, Cairo, 9 January 2013.
Nour Party to not join revolution anniversary commemoration
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Jan 2013
The Salafi-oriented Nour Party plans to not take part in commemorating the 25 January revolution Friday, party...
Salafis in protest at State Council, Cairo, Mrach 29, 2011. One sign (R) reads: "We oppose violence. Peaceful. Peaceful." The other reads: "Do not believe media make belief."  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.
Nour Party: We will never ally with Brotherhood
Al-Masry Al-Youm 21 Jan 2013
The Salafi Nour Party would never form a coalition with the Freedom and Justice Party or the Muslim Brotherhood, said...
Salafi bloc faces challenges of electoral support
Noha El-Hennawy 21 Jan 2013
As the countdown for the legislative poll begins, uncertainty looms over the chances of the nascent Salafi alliance,...
Nour Party to run for Parliament on its own ballot
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Jan 2013
  Salafi parties have reportedly chosen to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections on two lists. The Nour...