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Egyptian security forces stand guard in front of the Al-Azhar Islamic university in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, October 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abd El Latef, El Shorouk)

Brotherhood students raise Al-Qaeda flag at Al-Azhar University campus—university source

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Mar 17, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Eyewitnesses at Al-Azhar University said students affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood raised the Al-Qaeda flag inside one of the university’s campuses during protests on Saturday. As the first day of the second semester of the academic year...

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AEgyptian security forces gather at the scene of a bomb that targeted the convoy of Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim in Cairo on September 5, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA)

Egypt: Interior minister defiant following assassination attempt

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Sep 6, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim survived an assassination attempt that targeted his convoy in Cairo’s eastern Nasr City on Thursday, dubbing the attack the start of “a new wave of terrorism.” He added, “What happened today is...

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A plain clothes policeman (C) points his gun as security forces escort Muslim Brotherhood members through supporters of the interim government installed by the army from the Al-Fath mosque on Ramses Square in Cairo August 17, 2013. Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Mursi fought a gun battle with security forces in a Cairo mosque on Saturday, while Egypt’s army-backed government, facing deepening chaos, considered banning his Muslim Brotherhood group. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Muslim Brotherhood faces ban as Egypt rulers pile on pressure

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 18, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo/London, Reuters/Asharq Al-Awsat—Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood risks political elimination, with the new army-backed government threatening to ban the Islamist organisation after launching a fierce crackdown on its supporters that has killed hundreds....