And the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces withdrew their security forces, allowing the parliament to reconvene in defiance of the court order. As I said yesterday, in this showdown between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military, “the military is at a distinct disadvantage because of the Brotherhood’s broad popular support.” “Egypt’s parliament reconvenes as […]
Egypt parliament set to meet, defying army
The military, trying to stave off Sharia, dissolved the Parliament. But the Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi has called it back. This could be the occasion for the inevitable showdown, in which the military is at a distinct disadvantage because of the Brotherhood’s broad popular support. “Egypt parliament set to meet, defying army,” by Dina Zayed […]
Sharia in action in Egypt: Islamic supremacists attack pool hall, shooting and seriously injuring four
Haram Clearly, violent Sharia enforcers are considerably emboldened in “Arab Spring” Egypt: “In Egypt, ‘bearded men’ attack pool hall seriously injuring four,” by Manar Ammar for Bikya Masr, July 8 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): CAIRO: Egyptian media reports mentioned the details of a pool hall shooting and affirmed that “bearded men” are behind […]
Obama invites Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi to U.S.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s most powerful patron invites the new Egyptian President to celebrate his victory in the U.S. “What Jewish Voters? Obama Invites Morsi to Visit U.S.,” by Gil Ronen for Israel National News, July 8 (thanks to Voice of the Copts): United States President Barack Hussein Obama has invited his Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Morsi […]
Egypt: “Sharia Harassers” Attack Non-Veiled Women
More of the fruits of the Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential victory continue to appear in Egypt. As reported days after Muhammad Morsi was proclaimed president, self-styled “Sharia-enforcers,” not unlike those in Saudi Arabia, began roaming the streets of Egypt, attacking and killing those not deemed “moral” enough””including a 22-year-old student, who was stabbed to death by […]
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President Morsi to meet with top dog of Palestinian Muslim Brotherhood: Hamas
Hamas identifies itself in its charter as an arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, so this should come as a surprise to no one — except, perhaps, those who still believe that a wonderful flowering of Western-style democracy and pluralism has come to Egypt. But the truth will reveal itself soon enough even to them. “The […]
Egypt: Islamic supremacists stab man to death for walking with woman
Ah, the glories of the new, democratic “Arab Spring” Egypt! “Suez knifing stirs fears of ‘moral’ policing in Egypt,” from Ahram Online, July 3 (thanks to David): Twenty-year-old engineering student Ahmed Said was stabbed to death on Sunday in the Egyptian canal city of Suez — allegedly by bearded men — while walking with his […]
Robert Spencer: Egyptian Democracy: New President Vows to Free Blind Sheikh
In FrontPage this morning I discuss the latest outpouring of democracy and pro-Western sentiment in “Arab Spring” Egypt: In his first public speech after being elected president of Egypt, that country”s Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi vowed to work to free Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center jihad bombing. […]
Egypt’s journalists reveal themselves to be greasy Islamophobes, oppose Islamization of the press
Everyone knows that only greasy Islamophobes oppose Islamization — at least, everyone in the Western mainstream media. Egypt’s journalists, on the other hand, know what their Leftist counterparts in the U.S. and Western Europe do not: that the imposition of Islamic law in Egypt will mean restrictions on press freedom. Islamic law forbids critical speech […]
Egypt: Muslims murder two Christians for not voting for Muslim Brotherhood
Revenge even in victory. “Egypt Christians “˜Killed” After Election Morsi,” from BosNewsLife, June 30 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)– Native Christian missionaries in Egypt remained concerned Saturday, June 30, saying at least two fellow believers were killed by suspected Islamists since Mohammed Morsi was declared the country’s president. Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood […]