The erstwhile spokesman of al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim seminary that serves as Egypt’s highest religious authority, sees unfortunate parallels between his institution’s experience and that of the ...

Tali Janner-Klausner reports from Cairo on the unfolding Egyptian revolution, including the recent international solidarity conference. From The Commune. Hosni Mubarak was a hated despot, and became a ...

As the army tightens its grip and the death toll mounts, so too does the threat of civil war. Violence was inevitable once the security forces moved in on the Islamist protesters who have occupied ...

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Fireworks light the sky opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi celebrate in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. A statement on the Egyptian president's office's ...

The Muslim Brotherhood and ultra-conservative Salafists won 60 percent of the vote in Egypt's recent elections. What will that mean for the ruling military, relations with Israel, and for democracy?

Egypt’s best-known political prisoner, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, was granted a presidential pardon on Monday and has reunited with his family after spending most of the last 12 years in prison. The writer ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

As the Obama administration tries to balance the demands of street protesters to hasten Mubarak’s departure, the pleas of the dictator to stay on for the weeks to come, and the calls by nearby ...