The Alexandrian Salafi Dawah group and its political arm, the Nour Party, have struggled to fulfill their political and religious functions since 2013, despite their support for the military regime. Now the question of their withdrawal from politics is making a comeback.
“God willing, the Nour Party from the first round!” the Salafi party’s supporters chanted during their parliamentary elections campaign. But their hopes were crushed when the results of this week’s…
Salafi Dawah deputy head Yasser Borhamy cast his ballot in Alexandria’s Montaza district on Sunday, the first time Egypt has held parliamentary elections since the Muslim Brotherhood was ousted from…
The Salafi Nour Party believes its campaign efforts were instrumental to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s victory at the polls last year, and the sweeping success of the 2014 Constitution in…
The Endowments Ministry warned preachers against campaigning for the upcoming elections in their Eid al-Adha sermons, as aspiring parliamentary candidates gear up for the…
Renowned Salafi leader Yasser al-Borhamy’s application for an Endowments Ministry permit to preach Friday sermons has shed light on the new regulations…
The ultraconservative Salafi Nour Party has adamantly denied media reports linking one of its members to a series of sex tapes, while reports of these…
Alexandria’s leading Salafi preachers will no longer be allowed to give Friday sermons in the coastal city, Deputy Endowments Minister Mohamed Nour…
In a conciliatory statement, the Salafi Dawah called on Islamists to stop protesting and return to religious work, the state-run Al-Ahram website…
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