Muslim Brotherhood

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubara (center-front), who was ousted following a popular uprising in 2011, arrives with his two sons Gamal (C-behind) and Alaa (2nd-R) to testify during a session in the retrial of members of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood over charges of plotting jailbreaks and attacks on police during the 2011 uprising, at a make-shift courthouse in southern Cairo on December 26, 2018. (Mohamed el-Shahed/AFP)

December 26, 2018, 7:03 pm

Mubarak: Gaza tunnels were used by fighters to launch 2011 prison break in Egypt

Former president gives court testimony on his ousted successor Morsi, who was arrested and promptly escaped from jail at outset of uprising

By Agencies and TOI staff

Seif al-Din MohamedIn this Friday, April 22, 2016 file photo, EgyptAir plane hijacking suspect Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa, 59, center, is escorted by Cyprus police officers as he arrives in a court in capital Nicosia, Cyprus (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

December 5, 2018, 10:41 pm

Egyptian to face trial over hijacking plane, diverting it to Cyprus

Accusations against Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa include deliberately disrupting flight, seizing control of an aircraft and promoting ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood

By AFP

In this photo provided by Egypt's state news agency, MENA, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi salutes as he inspects troops with Defense Minister Sedki Sobh at the Red Sea port city of Suez, Egypt, on October 29, 2017. (MENA via AP)

November 18, 2018, 1:27 pm

Egypt said to round up dozens of human rights defenders

At least 40 activists and lawyers — many connected to outlawed Muslim Brotherhood — seized in recent weeks, according to Human Rights Watch

By AFP

Turkish police crime scene investigators, looking for possible clues into the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, walk toward an underground parking lot, where authorities had found a vehicle belonging to the Saudi consulate, in Istanbul, October 23, 2018. (AP/Emrah Gurel)

November 3, 2018, 4:09 am

Khashoggi crisis may tip Middle East power balance towards Turkey

October 2 killing inside Saudi consulate in Istanbul, by a team sent from Riyadh, has already severely tarnished Arab state’s reputation

By Ezzedine SAID

Protestors hold pictures of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a demonstration in front of the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on October 5, 2018. (AFP/ OZAN KOSE)

October 20, 2018, 4:11 am

Khashoggi: From Saudi royal insider to open critic

Conflicting descriptions have pegged journalist as a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer, an aide to the monarchy, a critic of the regime, a liberal, and even a friend of Bin Laden

By AFP

In this February 1, 2015, photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

October 19, 2018, 11:17 pm

Why are some pro-Israel voices joining whisper campaign against Jamal Khashoggi?

Some describe Khashoggi as a terrorist sympathizer and fierce opponent of Israel, an apparent attempt to reduce pressure on the White House to punish Saudi Arabia for his killing

By Ron Kampeas

In this September 30, 2018 photo, Abdullah Morsi, the youngest son of Egypt’s jailed former Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, poses for a photograph in front of his home in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Brian Rohan)

October 11, 2018, 1:05 am

Egypt arrests son of deposed president Morsi

Youngest son of jailed Islamist leader faces prosecution for spreading ‘fake news’ amid crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood movement

By AFP

Illustrative: Some of the 739 defendants listen to their verdict from a soundproof glass cage inside a makeshift courtroom in Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, July 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

September 13, 2018, 3:20 pm

Egyptian court sentences 3 men to death for 2013 attack on police station

Another 41 jailed for life for attempt to avenge violence against Muslim Brotherhood protesters

By Agencies

A demonstrator holds an anti-Muslim Brotherhood showing ousted Islamist Egyptian President, Mohammed Morsi, center, and other Brotherhood leaders with a noose around their necks, outside a makeshift courtroom at the national police academy, in an eastern suburb of Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahmed Omar)

September 12, 2018, 1:46 am

Egypt freezes assets of 1,100 charities linked to Muslim Brotherhood

Move against outlawed organization follows passage of law that allows authorities to cut off funds for ‘terrorist groups’

By AFP

This picture shows detainees inside the soundproof glass dock of the courtroom during the trial of 700 defendants including Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, in the capital Cairo, on September 8, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / Mohamed el-Shahed)

September 8, 2018, 4:46 pm

Egypt confirms death sentences for 75, but photojournalist to be free ‘in days’

Verdicts are part of mass trial for clashes following ouster of Mohamed Morsi; Amnesty slams ‘mockery of justice’

By Aziz El Massassi

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie stands behind bars during his trial in Cairo on February 28, 2015 (Mohamed el-Shahed)

August 12, 2018, 11:37 pm

Muslim Brotherhood chief handed life term in Egypt retrial

Mohammed Badie and four others were charged with terrorism, attempted murder, forming an armed group to attack citizens and illegal possession of firearms

By AFP

Essam el-Erian (R), one of the highest-ranking leaders of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood, is seen alongside other members of the group inside a glass dock during their trial in the capital Cairo on July 28, 2018. (AFP Photo/Khaled Desouki)

July 28, 2018, 3:27 pm

Egypt sentences 75 to death, including Muslim Brotherhood leaders

Head of banned Islamist group among those given death penalty for their role in sit-in opposing coup that toppled ex-president Morsi

By AP

Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi sits in the defendant's cage during a court hearing in Cairo, Egypt, November 3, 2014. (AP/Mohammed al-Law)

July 5, 2018, 6:59 pm

Egypt sentences former Morsi advisor to life

Muslim Brotherhood member Abdullah Shehata, along with 13 others, planned to cause a ‘state of instability in the country’

By AFP

Banners showing Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi hang in Tahrir Square, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

March 25, 2018, 10:12 pm

Portraits of Egypt’s leader fill iconic Cairo square

Site of 2011 mass anti-government protests now plastered with huge pictures of el-Sissi, as general-turned-president heads to reelection in controversial vote

By Brian Rohan

People chat and smoke under an election campaign banner for Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi that reads, "For the sake of the nation's security," in Cairo, Egypt, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

March 25, 2018, 10:12 pm

In Egypt’s election, turnout provides the only suspense

With all viable challengers to Sissi arrested or pressured to withdraw, Monday’s vote will be least competitive since 2011 uprising raised hopes of democratic change

By Hamza Hendawi