Secretive ISIS leader Abu Osama al-Masri whose face has been obscured by the terror group in this image is suspected of main mastermind behind blowing up the Russian holiday jet over Egypt killing all 224 people on board
The head of Egypt's Al-Azhar said Monday that militants of so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were "criminals" serving a "Zionist" plot to "destroy the Arab world."
Egyptian Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has warned that the declaration of a so-called Islamic caliphate by extremists triggering insurgency in Syria and Iraq violates sharia law.
Egypt has banned unauthorized preachers from offering sermons or teaching Islam in mosques and other public places, according to a decree marking further measures by the military-installed interim government to curb Muslim Brotherhood influence.
Three Arab countries have banned the biblical epic movie "Noah" because it contradicts Islam, while three more are expected to follow suit, a report says.
Egyptian security forces are going to besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country’s ousted president within 24 hours, police officials have said.
An Egypt Defense Ministry official says army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is meeting with his top commanders, hours before the military's deadline to the president and opposition to resolve the nation's political crisis is set to expire.