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Thousands of Brotherhood members have been killed and arrested in Egypt since it was declared a “terrorist” organization [Reuters]

Egypt: Qaradawi’s Daughter, Son-In-Law Jailed for Financing “Brotherhood”

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jul 4, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- Egyptian authorities accused on Monday Ola el-Qaradawi, daughter of the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and her husband Hossam Khalaf, a leading member of the Islamist Wasat Party, of providing the Brotherhood with resources from foreign parties, in...

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Al-Jazeera journalists, Canadian Mohamed Fahmy (R) and Egyptian Baher Mohamed (C), both accused of supporting the blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood in their coverage for the Qatari-owned broadcaster, sit in the defendants’ cage during their trial in the capital Cairo on August 29, 2015. The court sentenced Fahmy and Mohamed, along with Australian journalist Peter Greste who was tried in absentia after his deportation early this year, to three years in prison in a shock ruling following global demands for their acquittal. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Al-Jazeera and the Muslim Brotherhood

by Eli Lake | Jun 25, 2017 | Opinion

In 2014, Mohamed Fahmy, the former Cairo bureau chief for the Qatar-funded television network began a 438-day sentence in an Egyptian prison on terrorism charges and practicing unlicensed journalism. Today Fahmy is preparing a lawsuit against his former employers. And...

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An Egyptian army soldier looks on from his position at a checkpoint in al-Arish city, the troubled northern part of the Sinai peninsula, July 8, 2015. Reuters

Egyptian Authorities Heavily Strike Terrorist Groups in Sinai, Alexandria

by Mohamed Abdu Hassanein | Jun 21, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo- The Egyptian Air Forces launched on Monday an air strike that targeted a gathering of leading figures from the ISIS-affiliated group ‘Sinai Province’ in North Sinai. Egypt’s security forces killed 15 militants, 12 of them in airstrikes in the restive Sinai...

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Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood defendants stand behind bars during a trial in Cairo on August 22, 2015. (AFP)

Egypt Sentences 19 Brotherhood Members to Life in Jail

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 18, 2017 | Middle East

Nineteen Muslim Brotherhood members in Egypt have been sentenced to life in prison for rioting and staging demonstrations against the state, judicial sources in the eastern district criminal court announced on Sunday. The verdict was released in absentia against the...

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Muslim Brotherhood supporters demonstrate and hold the group’s flag. Reuters

Egypt Forms a Committee to Manage Funds of 1,553 Muslim Brotherhood Members

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Jun 15, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – The Cairo Criminal Court decided Wednesday to form a committee headed by the Ministry of Justice, Ministries of Interior, Finance, Social Solidarity and Local Development, Central Bank and the National Security Apparatus to hand over and manage all...