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Cairo's prosecution starts investigating the Kāmīiya Shihātah case after referring it to the Western Cairo Prosecution in light of the various reports about her disappearance [Read original text in Arabic]. In Ākhir Sā'ah magazine, page 12 and 13, May 4, 2011, Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī said that neither...
'Abd al-Mun'īm al-Shahāt, a salafī spokesperson, says that democracy is dangerous and has many defects like vote buying and powerful candidates' exploitation of the media for their own interests in their election campaigns. Shahāt added that Islamic shūra (consultation) is better than democracy as...
Followers of salafī leader Hāfiz Salāmah prevented the imām of al-Nūr mosque in al-'Abāsīyah from ascending the mosque pulpit to give the Friday sermon. Salāmah ascended the pulpit to prevent Turk from giving the sermon, asserting that the pulpit of al-Nūr mosque will not be ascended by anyone...
Salafists in Kafr el-Sheikh distributed thousands of flyers demanding that people not celebrate Shām al Nīsim, saying that it is considered polytheism.
Shaykh 'Abd al-Mun'im al-Shahāt, spokesperson of salafīyah call, said that despite salafists' refusal of shrines, they did not demolish any of the shrines or incite to torch them. He added that salafists refuse to take matters into their own hands because they believe that this is the duty of the...
Throughout Egypt`s governorates, salafīsts have gained in strength since the revolution. While liberals fear salafīsts as Muslim fundamentalists, the latter are keen on improving their image, accusing the media of continously damaging it. Accordingly, salafī preacher ‘Abd al-‘Azīm pointed out the...
The salafīs do not seem ready to tolerate anyone who might question their ideas. They seem to be determined to take the law into their own hands to compel moderate Muslims and non-Muslims to feign appreciation for their dogmatic ideas.
Shaykh Ibrāhīm Zakarīyā, representative of the Salafist Call Organization in the upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya, said that the problems between salafists and Copts have to do with the "Christian women who converted to Islam and are detained inside monasteries." He denied rumors that...
Muhammad al-Ghītī, author of the article, comments on the two incidents by salafists, saying that the salafists showed what they really are. First, the speech of Shaykh Muhammad Husayn Ya'qūb, in which he spoke about the results of the yes-or-no referendum over constitutional amendments and termed...
Seventy-seven percent voted for 'Yes' [18.7 million voters] in the referendum over constitutional amendments, which reveals the power of political Islam [salafists, Muslim Brotherhood and al-Wasat party] in convincing the people, while political parties and the January 25 Revolution Coalition...

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