Protesters opposing Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi flee from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes along Qasr Al Nil bridge, which leads to Tahrir Square, in Cairo May 17, 2013. (Reuters) Al Arabiya with Reuters – One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians late Friday night outside … Continue reading »
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Islamists in Egypt and Turkey: a comparison
The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies compared Islamists in Egypt and Turkey. (File) Al Arabiya Institute for Studies – Hoshnek Oussi The Al Arabiya Institute for Studies examined 15 points of conversion and difference between Egypt under Muslim Brotherhood rule, and Turkey under the Justice and Development Party (AK). 1. Turkey’s Islamists have long … Continue reading »
Bored of Farmville? Try Tahrir Square, the game
An Egyptian games developer has released a Facebook game based on battles between protesters and thugs during the 2011 uprising Ahram Online Facebook game Tahrir Square Defense In May, Facebook users who are looking to waste a little time online will have a new option; a game called Tahrir Square Defense will allow them to … Continue reading »
Sign up for Mursi’s ouster, urges Egypt ‘rebellion’ group
A petition named “Tamarod” (meaning “rebellion” in Arabic) is gathering signatures to call for Mursi’s ouster. (Reuters) Eman El-Shenawi – Al Arabiya First, campaigners petitioned to send Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi into space. It was an unusual stunt which gathered pace, but remained trivial all the same. Now, another group opposing the Islamist presidency appears … Continue reading »
“The United States has become a tool of Muslim Brotherhood expansionism”
This is one of the most extraordinary analyses I have ever read. For years people have wondered why Obama acts in a manner so favorable to Sharia and Islamic supremacism. Speculation has centered on his own religious beliefs, but here, Daniel Greenfield offers a less personal and ultimately more compelling explanation — one that elucidates … Continue reading »
Coptic schoolteacher detained for insulting Islam in Egypt
Coptic-Christian social studies teacher in Upper Egypt’s Luxor governorate is detained for four days pending investigation after being charged with insulting Islam Ahram Online , Public prosecutors in the Upper Egyptian Luxor governorate on Thursday ordered the detention of a Coptic-Christian schoolteacher for four days pending investigation on charges that she had insulted … Continue reading »
How far Egypt’s Brotherhood-Salafist rivalry will go
If Egypt’s Salafists and Muslim Brotherhood are increasingly at each other’s throats, it is only because the liberal opposition has resoundingly failed Hicham Mourad , The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist El-Nour Party that dominated almost three-quarters of the seats in the People’s Assembly (the since dissolved lower house of parliament) and more … Continue reading »
The untouched beaches of Egypt’s south
Unknown even to many Egyptians, southern Egypt is home to several protected beaches of unparalleled natural beauty and splendour In southern Egypt’s Wadi Al-Gemal protectorate, which sits on over 7,450 square kilometres of land, lie two beaches featuring exquisite natural beauty, clear waters and an array of wildlife co-existing with their eco-friendly human counterparts. … Continue reading »
Mob demands another lynching in Egypt’s Sharqiya
Angry residents of Zagazig in Egypt’s Nile Delta surround police station holding man accused of raping and killing seven-year-old girl Ahram Online, Dozens of people in Sharqiya governorate have attempted to capture and publicly execute a man accused of raping and killing a seven-year-old girl, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported. Angry locals surrounded … Continue reading »
.@StateDept Fails Again:American stabbed outside US Embassy in Cairo
By MAGGIE MICHAEL CAIRO (AP) — An assailant stabbed an American man outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Thursday, a security official said, in a rare attack on a U.S. national in the Egyptian capital. The American was rushed to a nearby hospital and the motives for the assault were not immediately clear. … Continue reading »
Lynching: Egyptians take law into own hands
Videos of brutal public executions have become increasingly common in Egypt. Experts say lynching phenomenon could spread to major cities Sherif Tarek, Egyptians surround the bodies of two men hung by their feet in a bus station after being accused of theft in Samanod, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of Cairo, Egypt, … Continue reading »
Egypt paper: Holocaust fake, Jews behind 9/11 and Boston bombing. The usual.
EOZ/An op-ed in Egypt’s El Balad hits all of the antisemitic tropes in one convenient spot. No hiding behind “anti-Zionism” here, nosirree – this is Arab Jew-hatred in all its glory, with not a single person condemning or even questioning it. Hassan Sadaany starts off by saying that Jews plan to topple the US the … Continue reading »
Obama funded Egypt Islamic party head calls to kill Christians, march on Israel
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2013/05/egyptian-islamic-party-head-calls-to.html Lost in the glare of the media attention on Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood party are the smaller, completely insane Islamist parties to its right. (You know, the ones that make the MB appear “moderate” by comparison.) The Egyptian Islamic party, headed by Mohamed Abu Samra and Kamal Habib, is just one of these powderkegs that … Continue reading »
M is for Mosque
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/70051/Egypt/Politics-/M-is-for-Mosque-How-Egypts-Copts-were-sidelined.aspx File photo: A Christian boy looks from inside the Saint Mary Church, which was set on fire during clashes between Muslims and Christians on Saturday in the heavily populated area of Imbaba in Cairo May 8, 2011 (Photo: Reuters) “What’s been done will be done again.” This is a line from the Bible that … Continue reading »
The Copts flee Egypt
Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less dramatic than the reports have made it appear, writes Michael Adel It happened before, notably in Iraq: on Islamists coming to power, Arab Christians have been forced to leave their homeland. … Continue reading »
Egypt: A day at the gun market
Nour Youssef Nour the intrepid intern writes in: Lately, I have been taking a lot of taxis. Naturally, that means hearing unsolicited political opinions, life lessons, and impromptu stories about women who match my exact physical description and share my sense of style (and, sometimes, my name) getting mugged, raped or murdered, in the hope … Continue reading »
