Al-Masry Al-Youm A man was arrested in Cairo on Monday on charges of molesting young children after their Quran lessons. Three separate reports filed by the families of the children accuse the man of molesting them while giving lessons about the Quran and Islam in a small mosque in the Nasr City district of Cairo. … Continue reading »
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Egyptian Politician Talks of War With U.S.
June 12, 2013 by Dexter Van Zile Egyptian Politician Talks of War With U.S., Media Yawns Note: The following article appeared in The Algemeiner on June 11, 2013. This is getting ridiculous. You’d think the media has an agenda or something. On June 3, a prominent Egyptian politician spoke openly – on live television – … Continue reading »
Egypt: Ritualistic mutilation of female genitalia a tragedy
The mutilation, cutting and alteration of female genitalia is a tradition that is still upheld in certain areas of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. At least 140 million women and girls have fallen victim to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the World Health Organization reported in Feb. 2013. The latest incident to make media headlines … Continue reading »
Female genital mutilation in Egypt
The tragedy of Suhair al-Bateh reopens the question of female circumcision Suhair al-Bateh is a young girl who grew up in Menshiyat al-Ekhwa, an Egyptian village in the province of Daqhaliyya on the Nile’s Delta. This village is no different from thousands of others in Egypt, as it is characterized by a significant dearth of services … Continue reading »
Egypt: Doctor in female genital mutilation (FGM) teen death case released
Al-Masry Al-Youm Prosecutors in Daqahliya on Tuesday ordered the release of Dr. Aslan Hammouda, the man allegedly responsible for the death an Egyptian girl during a female genital mutilation (FGM) operation, pending investigation. Hammouda is charged with causing the death of 13-year-old Soheir Mohamed while conducting the operation. The doctor had turned himself in, claiming … Continue reading »
Egypt:Copts will attend 30 June protests
Al-Masry Al-Youm Senior leaders in Egypt’s Orthodox Church denominational council have announced they will join opposition groups’ 30 June protests to demand early presidential elections. However, the church establishment had not urged Copts to attend demonstrations, preferring to leave it to each member of the congregations personal convictions. Council member Mohsen George said Copts will … Continue reading »
Egypt girl 13, dies while being circumcised
Suhair al-Bata’a, 13, died while she was being circumcised in a town north east of Cairo. (Photo courtesy of Egypt Independent) Al Arabiya A 13-year-old Egyptian girl has died while being circumcised at a private village in the Daqahliya governorate north east of Cairo, Egyptian media reported on Sunday. “We left our daughter with … Continue reading »
John Kerry renews $1.3 bn annual military aid for Egypt
Before the NGO trial verdict, slammed by Washington, in May US Secretary of State John Kerry signed off Egypt’s traditional military aid package of $1.3 billion AFP US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Egypt’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr (Photo courtesy of Mohamed Kamel Amr’s official Facebook page) US Secretary of State John … Continue reading »
Egypt’s Brotherhood and Islamists ‘march to Jerusalem’ in Cairo
Several thousand Islamists and Muslim Brotherhood supporters partcipate in Friday’s Global March to Jerusalem to protest Israeli occupation Didn’t we just give them like 1.4 Billion,I mean Obama did? Ahram Online Egyptians chant slogans as a man burns the Israeli flag during an anti-Israel protest held after the Friday noon prayer at … Continue reading »
Caught on camera: Egyptian politicians talk covert Ethiopia attack
In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, center, meets with politicians at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 3, 2013. (Photo courtesy: AP) Al Arabiya with Agencies Apparently unaware they were being filmed on live TV, Egyptian politicians meeting with Egypt’s president on Monday proposed to sabotage Ethiopia’s … Continue reading »
So you think you can dance? Well, NOT according to Mursi
Al Arabiya A twirl, a two-step, a shimmy and a whirl. None are likely to win points with Egypt’s Mohammed Mursi. The Egyptian president revealed an early dislike of dance even before he took office, a recently resurfaced video has revealed. In an interview with Mursi, filmed eight years ago, the then MP said that … Continue reading »
Women in Egypt suffer more sexual violence under Islamist rule
A woman stands in front of protesters during clashes between supporters and opponents of the Muslim Brotherhood and President Mohamed Mursi in Tahrir square in Cairo October 12, 2012. (File photo: Reuters) Nadia Idriss Mayen, Al Arabiya Sexual violence against women in Egypt has increased in the post-revolutionary Islamist rule, according to official reports … Continue reading »
Morsi – the Third Muhammad – Will Liberate Jerusalem
According to Arabic media, during a recent conference in Egypt, Dr. Abdul Rahman al-Birr—the mufti of the Muslim Brotherhood—declared that “Israel will soon be gone, for it is a foreign body in the region and [its] history, and that Jerusalem will be liberated, not at the hands of the previous Muhammads but the current one, … Continue reading »
Taming jihadists: A botched attempt in Tunisia and Egypt
Ongoing violence and Islamist extremism in Tunisia and Egypt show the rise to power of moderate Islam has so far failed. (File Photo: Reuters) Al Arabiya – Mustapha Ajbaili Ongoing violence and Islamist extremism in Tunisia and Egypt show that the rise to power of moderate Islam has failed to absorb its radical elements … Continue reading »
Egypt: Salafis demand end to women’s rights body, ballet
Al-Masry Al-Youm Salafi MPs made controversial statements during a Shura Council session Tuesday. The Shura Council is currently the sole legislative body in Egypt after the dissolution of the People’s Assembly in June. An MP of the Salafi-oriented Nour Party called for banning ballet in Egypt, describing it as “the art of nudes,” while another … Continue reading »
Brotherhood leader: Morsy will liberate Jerusalem
Al-Masry Al-Youm During the rule of former President Gamal Abdel Nasser, a Jewish clairvoyant predicted that three men named Mohamad would rule Egypt and that the third would liberate Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, Muslim Brotherhood Mufti Abdel Rahman al-Barr said on Saturday. At a conference entitled “We freed our soldiers and we will free our Aqsa,” … Continue reading »
