Anger in southern Egypt over Islamist governor
2 days ago
El-Khayat belongs to the Construction and Development party, the political arm of Gamaa Islamiya, which waged an armed insurgency against the state in the 1990s, attacking police, Copts and tourists.
Egypt seen to give nod toward jihadis on Syria
3 days ago
Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, from which he hails, gets key backing from one of the main former Islamic militant groups, Gamaa Islamiya, as well as from several political parties of the Salafi...
Egypt appoints 17 governors, including 8 Islamists
3 days ago
Besides the new Brotherhood governors, the appointment of Adel el-Khayat, a member of the political arm of ex-Islamic militant group Gamaa Islamiya, drew attention.
Signature campaign on Egypt's streets tests Morsi
15 days ago
The political arm of the hard-line Gamaa Islamiya, a former militant group that waged a campaign of violence in the 1990s but since forswore its arms and is now an ally of Morsi, launched the...
Egypt's long-scorned legislature deepens rift
18 days ago
Together with allies like the Wasat party and the ultraconservative Construction and Development party - the political arm of the former militant Gamaa Islamiya group - the Brotherhood can easily...
Tale of 2 converts shows Egypt's sectarian divide
20 days ago
Romani Farhan Amir, an impoverished Christian day laborer, had little choice but to accept when his wife marched into a police station in the southern city of Assiut, accompanied by members of the...
New storm in Egypt over citizen arrests
100 days ago
Before Gamaa Islamiya renounced violence, it played a key part in an anti-government insurgency in the 1990s.
Police strikes in Egypt accelerate, adding turmoil
103 days ago
Gamaa Islamiya, a powerful hard-line Islamist group, announced Friday its members would take over policing in the southern province of Assiut because the strikes.
Egypt: Islamists rally in Cairo against opposition
124 days ago
"The rally was organized by Gamaa Islamiya, an ex-jihadist group whose members were imprisoned for decades under the former regime.
Week of unrest weakens Egypt's Islamist leader
140 days ago
The Brotherhood is so confident in its own strength it thinks it doesn't need anyone's support, said Hamada Nassar, a spokesman for the political arm of the onetime jihadist Gamaa Islamiya group.
