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A policeman stands guard in Cairo, Egypt, on 28 April (Reuters)
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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: ISIS and the Brotherhood
The US is fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and so is Iran. At the same time, Washington is holding nuclear talks with Tehran and imposing sanctions on its government with the aim of reaching an attractive settlement albeit amid strong opposition...Caption:
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
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...Caption:
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi speaks to a crowd as he leads Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, on February 18, 2011.
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Opinion: Who’s Going to Tell Qaradawi?
Who wholly expect Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s religious authority and political orator, to vent his anger regarding what is taking place in Egypt these days. The octogenarian cleric is angry and frustrated. He must have thought, leaning on his...Caption:
The wreckage of a tour bus that was targeted by a suicide bombing on February 16 is seen in the Egyptian south Sinai resort town of Taba on February 18, 2014. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)