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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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A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood and of ousted president Mohamed Morsi runs past a burning vehicle during clashes with security officers close to Cairo’s Ramses Square, on August 16, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/VIRGNIE NGUYEN HOANG)

Egypt rounds up Brotherhood supporters after day of carnage

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

Cairo, Reuters—Egyptian authorities rounded up more than 1,000 Islamists as the Muslim Brotherhood leadership defiantly called a week of nationwide protests starting on Saturday after a day of carnage. After Friday’s bloodshed in which more than 100 people died...