While dubbed mostly Islamist, the new formation of the National Human Rights Council raises critical concerns about the entity’s mandate, members say.

A spokesman for Egypt's Constitutional Assembly tasked with drafting a new constitution has denied recent speculation that Egypt's Al-Azhar would represent a "source of legislation" in the country's new national charter.

An Egyptian Muslim posted a YouTube videotape of himself cursing Islam and its holy book, the Koran

An ultraconservative Islamic group says Hamas security forces have detained 20 of its members in a crackdown on rocket fire from Gaza on southern Israel.

Egypt's first veiled newsreader on state television has drawn support from many viewers for ending an unwritten rule under ousted Hosni Mubarak that kept covered women out of the top job

A heavy metal concert has prompted a police investigation

The Shura Council (the upper, consultative house of Egypt's parliament) on Tuesday announced 27 new members of Egypt's National Council for Human Rights

Recently an Egyptian Muslim posted a YouTube videotape of himself cursing Islam and its holy book, the Koran; then tearing it to pieces and throwing it in the garbage. Here are excerpts of what he said:

A criminal court in North Cairo has postponed the case against two Copts charged after the Maspero massacre

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party has decided to orient its satellite channel, Misr25, toward preaching the group’s ideology to the Egyptian public.

Residents of Sansaft village in Monufiya detained their governor for an hour a fortnight ago while he was visiting a public hospital treating many of the 100 people who had become ill after drinking contaminated water. The residents even attempted to force their governor to drink the contaminated water until security intervened and released him.

Hundreds of Egyptian writers and artists staged a protest on Sunday, 2 September in front of the Shura Council (upper house) building to protest the first leaked drafts of the constitution that is being written by the Constituent Assembly.

The North Cairo Court on Monday adjourned the trial of two defendants accused of stealing a weapon belonging to the Armed Forces during the Maspero violence to 2 October due to the absence of witnesses.

A veiled woman, Fatma Nabil, anchored a news programme on Egyptian state television for the first time on Saturday.

Liberals and leftist powers and parties plan to unite in a new electoral alliance to face Islamists in the upcoming parliamentary elections. The proposed coalition would comprise the Third Current, a coalition of activists and politicians; the Popular Current, led by former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabbahi; and the Constitution Party, led by Mohamed ElBaradei.

Essam al-Erian, presidential adviser and acting head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, praised the military and its conduct during and after the revolution, in a sign that the party is attempting to sooth friction between the two after President Mohamed Morsy sent senior Supreme Council of the Armed Forces members into retirement.

Over five thousand protesters gathered in downtown Cairo's Talaat Harb Square late Friday night protesting allged Muslim Brotherhood attempts to dominate state institutions, urging that the revolution's demands be met instead.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday evening changed the leadership of Egypt's Administrative Control Authority (ACA), a public-sector watchdog, by appointing Mohamed Omar Wahabi and Badawy Hamouda Ibrahim as head and deputy head of the ACA, respectively.

Egyptian revolutionary groups are calling for a march on Friday evening in downtown Cairo

Egyptian revolutionary groups are calling for a march on Friday evening in downtown Cairo

Cairo, Egypt, is a riveting blend of ancient and modern. I was apprehensive traveling here, though, because of reports of lingering unrest