Egypt continues to gallop toward Sharia and war with Israel, while Obama applauds. “Egypt Bans Film ‘Promoting’ Normalization of Ties with Israel,” by Rachel Hirshfeld for Israel National News, June 5 (thanks to Lachlan): Egypt has ceased the production of a film for allegedly promoting the normalization of relations with Israel, Al-Ahram reported. Mohamed Kenawy […]
Egypt: Women’s rights activist battles rising power of Islamic supremacists
I tried to tell you. “Egypt female rights official battles Islamists,” by Shaimaa Fayed for Reuters, June 7 (thanks to Twostellas): (Reuters) – The head of Egypt’s state council for women has accused resurgent Islamists of seeking to roll back female rights on such issues as divorce and custody and undermine the council as a […]
Senior Advisor to Iran’s Supremo: “we hope that the Egyptian Islamist candidate will come to power so that we will see the victory of Egyptian revolutionaries”
Doesn’t Ali Akbar Velayati know that the Egyptian revolution was a flowering of pluralism and democracy, and had nothing to do with Islamic supremacism or Sharia? Or is Ali Akbar Velayati a greasy Islamophobe? Ali Akbar Velayati hopes that the Islamic supremacists come to power in Egypt; so does Barack Obama, who made sure that […]
Egypt: Pro-secular presidential candidate warns that Muslim Brotherhood will terrorize Christians, act as if “Palestine is the capital of Egypt”
Aww, he is just saying that to get elected. The Brotherhood wants Sharia, which is perfectly benign and not in the least threatening to Jews or Christians. Go back to sleep. –˜Muslim Brotherhood will Terrorize Christians,” Warns Candidate,” by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu for Israel National News, June 3 (thanks to Kenneth): Presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq […]
Egypt: Copts Dismayed at Unjust Verdict
Egypt: Copts Dismayed At Unjust Verdict by Joseph Nassralla The verdict passed by the Minya Criminal Court on May 21 convicting 12 Copts and sentencing them to life imprisonment while acquitting eight accused Muslims in the same case, known as the Abu Qurqas sedition case, has caused widespread anger among the Copts. Georges Wahib of […]
Egyptian cleric: If Egypt implements Islamic law, it “would be the mightiest nation of the world. It would be richer than Sweden.”
Pipe dreams. Sallah says that Allah blessed Saudi Arabia with oil, and ties that to its adherence to Sharia. So how, then, to explain the poverty of the Sharia-enforcing areas of Somalia and Nigeria? Pakistan is very nearly a full Sharia state, and yet economically it compares quite unfavorably to India. Islamic law actually instills […]
Egypt: Islamic supremacists blame Christians for Muslim Brotherhood candidate’s failure to win election outright
This campaign is designed to intimidate Christians into voting for the Brotherhood or not voting at all. And if Morsi loses, the Christians will almost certainly be victimized as a result. “Islamists in Egypt Blame Christians for Voting,” by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, May 29 (thanks to Wimpy): (AINA) — The official results of the […]
Egypt: Muslim mobs set fire to headquarters of presidential candidate opposing Muslim Brotherhood
Do you really think that the Muslim Brotherhood will get this close to power and then be denied? “There will be violence if Shafiq wins.” Indeed. “Egyptian protesters set fire to headquarters of Hosni Mubarak’s presidential candidate,” by Richard Spencer in the Telegraph, May 28 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Protesters set fire to the campaign […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood candidate promises Islamic law in Egypt
I tried to tell you. “Brotherhood man promises Islamic law in Egypt,” by Tom Perry for Reuters, May 25: (Reuters) – When he joined the race for Egypt’s presidency just five weeks ago, Mohamed Mursi was mocked as the Muslim Brotherhood’s uncharismatic “spare tyre” after its first-choice candidate was disqualified. But the 60-year-old engineer came […]
Egypt’s Presidential Elections – What’s at Stake
Over at FrontPage Magazine (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I place Egypt’s presidential elections in context: Egypt’s long awaited and much anticipated presidential elections””the first of their kind to take place in the nation’s 7,000 year history””are here. As we await the final results””and as the Western mainstream media fixate on images of purple-stained fingers””it is well to […]