An Egyptian committee tasked with drafting a new constitution has approved an article that forbids the formation of religious parties. Forty-eight members of the 50-member panel present on Saturday voted on the 247 articles of the new charter and approved more than half of the articles, Egypt’s state news agency MENA reported. Voting on the remaining articles will resume on Sunday afternoon.... 

A Mubarak-era judge has been sworn in as Egypt’s interim President, saying he welcomes help from the Muslim Brotherhood to “build the nation”. 300 members of the movement are already behind bars and new warrants are being issued. Adli Mansour, 67, was one of those who drafted the election law which regulated the 2012 campaign, bringing the now ousted Morsi to power. At the same time, the judiciary... 

Members of the presidential election campaign of Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party celebrate following the announcement of Mohammed Morsi An Islamist who has repeatedly pledged to introduce sharia law was yesterday declared Egypt’s first democratically-elected president. The Foreign Office last night described the election of Mohammed Morsi – of the once shadowy banned group,... 

An Egyptian protester raises his slippers at military police standing guard outside the Constitutional Court in central Cairo on June, 14, 2102. Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court has ordered the country’s parliament dissolved saying the legislative body’s election about 6 month ago was unconstitutional. The Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that one third of the parliamentary...