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A file photo of former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi. (AFP Photo/Alberto Pizzoli)

Egypt court gives Mursi life in prison in espionage case: state TV

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 16, 2015 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—An Egyptian court sentenced former President Mohamed Mursi to a life sentence of 25 years in prison on Tuesday in a case related to conspiring with foreign groups. The general guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohammed Badie was also sentenced to 25 years...

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In this file April 2011 photo, Mohamed Mursi (R) speaks, alongside other members of the Muslim Brotherhood group’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), during a news conference in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Opinion: Should Egypt execute Mursi and the Brotherhood elite?

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | May 17, 2015 | Opinion

Both sides in Egypt chose to escalate the conflict. Muslim Brotherhood leaders who fled and settled abroad made a conscious decision to defy the regime, justifying the killings in Sinai and threatening the current Egyptian regime. As for the prosecutor, he chose to...

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A relative of a supporter of Egyptian ousted Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, cries outside the courthouse on March 24, 2014 in the central Egyptian city of Minya, after the court ordered the execution of 529 Mursi supporters after only two hearings. (AFP Photo/STR)

Egyptian judge to rule on mass death sentence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 28, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Reuters—An Egyptian court will on Monday pass final judgment on 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death last month, in a case that has provoked outrage among Western governments and rights groups. The preliminary death sentences were issued on...

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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)

The Egyptian Brotherhood’s Splinter Cells

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 14, 2014 | Features

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Driven underground once again by the Egyptian government after the ousting of former president Mohamed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood now faces a number of internal divisions that threaten to permanently fracture the organization. These new...

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A man walks past graffiti depicting ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in downtown Cairo September 2, 2013. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Egypt: Mursi may be tried in open court

by Abdul Sattar Hatita | Sep 12, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Judicial sources have informed Asharq Al-Awsat that former Islamist president Mohamed Mursi will be tried in open court and that the first court date has been set for the near future. Egypt’s state prosecutor referred Mursi to trial...