An explosion in the Egyptian city of Rafiah near Gaza destroyed part of an intelligence building, Al Arabiya reported on Saturday night. According to the report, large numbers of security forces were deployed at the scene of the explosion and sealed off the area while search for possible explosives was underway. The cause
Egypt’s highest body of judges on Saturday accused President Mohammed Mursi of “unprecedented assault” on the judiciary by assuming sweeping powers putting him beyond judicial oversight, with some going on protest strike. The Supreme Judicial Council said after an emergency meeting that Mursi’s constitutional declaration was “an unprecedented assault on the independence of the
Egypt’s ruling Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) denied on Friday that President Mursi would retract a recent constitutional declaration granting him sweeping powers.In an interview with Al Arabiya, the FJP’s Vice Chairman Essam al-Erian said that the president will not retract the declaration, and that it “will remain until the constitution is ratified during the
Egyptian President Mohammed Musri posted a daring tweet on Wednesday regarding the history of Egypt’s revolution in his personal account that read: “Today, Thursday, November 23, 2012, is the real beginning of the revenge for the blood of martyrs and faithfulness to the revolution.” The president’s tweet was followed shortly afterwards by a new constitutional
The timing of the Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi’s decision to issue a new constitutional deceleration was linked by some analysts to his success in ending Israel’s recent eight-day war on Gaza. The Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire deal between the Israelis and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers gave Mursi, a “strong push” to issue new constitutional amendments
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi told supporters on Firday that Egypt was on the path to “ freedom and democracy,” a day after he assumed sweeping powers in a move critics said made him a dictator. “Political stability, social stability and economic stability are what I want and that is what I am working for,”
Protesters torched Muslim Brotherhood offices on Friday, state media said, as supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Mursi staged rival rallies across Egypt a day after he assumed sweeping powers. The offices of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the Muslim Brotherhood's political arm, were set ablaze in the canal cities of Ismailiya and
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood is calling for a jihad (“holy war”) to liberate the Palestinian Authority areas. "Jihad is obligatory” for Muslims, top Islamic cleric Mohammed Badei said, adding that peace deals with Israel are a “game of grand deception". Badei added that there have been enough negotiations and that the “enemy knows nothing but
The Hamas terrorist organization has declared November 22, the day after its ceasefire was signed with Israel, as a public holiday in Gaza. "The Palestinian government announces that Thursday 22nd November is a national holiday of victory and an official holiday,” read a statement issued by Hamas. Hamas invited “all citizens to celebrate this
Egypt’s health and interior ministries were put on high alert on Friday as the country braced for mass rallies to protest against or support President Mohammed Mursi’s latest decrees that grant him sweeping powers. Egypt’s ministry of interior has warned protesters not to clash with police and to keep their demonstration non-violent. The
