Islamist group Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya and its Building and Development Party confirmed in a statement on Monday that it rejects Tuesday's protests against the draft constitution, while stressing its support for the right to protest.

The Freedom and Party leadership contest will be decided between former parliamentary speaker Saad El-Katatni and acting party leader Essam El-Erian, a party official announced Wednesday.

Human rights groups in Egypt have condemned a recent clampdown on media critical of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood

The interim head of Egypt's Coptic church has expressed unhappiness over the composition of the country's new Cabinet, with only one Copt given a minor portfolio, reports said on Saturday.