Source: BBC.COM Egypt’s public prosecutor has frozen the assets of 14 Islamist leaders, according to judicial sources. The Muslim Brotherhood head Mohammed Badie and his deputy Khairat al-Shater are reported to be among them. Mr Badie and other Brotherhood figures are already the subject of arrest warrants, while the ousted […]
The influential Muslim Brotherhood has lost its first genuine test after coming above ground. Now the group faces an uphill struggle to stay afloat after its rapid fall from grace Hatem Maher, Wednesday 10 Jul 2013 Hassan El-Banna, whose religious zeal and activism spurred him to establish the Muslim Brotherhood […]
The Corpse of American Diplomacy lies among 51 dead Egyptians Tarek Fatah The Toronto SUN, July 10, 2013 By the time the Egyptian army stopped firing on demonstrators in Cairo on Sunday, 51 people lay dead with 400 wounded. Among the Egyptian bodies, lay the corpse of American diplomacy and […]
Source: The Local Morsi is currently being held in a “safe place, for his safety” and has not yet been charged with anything, according to the Egyptian foreign ministry, but military and judicial sources say he may eventually face charges.The German ministry spokesman said a “trusted institution” such as the […]
Source: english.alarabiya.net Every Ramadan, Egyptian date-sellers turn to a prominent entertainment or political figure for some ‘celebrity endorsement’ to help them sell more. This year, they are capitalizing on recent political […]
Source: The Economnist: THE fall of Muhammad Morsi in a military coup has prompted celebration in some quarters of the Arab and neighbouring Muslim world, mourning in others, and hesitation and confusion elsewhere. Moderate Islamist parties have denounced the coup while distancing themselves from Mr Morsi’s failings that provoked it. […]
AFP | Jul 10, 2013 | ARABNEWS DUBAI — Qatar, a key supporter of Islamists who rose to power in Arab Spring countries, is losing ground in regional politics to Saudi Arabia which appears to have seized the reins on key issues, notably Egypt and Syria. The decline in Qatar’s […]
The grainy film captures the soldier as he shoots from his vantage point on top of the yellow stone building. By Robert Tait and Magdy Samaan, Cairo9:30PM BST 09 Jul 2013 He fires more than once and then, suddenly, turns the rifle and points toward the camera lens. The film […]
Erin Kilbride* Gulf leaders love a good revolution as long as it is someone else’s. Messages of congratulations and praise for Egypt’s armed forces have been pouring out of Gulf states since the military-led ouster of former President Mohammed Morsi on Wednesday, July 3. Many of these statements have incorporated […]
Maggie Michael, Associated Press USA TODAY CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on Tuesday rejected a new timetable announced by the military-backed interim leadership that sets a fast track for amending the Islamist-drafted constitution and holding new parliamentary and presidential elections by early next year. The quick issuing of the […]
Source: BUSINESS INSIDER by MICHAEL KELLEY JUL. 9, 2013, 11:00 AM 949 1 On July 3, as the Egyptian military prepared to oust President Mohamed Morsi, FT’s Joseph Cotterill tweeted […]
STORY SUMMARY Journalists for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera have been kicked out of a news conference being held by Egypt’s military on the killing of at least 40 people, most of them supporters of Egypt’s ousted president, outside an army facility. Read more: http://dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2013/Jul-08/222967-al-jazeera-kicked-out-of-egypt-news-conference.ashx#ixzz2YWvtnWu9 (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News […]
Source: Asia Times: By Spengler The vicious crosswind ripping through Egyptian politics comes from the great Sunni-Shi’ite civil war now enveloping the Muslim world from the Hindu Kush to the Mediterranean. It took just two days for the interim government installed last week by Egypt’s military to announce that Saudi […]
July 8, 2013 – 08:11 By Tom Perry and Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) – At least 15 people were killed in Cairo on Monday, medical sources said, when the Muslim Brotherhood said shots were fired at supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi near the military building where he is […]
STORY SUMMARY The appointment of liberal Egyptian politician Mohamed ElBaradei as interim prime minister hit a snag on Saturday, as the army-backed transitional authorities were under pressure to restore order after deadly Islamist protests. The Nour Party, Egypt’s second biggest Islamist force, said it opposed ElBaradei and threatened to withdraw […]
It’s the longest river in the world and runs through Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan and Egypt, but instead of the being the great uniter, the Nile has […]
• Ultraconservative group objects to ElBaradei appointment • Death toll in violence since June 30 hits 75 • Mursi supporters plan bigger protests HAMZA HENDAWI | AP ARABNEWS Saturday 6 […]
Source: CNN (CNN) — In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsy was deposed by a military coup just one year after being sworn in as president. The Egyptian protesters who took to the streets by the millions over the past several days to demand Morsy’s resignation were jubilant […]
Source: The Economist ON the face of things, this week’s events in Egypt have validated a theory about Islam and society that seemed contrarian when it was first floated. In 1992 a French analyst of the Muslim world, Olivier Roy, published a book entitled “L’échec de l’Islam politique“—translated into English […]
Source: TOI CAIRO: Liberal opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has been chosen as Egypt’s new prime minister, the Tamarod campaign behind the protests that toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi said on Saturday after talks with the country’s interim president. A military source confirmed to AFP that the former UN nuclear watchdog chief was to […]