Islam in Egypt

The Grand Imam of the influential Sunni institution Al Azhar Ahmed at Taeeb met in Rome with Pope Francis and pledged his co-operation in the fight against terrorism, the France press reported.

Egyptian clerics, particularly during the Gezi protests of 2013, were the inevitable darlings of Turkey's Islamists. Remember Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the president of the Association of Muslim Scholars and the ideological leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, who decreed in June 2013 that the Gezi protesters were "acting against Allah's will." The Turkish clergy never objected to that fatwa. 

A prominent Muslim cleric said on Dec. 3 the U.S.-led coalition carrying out air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) should widen its scope to include all other militant groups that were "tarnishing Islam."

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has said it favors the return of Turkey’s ambassadors to both Israel and Egypt, stressing that the government should follow national interests instead of a foreign policy centered upon the Muslim Brotherhood.

Turkey's Interior Ministry 'would examine the issue' if there is a red notice for the arrest of Muslim Brotherhood members

Ankara does not want to “put itself in a difficult position” by hosting the leadership of the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood (MB, or Ikhvan-i Muslimin), who are likely to be deported by Qatar, a high ranking Turkish official who asked not to be named said on Sept. 15.

Leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group and allied clerics say they are departing Qatar, where they had sought refuge

A British government report on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has been delayed as ministers and officials disagree over its findings, the Financial Times reported on Aug. 17, citing official sources.
   

An Egyptian court on August 9 ordered the dissolution of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political wing of the already banned Muslim Brotherhood movement.
 
The decision comes after the authorities designated the Brotherhood a "terrorist organisation" in December following the ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi by the military.
 

An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison on July 5 for inciting the violence that erupted after the army deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi last year.

Badie, convicted along with some 36 other Brotherhood leaders and supporters for the same crime, is facing the death sentence in two separate cases.