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Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi climb a structure to hang up a poster of Mursi during a protest against the military and interior ministry near El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo on September 20, 2013. The poster reads, “Do not let the revolution steal from you”. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
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File photo of Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi taken in September 2013. (AFP)
Opinion: The Public Mood in Egypt
The public mood in Egypt is one that is leaning towards presidential elections. This is evidenced by the fact that while the road map, which was set after June 30, includes the implementation of a series of important steps, including putting the new—or...Caption:
File photo of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Newspaper. (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
Islamists withdraw from Istanbul conference as Egyptian MB changes agenda
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—On Sunday, Islamist sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that that the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt have been mobilizing support from around the Arab and Islamisc world to hold an international conference in Istanbul. The conference was nominally...Caption:
In this Sept. 3, 2013 photo, Egyptian priest Samuel Zaki views the damaged main church inside the Virgin Mary and St. Abraam Monastery that was looted and burned by Islamists, in Dalga, Minya province, Egypt. (AP/Roger Anis)
Dalga: 76 Days of Terror
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Egyptian security and police forces stormed the village of Dalga in Minya province earlier this week following 76 days of terror in the town, recapturing Dalga from the grip of the hardline Muslim Brotherhood supporters who had taken control...Caption:
Egyptian-born cleric Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi talks during a news conference in Algiers March 28, 2007. (Reuters/Zohra Bensemra)