Tag: Islamist

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces detained former Islamist presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh for alleged contacts with the banned Muslim Brotherhood group, state news...

CLARK, Philippines: The Philippines declared an end on Monday to five months of fierce urban warfare in a southern city held by pro-Islamic State...

Leading Islamist militant Isnilon Hapilon, who is on the United States' list of "most wanted terrorists", has been killed in the battle to reclaim...

Police in western Bangladesh said Wednesday they have armed villagers with bamboo sticks and whistles in an effort to deter ‘Islamist’ militants from attacking...

Police in Germany have thwarted a planned Islamist attack after detaining a couple with suspected Salafist militant links, one of whom was seen along...

A constitution drafted by an Islamist-dominated assembly was approved by a majority of Egyptians in a referendum, rival camps said on Sunday, after a...

Islamist rebel groups in the Syrian city of Aleppo say they reject the new Western-backed opposition coalition. In an internet video, they denounced what...

Police and soldiers deployed heavily on Wednesday in the Tunisian capital after deadly clashes with radical Islamists during the night, the interior ministry said. “There...

An Egyptian court meant to rule on Tuesday on the fate of an Islamist-dominated panel has instead referred the case to a superior court...

"These prices are unheard of! They are worse than the Ramadan heat wave," says Aisha, cradle in hand, sheltering from the blazing sun in...

Mohamed Morsi took the oath of office on Saturday to become Egypt’s first Islamist president and its first elected head of state since Hosni...

Mali’s Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine, which jointly controls the country’s north, said Wednesday it was not interested in proclaiming an independent state but...

Egypt’s landmark presidential election on Monday narrowed to a contest pitting a Muslim Brotherhood candidate against a Mubarak-era prime minister, the country’s electoral commission...

A Bangladeshi court on Monday charged the head of the largest Islamic party with alleged atrocities including genocide and murder during the nation’s 1971...

Egyptians must choose between a Muslim Brother or an ex-military man in a presidential run-off that highlights the stark rifts in a nation united...

Looking inside All military coups in the country have been bloodless, more or less. All coups staged by the army chief have been successful and,...

Suspected Islamist gunmen bombed their way into a prison in central Nigeria before opening fire on the wardens and emptying the jail of its...