Egypt’s Christians are expressing increasingly pointed fears that the country is sliding into a Muslim theocracy which will fail to protect their riots and even expose them to violence. A top Egyptian cleric recently declared that opposition to the country’s new constitution – the draft of which was hastily rushed through Egypt’s...

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The Muslim Brotherhood has further consolidated its control of Egyptian political institutions, with Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday reshuffling his cabinet to grant powerful portfolios to Muslim Brotherhood officials. Three Muslim Brotherhood-aligned leaders picked up key portfolios, with Morsi contextualizing the changes as designed to rehabilitate Egypt’s troubled economy. The...

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A top adviser to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has declared that Israel will cease to exist in a decade, and is suggesting that Jews of Egyptian descent should evacuate the Jewish State and return to Egypt in order to make room for Palestinian refugees. The Muslim Brotherhood, to which the...

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Fears that Egypt is sliding into Islamist autocracy are deepening as the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government continues to crack down on critics. In just the last 24 hours, reports have emerged that Cairo has opened treason investigations against opponents of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked President Mohammed Morsi, and that civil servants have...

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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is shifting his focus to Egypt’s economy, according to a speech the Muslim Brotherhood-linked President gave in the aftermath of the country’s constitutional referendum. Egyptians affirmed the constitutional draft last weekend, roughly a month after it was hastily approved by the country’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly, and...

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Nearly 64 percent of Egyptians voted to approve a new constitution over the weekend that had been criticized for emphasizing Islamic law and failing to adequately protect the rights of women, religious minorities, government opponents, and others. The constitutional draft had been rushed through passage by the country’s Islamist-dominated constitutional...

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Fighting is breaking out across Egypt as Egyptians wind down voting on a deeply divisive constitutional referendum. Saturday will mark the final stage of voting on the new constitutional draft, which was hastily rushed through Egypt’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly in the midst of a political legitimacy crisis. The new constitution,...

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Egypt’s opposition is calling for protests and declaring that a weekend referendum on Egypt’s new constitution was marred by irregularities. The draft constitution was hastily passed weeks ago by Egypt’s Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly, as the country was in the midst of a political legitimacy crisis triggered by a power grab...

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An Egyptian court has sentenced a 27 year old Copt, computer science graduate Alber Saber, to three years of prison for insulting Islam. Saber’s trial and conviction, which revolved around accusations that he uploaded sections of the anti-Mohamed film “Innocence of Muslims” to the Internet, have deepened concerns over the...

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Egyptians will go to the polls this weekend to vote on a new draft constitution, controversy over which has triggered violence throughout Egypt and raised concerns about Cairo’s uneven transition to democracy. Decisions by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and rulings by Egyptian courts have deepened fears that the post-Arab Spring...

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