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Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi during a protest in front of riot policemen outside the police academy on the outskirts of Cairo on November 4, 2013.

Opinion: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Iron Hand in a Velvet Glove

by Osman Mirghani | Aug 23, 2014 | Opinion

Supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have recently called on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood on Twitter to restore “rule by the “sword.” A Twitter account under the name of Shabab Dawlat Al-Islam (Youth of the Islamic State) posted a...

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An Egyptian policeman stands in the middle of al-Haram street in Cairo on August 14, 2014, during clashes with Muslim Brotherhood supporters. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)

Muslim Brotherhood incapable of organzing large-scale protests: official

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Aug 15, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Muslim Brotherhood are no longer capable of carrying out large-scale protests on the Egyptian street, a senior Egyptian Interior Ministry official said. Head of the Interior Ministry’s Public Relations and Media Department, Maj. Gen....

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Members of the April 6 movement and liberal activists shout slogans against a law restricting demonstrations as well as the crackdown on activists, in front of El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo April 26, 2014. (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Opinion: Egypt’s War of the Posters

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Jun 29, 2014 | Opinion

Religious posters have quickly and suddenly appeared in public places across Egypt over the last few days, encouraging Egyptians to recite an invocation known as As-Salatu Ala Al-Nabi, a ritual salutation to the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims are accustomed to making this...

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Riot police officers take positions in front of Cairo University, as students who are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and deposed President Mohamed Mursi, plan a protest against former Defence Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi after Sisi announced that he will run for presidential elections, March 30, 2014. (Reuters.Mohamed Abd El Ghany)

Egypt applies harsher terrorism penalties as Brotherhood crackdown continues

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Apr 11, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood were reported killed on Friday in a shootout with police in the Nile Delta, a day after the Egyptian government said it will speed up the implementation of new penalties for membership in the...

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People walk in front of defected posters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie in downtown Cairo August 29, 2013. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood seeks to “infiltrate” political parties—party leaders

by Safaa Azab | Apr 10, 2014 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite being designated as a terrorist organization in December 2013, members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood are seeking to retain a voice in post-Mursi Egyptian politics and even participate in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, say...