Special to WorldTribune.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in Egypt claimed responsibility for a bombing on Nov. 24 that killed five people at a hotel in al-Arish in northern Sinai where election judges were staying. Egypt’s Health Ministry reported five dead and 17 wounded in the attack by ISIL affiliate Sinai Province. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood, fresh from its victory in parliamentary elections, has been quietly reaching out to the military for a transfer of power. Egyptian opposition sources said the Brotherhood has been engaged in a high-level dialogue with the military regime to ensure a transfer of power sometime in 2012. They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The powerful Salafist movement, a partner of the Muslim Brotherhood, has formed a militia in Egypt. The Salafists have established a so-called religious police based on the model in Saudi Arabia. They said the force, called the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Authority, consists of hundreds of volunteers […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — The Islamist movement could end Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs asserted that the Muslim Brotherhood along with the Salafists intend to bring Egypt to a confrontation with Israel. In a report by reserve Israeli intelligence officer Lt. Col. Jonathan Halevi, the […]