Egyptian Cleric

Gunmen opened fire at a former Egyptian mufti, Ali Gomaa, in Cairo today, missing the pro-government cleric but wounding his bodyguard, security officials said.

A leading Egyptian Sunni Muslim cleric has warned against the dangers of playing too much of the wildly popular mobile phone application "Pokemon Go," adding to Mideast religious voices that have sometimes been sterner in their critique of the game.

An Indian-origin former CIA official, being extradited to Italy to serve a jail term for her alleged role in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian cleric, has appealed to Pope Francis to speak out against the extraordinary renditions used by the spy agency post 9/11 attacks.

Abu Osama al-Masri, an Egyptian cleric and the frontman of an ISIS-offshoot group, has been unmasked as the suspected mastermind behind the alleged downing of a Russian jet, according to a media report.

The Islamic State (IS) group, which has sown a trail of terror across Syria and Iraq, is neither a state nor justified by Islam, Egypt's top Muslim cleric said on Monday.

An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted Monday in a trial that a prosecutor said should provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago.

An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted Monday in a trial that a prosecutor said should provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago.

A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Muslim preacher to 11 years in jail for blasphemy on Sunday for burning a Bible during a protest last year outside the U.S. embassy.

Egyptian Islamists have clashed with opponents of a draft constitution in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria after an ultraconservative cleric called on worshippers to approve the charter in a referendum.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said he wants Omar Abdul Rahman, the Egyptian Muslim cleric jailed in the Unites States for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center attack, to serve out the rest of his sentence at home, state media reported on Thursday.

Gunmen opened fire at a former Egyptian mufti, Ali Gomaa, in Cairo today, missing the pro-government cleric but wounding his bodyguard, security officials said.

A leading Egyptian Sunni Muslim cleric has warned against the dangers of playing too much of the wildly popular mobile phone application "Pokemon Go," adding to Mideast religious voices that have sometimes been sterner in their critique of the game.

An Indian-origin former CIA official, being extradited to Italy to serve a jail term for her alleged role in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian cleric, has appealed to Pope Francis to speak out against the extraordinary renditions used by the spy agency post 9/11 attacks.

Abu Osama al-Masri, an Egyptian cleric and the frontman of an ISIS-offshoot group, has been unmasked as the suspected mastermind behind the alleged downing of a Russian jet, according to a media report.

The Islamic State (IS) group, which has sown a trail of terror across Syria and Iraq, is neither a state nor justified by Islam, Egypt's top Muslim cleric said on Monday.

An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted Monday in a trial that a prosecutor said should provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago.

An Egyptian Islamic preacher whose fiery sermons before and after 9/11 attracted extremists to his London mosque was convicted Monday in a trial that a prosecutor said should provide justice for the victims of a kidnapping in Yemen more than a decade ago.

A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Muslim preacher to 11 years in jail for blasphemy on Sunday for burning a Bible during a protest last year outside the U.S. embassy.

Egyptian Islamists have clashed with opponents of a draft constitution in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria after an ultraconservative cleric called on worshippers to approve the charter in a referendum.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi said he wants Omar Abdul Rahman, the Egyptian Muslim cleric jailed in the Unites States for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center attack, to serve out the rest of his sentence at home, state media reported on Thursday.