WASHINGTON (AP) - A top House Republican said Tuesday the primary goal of U.S. policy in Egypt should be to "stop the spread of radical Islam," an objective that has been little mentioned by Obama ...

Egypt is embroiled in a blistering political feud over who speaks for Islam and how to bring reforms to counter Islamic militancy. At the center of it is Al-Azhar, one of the top institutions of ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on bomber planes and soldiers but on white-turbaned clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt's 1 ...

23 December 2006 DOHA: As opposed to Marxism which is against capitalism, Islam preaches a middle path between capitalism and socialism, says a prominent politician from Egypt. Magdi Ahmed Hussein, ...

CAIRO, Egypt — The Islamic state? A contradiction in terms. Jihad? Far too much emphasis these days on military action. A requirement that women wear a veil? A quaint leftover from pre-Muslim times ...

Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Egypt face an uncertain future as they navigate obstacles to staying in the country and ...

This part of David Brooks’ defense of the coup in Egypt is telling: When you elect fanatics, they continue, you have not advanced democracy. You have empowered people who are going to wind up ...

Doaa Kassem, like most Egyptian women, is used to being catcalled and grabbed at by men in the crowded streets of Cairo. The 24-year-old executive secretary is well versed in women’s rights, having ...

CAIRO -- A U.S.-based Egyptian-American said to be behind the anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims" and six other Egyptian Christians were sentenced to death in absentia by a court in Cairo Wednesday ...