(Updates number of burned houses, adds charges, details) CAIRO, May 12 (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces arrested 59 Muslims on Saturday accused of setting fire to Christian homes and shops in ...

In Egypt, the once-banned Muslim Brotherhood is now the most organized political force in the country. It is poised to capture a significant amount of power in nationwide elections being planned for ...

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- Thousands of police manned barricades around Christian churches in Egypt's second largest city Saturday, a day after Muslim rioters attacked churches and shops, leaving four ...

CAIRO, Egypt — Muslims attacked a community center and burned several homes belonging to Coptic Christians in northwestern Egypt over the weekend, injuring 23 people in a rampage that a local bishop ...

FILE -Senior Egyptian cleric Sheik Youssef al-Qardawi speaks to the crowd as he leads Friday prayers in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 18, 2011. Al-Qardawi, a cleric who was seen as the spiritual ...

On Monday, an Egyptian court issued an injunction to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood and seize its assets. Since Mohamed Morsi’s ouster, Brotherhood members have participated in mass protests against ...

Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died March 10 after suffering a heart attack while ...

ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) — Hundreds of Muslim villagers in Egypt’s south have attacked Christian-owned stores in search of a girl whose family claims was abducted. The villagers assaulted the stores Tuesday ...

CAIRO, Egypt, June 24, 2012— -- Egypt's election commission announced today that the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, Mohammed Morsi, had won the country's first contested presidential election, ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will draft a law to govern marriage and divorce for non-Muslims, a state newspaper reported, a move analysts see as an attempt to contain anger after a court overruled the ...

US, European powers reportedly preparing UN Security Council resolution to allow force to operate under UN mandate without ...

DOHA, Qatar — Youssef Qaradawi, an Egyptian cleric who was seen as the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and became the Islamist “voice of revolution” during the popular uprisings around the ...