Egypt

Egypt, 2012: The Year In Fatwas

FrontPage Magazine 1 February 2013
By Raymond Ibrahim

In previous decades in Egypt, the fatwas, or legal decrees issued by learned Muslims and based on Sharia law, revolved around questions like proper prayer, when and where women

 

Will Germany Confront Morsi's Holocaust Denial?

The Atlantic 30 January 2013
By Eric Trager

When video footage from 2010 of then-Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi calling Jews "the descendants of apes and pigs" surfaced two weeks ago, it properly focused

 

Tough questions await Morsi in Germany

Deutsche Welle 30 January 2013

German political leaders have a host of questions for visiting Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. The government wants to know how Morsi plans to reduce tensions and hostility

 

#MyJihad in Egypt: Islamic supremacist leader calls for anti-Morsi demonstrators to be killed, crucified, or hands and feet ampu

Jihad Watch 30 January 2013

"The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands

 

Egyptian Court Upholds Death Sentences for Coptic Christians in Absentia

Gather.com 30 January 2013

An Egyptian court has ruled that seven Coptic Christians who took part in the anti-Muslim YouTube video that was initially blamed for the terror attack in Benghazi, Libya on

 

Hardline Islamist party calls for sterner measures against 'rioters'

Ahram Online 30 January 2013

Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya's Building and Development Party calls for tougher measures against 'rioters', supports prosecutor-general's decision to order arrest of Black Bloc members

 

'You can't turn Egypt into a democracy overnight'

Deutsche Welle 29 January 2013

Europeans can do little to help end violence in Egypt, says political analyst Jan Techau. But Mohammed Morsi will not want to create facts on the ground that would make a

 

Egypt's Mursi declares state of emergency in three cities

Chicago Tribune 28 January 2013

Egypt's president declared on Sunday a state of emergency for 30 days in three cities along the Suez Canal that have been the scene of the worst violence that flared across

 

Police crack down on Cairo protesters

BDlive 28 January 2013
By Edmund Blair

EGYPT’S ruler last night declared a state of emergency for 30 days in the three cities along the Suez Canal that were the scene of the worst weekend violence — at least 49

 

Video: Kerry Defends Weapons Giveaway to Muslim Brotherhood Terror Regime

FrontPage Magazine 28 January 2013
By Daniel Greenfield

Secretary of State John Kerry promises to usher in a new era of aggressive nuance and moral equivalence for American foreign policy. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on

 

Muslim Brotherhood to Ultras: We Will Never Compromise Martyr Rights

ikhwanWeb.com 24 January 2013

Dr. Yasser Mehrez, Muslim Brotherhood media spokesman, affirmed full solidarity with Ultras (soccer fans) and their demands for punishment of the perpetrators of the Port Said

 

Muslims attack Christians in Egypt

ChristianToday 23 January 2013

Thousands of Muslims from Marashda and surrounding villages attacked eight Coptic homes and businesses, including five pharmacies, which were looted and torched. Coptic-owned

 

Egyptian soccer referee urges boycott of Israel

The Times of Israel 22 January 2013
By Sam Ser

Israel is a "cancerous tumor” that must be "torn out” of the Arab and Muslim body — and barred from hosting international soccer tournaments — according to an Egyptian soccer

 

Sharia in action in Egypt: Newspaper editor accused of defaming Islam and ridiculing the Qur'an and Sharia

Jihad Watch 21 January 2013

Sharia descends upon Egypt -- and remember, this is the kind of law that Islamic supremacists and their Leftist allies want to force upon America. With a president in the White

 

Egypt opposition leaders meet with prominent Salafist preacher

Ahram Online 18 January 2013

Leading members of the National Salvation Front (NSF) opposition umbrella group on Thursday met with prominent Salafist preacher Mohamed Hassan to discuss recent domestic

 

Muslims rush from Mosques to destroy Coptic Building

Worthy News 18 January 2013
By Joseph DeCaro

Thousands of Egyptian Muslims shouting "Allahu Akbar" left their mosques Wednesday to destroy a social services building owned by the Coptic Church. Security forces arrived

 
 

U.S. Tells Morsi to Repudiate Anti-Semitic Comments

Radical Islam 17 January 2013

Close to two weeks after the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) released video clips from 2010 of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi spewing blistering anti-Semitic

 

Christian Family Sentenced To 15 Years For Converting From Islam

The Inquisitr 17 January 2013

An Egyptian court has sentenced a Christian family 15 years in prison for converting from Islam. The woman and her seven children we given the sentence in Beni Suef, Egypt last

 

Qatar Lifts Egypt Assistance by $2.5 Billion, Hegazi Says

Bloomberg 17 January 2013
By Tarek El-Tablawy, Abdel Latif Wahba & Victoria Stilwell

Qatar will increase its assistance to Egypt by buying $2.5 billion of government bonds to help shore up its economy after the 2011 revolution, Egyptian Finance Minister

 
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