Euronews
| Dec 16, 2012
Jumping the gun, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood claims it garnered 56.5% of Saturday's vote on the country's new constitution, and predicted that the 'yes' camp would win. Official results will not be published until after a second round of voting nex...
Euronews
| Dec 15, 2012
Massive lines have been visible everywhere in Egypt where voting in the constitutional referendum is taking place. Turnout is so high voting may be extended into Sunday, after already receiving an extension of several hours.
Aswat Masriya
| Dec 15, 2012
Former secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, is among those who came to vote on a constitution that has divided Egypt for several weeks. Large protests in Cairo, Alexandria, and other cities across the country have gripped the nation i...
Al Arabiya
| Dec 14, 2012
Opponents and supporters of Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi took to the streets across Egypt on the eve of a controversial constitutional referendum. In Alexandria, clashes broke out between rival camps and at least 13 people were reportedly inju...
Aswat Masriya
| Dec 14, 2012
Egyptian voters are split ahead of the country's constitutional referendum this weekend, while the continuing protests and unrest are threatening to further destabilize the country's fragile economy. Lily Grimes reports.
VOA News
| Dec 13, 2012
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians worldwide have begun voting on the hotly disputed draft constitution backed by Mohamed Morsi. Early voting is taking place at 150 Egyptian embassies and consulates worldwide before Egypt itself goes to the polls ...
Democracy Now!
| Dec 12, 2012
Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports from the streets of Cairo, where thousands of people have taken to the streets in new rallies for and against a controversial referendum backed by embattled Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. In a potential nod to the ...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 11, 2012
Thousands of supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi have been gathering on the streets of Cairo.
They have also been staging demonstrations over the country's disputed draft constitution - which is due to be
voted on in a r...
Democracy Now!
| Dec 11, 2012
Egypt is bracing for new protests today over President Mohamed Morsi's hotly contested effort to hold a referendum on a controversial draft constitution. Ahead of today's rallies, masked gunmen attacked opposition protesters camped out in Tahrir S...
Euronews
| Dec 10, 2012
Egypt's military is once again playing a more active role since handing over power in June, with President Mohammed Morsi giving them the authority to arrest civilians. The military has been told to coordinate with police in order to keep the peac...
— Feb 21, 2012 at 06:25 pm
...Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. UPI/Ahmed G...
— Apr 18, 2012 at 11:54 am
...fancies as “the Arab Spring,” the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood called for jihad against the United States. more ›› No one can tell yo...
— May 16, 2012 at 10:03 am
— Sep 7, 2012 at 11:23 pm
...News Agency reported. Essam al-Erian, head of the FJP, said in an interview with the Saudi-based al-Arabiya news channel that the Muslim Brother...
— Oct 25, 2012 at 07:38 am
The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the Arab world's most influential and one of the largest Islamic movements, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. Founded in Egypt in 1928 as a Pan-Islamic, religious, political, and social movement by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna, by the end of World War II the Muslim Brotherhood had an estimated two million members. Its ideas had gained supporters throughout the Arab world and influenced other Islamist groups with its "model of political activism combined with Islamic charity work".
The Brotherhood's stated goal is to instill the Qur'an and Sunnah as the "sole reference point for ...ordering the life of the Muslim family, individual, community ... and state." The organization seeks to make Muslim countries become Islamic caliphates and to isolate women and non-Muslims from public life. The movement is also known for engaging in political violence. They were responsible for creating Hamas, a U.S. designated terrorist organization, who grew to infamy for its suicide bombings of Israelis during the first and second intifada. Muslim brotherhood members are suspected to have assasinated political opponents like Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmoud an-Nukrashi Pasha.
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