Egypt: A Tissue of Lies
By Tariq Ramadan Swiss Muslim Thinker Tuesday, 13 August 2013 00:00 It’s dangerous to be a friend of the United States in the Middle East. A fact the US government […]
Recourse to religion to justify the killing ———————-
Source: NY Times: The recourse to religion to justify the killing is also a new measure of the depth of the military’s determination to break down the main pillar of Mr. Morsi’s support, the Islamists of the Muslim Brotherhood. Indeed, after ousting Mr. Morsi in the name of tolerance, inclusiveness […]
EVIDENCE U.S. BRIBED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD OFFICIALS – Document surfaces ahead of criminal trial of ousted leaders
A question apparently being raised in next week’s trial in Cairo of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leaders facing criminal charges is this: Was the Obama administration paying bribes as large as […]
‘People think they made a big mistake, electing Morsi…they hate the Brotherhood’
Anwar Sadat, nephew of the assassinated president, talks to Robert Fisk about a ‘savage’ Egypt – and why it needs help It’s not every day you get to ask Anwar Sadat about the fall of Mohamed Morsi. But the nephew of the Egyptian president assassinated by Islamists in 1981 – […]
Leaving Egypt behind …
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Leaving_Egypt_behind.html?cid=36727150&view=embedded August 24, 2013 Egypt faces fresh uncertainty after more protests and a violent crackdown. Tourism has been decimated by political turmoil. Daniela Suter and her Egyptian husband Nasser Amin Gadawy recently returned to Switzerland with their children from their home in the Sinai region. Back in Löhningen in canton […]
Local crowd rallies against Muslim Brotherhood, in support of Copts
By Jeff Kunerth, Orlando Sentinel 4:20 am, August 23, 2013 More than 100 Egyptian-Americans and their supporters gathered Thursday night in sympathy with Coptic Christians and in opposition to the Muslim Brotherhood. Speakers maintained that the overthrow of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi was justified because of widespread displeasure with his […]
Saudi Arabia fights extremism to the last Egyptian
STORY SUMMARY Watching Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Gulf states line up behind the bloody counter-revolution in Egypt, you can’t help suspect that these conservative monarchies are ready to fight to the last Egyptian against the Muslim Brotherhood – waging what amounts to a proxy war against the regional threat […]
Insight – In small American town, a window into Egyptian general’s past
August 23, 2013 – 02:26 By Phil Stewart CARLISLE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Unlike today’s ubiquitous images of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in crisp uniform decorated with medals, the U.S. Army […]
Pope calls for peace in Egypt
Manila, Philippines — Pope Francis has renewed his call for peace and reconciliation in Egypt. The vice-director of the Vatican Press Office, Father Ciro Benedettini, CP, said the Holy Father […]
The Muslim Brotherhood, a victim of its own mistakes
Aside from sentiments or rhetoric of conspiracy, as opposed to fully-fledged political thinking, what happened and is happening to the Muslim Brotherhood is a tragedy of its own making. BY RAED OMARI AL ARABIYA In response to what happened to Egypt’s Brotherhood, Arabs, like many other people around the globe, […]
The Post’s View ; Saving Egypt from Syria’s fate
By Editorial Board, WASHINGTON POST IN THE spring of 2011, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad responded to the first massive protests against his regime with unrelenting violence. Security forces opened fire on unarmed civilians who joined demonstrations. Proposals by Western governments and neighbors for democratic reforms or negotiations with the opposition […]
What Now for Egypt?
Harun Yahya Author HUFFPOST The army that postponed democracy by removing the democratically elected government in Egypt has now decided to “deny the squares to the protesters” in order to justify itself. The military that seized control of the administration demands “absolute obedience.” Through this antidemocratic and unlawful perspective, military […]
Should İhsanoğlu resign for Egypt silence?
While the rage over the bloody crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood supporters by the Egyptian security services is growing among the Turkish public and government, angry Turkish officials are pointing to […]
Pope Francis: ‘Faith and Violence Are Incompatible’
Prays for Victims of Violence in Egypt, Ferry Disaster in Philippines Vatican City, August 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves | 241 hits During his weekly Sunday Angelus address, Pope Francis called on the faithful to look to God for strength in times of turmoil. The Holy Father’s remarks come […]
Catholic Church in Egypt Release Statement on Violent Protests
Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac States Situation is Not Political Struggle But a War on Terrorism Cairo, August 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves | 193 hits The Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, Ibrahim Isaac released a statement today regarding the dire political situation occurring in Egypt. Violence erupted after Muslim […]
Egypt seen as graveyard of Islamist ambitions for power
Reuters | Aug 19, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — As the army ruthlessly crushes the Muslim Brotherhood on the streets of Cairo, having swept away its elected president, Egypt is being painted as the graveyard of the Arab Spring and of Islamist hopes of shaping the region’s future. This […]
From Boston to Beirut: A Comparison of “Terror”
By: Yazan al-Saadi Published Saturday, August 17, 2013 alakhbar English The Western media have double standards when it comes to “terrorism.” Within hours after two bombs were detonated at the Boston Marathon last April, many in the media had christened it a “terrorist attack.” Meanwhile, the August 15 bombing in […]
How American Hopes for a Deal in Egypt Were Undercut
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, PETER BAKER and MICHAEL R. GORDON Published: August 17, 2013 THE NEW YORK TIMES As thousands of Islamist supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, braced for a crackdown by the military-imposed government, a senior European diplomat, Bernardino León, told the Islamists of “indications” from the […]
Indyplus updates: The police keep firing; the bodies pile up. In Cairo, bloodbaths are now a daily occurrence
There can be no excuse for the police whose duty is to protect all Egyptians. Robert Fisk, The Independent Friday 16 August 2013 It was a disgrace, a most shameful chapter in Egyptian history. The police – some wearing black hoods – shot down into the crowds of Muslim Brotherhood […]
KSA to send 3 field hospitals to Egypt
A number of Arab countries have backed Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s call on Friday, urging them to support Egypt in its fight against terrorism and those […]