Ikhwanweb :: The Muslim Brotherhood Official English Website

Opposition Islamist lawmakers walked out of Egypt’s parliament on Saturday to protest at the expulsion of a fellow MP who had criticised the government for letting a French warship through the Suez Canal.

The Muslim Brotherhood said on its Web site that parliament speaker Fathi Sorour had expelled Mustafa Mohamed Mustafa "to deny the Muslim Brotherhood MPs the chance to reveal new scan..

Egypt police detain leading Brotherhood member
Egyptian police detained a leading member of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood and six other members in Cairo on Friday, Brotherhood officials said.

Egyptian police detained four more members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Wednesday and a senior member of the Islamic group said the authorities had closed down a weekly newspaper which publishes its views.

Deputy leader Mohamed Habib said the detentions were part of a crackdown designed to stop demands for political reform and restore the status quo which existed before last..

 Egyptian security forces have arrested 12 members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the last two days, the latest in a series of arrests of members of the outlawed opposition Islamist group.

Seven Brotherhood members were arrested late on Friday and another five late on Thursday, security sources and the Brotherhood said on Saturday. At least 50 Brotherhood members have been arrest..