Egyptian Presidential Candidate Praises bin Laden as a Martyr

An Islamist President in Egypt?

The rise of Hazem Salah Abu Ismail.

With the former president of Egypt on his back in a courtroom cage pleading for 

his life, we may be starting to get a clearer idea of who Egyptians will choose to 

succeed Hosni Mubarak in the upcoming November elections.

The Copts' New Enemy: Mohammed Hussein Tantawi

by Anna Mahjar-Barducci
October 21, 2011 at 4:00 am

The youth in Tahrir Square are maybe only just starting to realize that Mubarak was just one of the pieces of the regime, which did not fall at all, and is not ready to give Egypt free elections.

The Egyptian revolution did not actually change much. Mubarak is not there, but the army still is. Even though, the media celebrated the role of the Egyptian military forces, now the people of the Arab Spring are seeing that the old guard is still governing and has no intention of leaving. The Day of Shame of the Egyptian army reached its peak on October 9, when the army brutally attacked the Coptic community.

U.S. met with Egypt Islamists - U.S. diplomat

By Edmund Blair

CAIRO | Sun Oct 2, 2011 3:55pm IST

(Reuters) - U.S. officials met members of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party, a U.S. diplomat said, after Washington announced it would have direct contacts with Egypt's biggest Islamist group whose role has grown since U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak was ousted.