And why would that be? More on this story. “Egyptians: No pilgrimage to rabbi’s tomb,” from the Associated Press, January 11: Egyptian Islamists and other activists say they have vowed to prevent Israelis from making an annual pilgrimage to the tomb of a 19th-century Jewish holy man in the Nile Delta. Pilgrimage opponents have decided […]
State Dept.: Muslim Brotherhood gave assurances on observance of treaty with Israel. Muslim Brotherhood: oh, no we didn’t
War is deceit: the agenda is the same, but the message depends on the audience. More on this story. “Brotherhood: We did not promise to honor Israel peace treaty,” by Roi Kais for YNet News, January 7: The Muslim Brotherhood denied on Saturday that it had assured Washington it would uphold the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace […]
Robert S. Wistrich: Threatening Shadows Over Egypt
Threatening Shadows Over Egypt By Robert S. Wistrich The Muslim Brotherhood did not initiate the current upheavals in the Middle East, but the Islamist parties in Egypt, as in Tunisia and Libya, have been the chief beneficiaries of the collapse of long-standing authoritarian repressive regimes across North Africa. In Egypt itself, the two largest Islamist […]
“Who would dare to go there?” Egypt cancels Jewish festival over security concerns
“Who would dare go there? We see that the mob does what it wants, not fearing the police or the military.” Now, why is that? More evidence of the rapid re-Islamization of Egypt: “Egypt cancels Jewish festival amid security concerns,” by Leila Fadel and Samuel Sockol in the Washington Post, January 11 (thanks to David): […]
Egypt: Woman who spoke out about “virginity tests” on female protesters shunned by Egyptian media, “received telephone calls at all hours threatening rape or death”
Whenever a society sets apart a second class of citizens, that group bears a disproportionate burden to keep the peace by knowing its “place.” To have an altercation with the ruling class (no matter who started it) is to have been found outside of that place, and thus to forfeit any protection that remains under […]
U.S. State Dept official meets with Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
Reaching out in friendship to those who have determined in their own words to work toward “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within.” “US official meets with Egypt’s Islamists,” from the Associated Press, January 12 (thanks to Kenneth): CAIRO (AP) “” U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has met with leaders of Egypt’s largest […]
Vigilante morality police begin to operate in Egypt
Wherever Sharia experiences a renewed interest, the observable effect in countries far removed from one another is that tolerance decreases and harassment increases. Here we are again. We tried to tell you. The existence of such a group aims to put pressure on the government to do it themselves if they don’t want freelancers feeling […]
Egyptian Christian faces trial for insulting Islam
This is the kind of law that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is trying to bring West, with willing help from the Obama Administration. “Egyptian Christian faces trial for insulting Islam,” from AP, January 9 (thanks to all who sent this in): (AP) CAIRO “” A prominent Christian Egyptian media mogul faces trial on […]
Egypt: Islamic parties claim 62% in latest round of voting
Civil rights and liberties? Women’s rights? Freedom of conscience and speech? The rights of non-Muslims and ex-Muslims? Transparency, accountability, and limitations on power in government? The eradication of female genital mutilation? Where all of these and other issues are concerned, a democracy is only as good as the values that inform its participants. “Egypt Islamists […]
Egypt’s Christians celebrate Christmas amid tight security
As leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood attend the Divine Liturgy at Cairo’s main cathedral — will they, then, assure the Copts that they will not reimpose the dhimma and the jizya? “Egypt’s Christians celebrate Christmas amid efforts to calm fears of rising power of Islamists,” from the Associated Press, January 7: CAIRO “” Egypt’s Christians […]