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Islamist Egyptian Islamist leader Tareq Al-Zumar waves to demonstrators while speaking during a protest by hundreds of Salafists calling for the enforcement of Islamic Shari’a law at Tahrir Square in Cairo November 9, 2012. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt’s Islamists to face uphill battle at parliamentary elections

by Safaa Azab | Jun 26, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Islamists will face a tough test at parliamentary elections expected later this year amid growing public anger toward the Islamist trend and increasing inter-Islamist divisions following the ouster of former Islamist president Mohamed...

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Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi raise up posters with the four finger symbol during a demonstration against the military backed government in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on September 13, 2013. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD KHALED)

Egypt’s Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya denies responsibility for violence

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Sep 20, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Ashraf Sayed, a senior member of the Building and Development Party, the political arm of the Al-Gama’a Al-Islamiyya, denied the group was responsible for the violence that has erupted in Egypt since the...

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Iranian tourists visit the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor on June 3, 2013 (AFP PHOTO / STR)

Mursi appoints Salafist as Luxor governor

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 17, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The choice of a new governor for the province that is home to one of Egypt’s most popular tourist destinations has raised eyebrows both in Egypt and abroad. The province of Luxor will now be headed by Adel Asaad Al-Khayyat, a 52-year-old...