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Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi speaks to a crowd as he leads Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on February 18, 2011.
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Riot police stand across from supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood during a demonstration at Cairo University hours after a drive-by shooting killed several Egyptian policemen and wounded others during an overnight rally by Islamist students at another university, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gamil)
Muslim Brotherhood warns of “outright conflict” on anniversary of Mursi’s ouster
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian authorities have escalated their crackdown against the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood after three explosions struck near the Ittihadiya presidential palace in Cairo earlier this week. Two policemen were killed in the attack on Monday and a...Caption:
Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi during a protest against his removal in Cairo, July 2013. (AFP Photo/Mohamed Hams)
Anti-Coup Alliance calls for “intifada” on anniversary of Mursi ouster
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-led Anti-Coup Alliance has called for an “intifada” against newly elected President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on the first anniversary of the ouster of former president and Brotherhood member Mohamed Mursi. The Anti-Coup...Caption:
Egypt’s constitutional committee chairman Amr Mussa (C) gestures as he sits alongside other officials under a poster to promote a new draft constitution wish a slogan reading in Arabic, “All Egyptians Constitution” , in Cairo on December 15, 2013. An Egyptian official has resigned amid controversy over the poster to promote a new draft constitution that featured images of non-Egyptians and misspelled “Egyptians” in Arabic, state media. Amgad Abdel Ghaffar, head of the State Information Service, the government’s media arm, had already apologised for the poster, which featured Caucasian-looking images under the caption: “All Egyptians Constitution.” AFP PHOTO/HOSAN FADL
Egypt: National dialogue opens, will soon set election dates
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The first session of Egypt’s national dialogue on the transitional roadmap set out following the July 3 ouster of former President Mohamed Mursi opened on Thursday in Cairo. The session was attended by Interim President Adly Mansour and...Caption:
In this July 13, 2012 file photo, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi speaks to reporters at the Presidential palace in Cairo. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)