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Oct
24
2023
By The African Mirror
Hamas-Israeli conflict: what’s at stake for Egypt

Hamas-Israeli conflict: what’s at stake for Egypt

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
AS the Israeli-Hamas crisis continues, a great deal of focus is shifting to Egypt. Egypt shares a border with both Israel and Gaza – the narrow strip of Palestinian territory which is currently under blockade following the violent attack against Israel by Hamas, a radical Islamist organisation that has controlled Gaza since 2007. OFIR WINTER, Senior Researcher, Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Ofir Winter, who studies Egyptian politics and the Arab-Israeli conflict, to provide insights into what the new war means for Egypt and the role it plays. What’s been…
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Sep
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Struggle over Egypt’s Juhayna behind arrest of founder, son – Amnesty

Struggle over Egypt’s Juhayna behind arrest of founder, son – Amnesty

NEWS
EGYPTIAN authorities are holding the founder of the country's largest dairy products and juices producer and his son in conditions that amount to torture because of their refusal to cede their assets, according to Amnesty International. There was no immediate response to a request for comment to Egypt's state information service. The arrests of Safwan Thabet, founder and former CEO of Juhayna, in December, and of his son Seifeldin two months later, shook Juhayna, a household name in Egypt. The authorities accuse them of belonging to and financing a terrorist group -- commonly a reference to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood…
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Jun
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Confirmed: death sentence for 12 Egyptian activists

Confirmed: death sentence for 12 Egyptian activists

NEWS
EGYPT’S highest civilian court has upheld death sentences against 12 senior Muslim Brotherhood figures over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters, judicial sources said. The ruling, which cannot be appealed against, means the 12 men could face execution pending approval by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. They include Abdul Rahman Al-Bar, commonly described as the group's mufti or top religious scholar, Mohamed El-Beltagi, a former member of parliament, and Osama Yassin, a former minister. Many Muslim Brotherhood figures have been sentenced to death in other cases related to the unrest that followed the military's ousting…
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Apr
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Senior Muslim cleric contracts COVID-19

Senior Muslim cleric contracts COVID-19

COVID-19
SENIOR Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, who is based in Qatar and is a spiritual leader for the Muslim Brotherhood, has contracted COVID-19, his official Twitter account said. The tweet said the cleric, who is in his 90s, was receiving medical care and doing well. Qaradawi, an Egyptian scholar who has Qatari citizenship, was sentenced to death by an Egyptian court in absentia in 2015 along with other Egyptians affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood in a case relating to a 2011 mass jail break. Qaradawi had rejected the ruling and denied any involvement. His presence in Qatar and criticism of…
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Apr
09
2021
By The African Mirror
Acting Muslim Brotherhood leader sentenced to life in prison

Acting Muslim Brotherhood leader sentenced to life in prison

NEWS
AN Egyptian court sentenced Mahmoud Ezzat, the former acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, to life in prison yesterday, months after he was detained in a Cairo apartment. Security forces arrested Ezzat last August in a raid in Cairo's Fifth Settlement district, the latest blow to a movement that has been the target of a crackdown since it was forced from power in 2013. Ezzat was sentenced on charges of inciting violence and supplying firearms during clashes outside the Brotherhood's headquarters between its supporters and opponents in 2013, a judicial source said. Other senior Brotherhood members have been sentenced to…
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Aug
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Acting leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood arrested in Cairo

Acting leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood arrested in Cairo

NEWS
EGYPTIAN authorities have arrested the acting leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mahmoud Ezzat, during a raid on an apartment in Cairo. The arrest is the latest blow to Egypt's oldest and most organised Islamist movement, which has been crushed in a sweeping crackdown since it was forced from power seven years ago. Ezzat was an influential former deputy to Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie, and was seen as a hardliner within the group. He became acting leader after Badie's arrest in August 2013. An interior ministry statement said Ezzat had been arrested from an apartment used as a hide-out in Cairo's…
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