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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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: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 »
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 »
Egypt: Islamic Jihad Spreads its Wings
The Egyptian judiciary is “pulling the country into an abyss,” the Islamic Jihad movement warned on Monday following news that the South Cairo Criminal Court had ruled to release former President Hosni Mubarak from his pre-trial detention. The ousted president is being retried on charges of ordering the killing of protesters in the 25 January … Continue reading »
The Black Flags Egypt: Fighting escalates at Brotherhood headquarters
Al-Masry Al-Youm MENA Fist fights between opposition protesters and Muslim Brotherhood have continued into Friday afternoon in Moqattam at the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters. Minor scuffles escalated into stone throwing exchanges. An Egypt Independent reporter witnessed protesters hurling stones at any cars they suspected belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood. The witness also reported that two men … Continue reading »
Egyptian Church in Libya attacked for second time
The Egyptian Coptic Church in Benghazi was attacked for the second time by unknown assailants on Thursday. No casualties were reported. This is the third attack on an Egyptian church in Libya in recent months. A church in Misrata was attacked in December, killing two and injuring dozens. The Foreign Ministry said it would follow … Continue reading »
Inside the Muslim Brotherhood Torture Chambers
Does the Muslim Brotherhood have its own torture chambers? Well it wouldn’t be a proper totalitarian movement if it didn’t. In the Middle East having your torture chambers is like an American politician getting his own handicapped parking sticker, it’s a sign that you have real power now. Al-Masry Al-Youm spent three hours Wednesday night … Continue reading »
Morsi begins the purge
Prosecutor General Talaat Ibrahim Abdallah on Tuesday referred a complaint accusing former presidential candidates and politicians of spying and inciting the overthrow of the government to the State Security Prosecution for investigation. Hamed Sadeq, a lawyer who filed the report, accused former presidential candidates Amr Moussa and Hamdeen Sabbahi, Constitution Party leader Mohamed ElBaradei, Wafd … Continue reading »
The New #Sharia #Egypt
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt announced Wednesday, according to the Associated Press, that it was “committed to enshrining Islamic Shariah law as the main source of a new constitution, seeking to mollify ultraconservative Islamists who accuse the group of not advocating strongly enough for Islamic rule.” It is hard to see how anyone can accuse … Continue reading »
Egypt MP proposes Sharia punishments of crucifixion and amputation
From the beginning of the “Arab Spring,” I said here and elsewhere that it was not a democracy movement, as the Western press was claiming, but an Islamic supremacist pro-Sharia takeover that would result in the creation of Islamic states that would be far more hostile to the U.S. and Israel than the Arab nationalist … Continue reading »
