This is the “Arab Spring” uprising that Barack Obama so enthusiastically endorsed. There will be no flowering of freedom and democracy; there will be an Islamic state. I tried to tell you. More on this story. “Muslim Brotherhood, Islamist groups rally in Egypt’s Tahrir Square,” by Kristen Chick for The Christian Science Monitor, November 18: […]
Egyptian priest: Muslim Brotherhood “showing their truer, most intransigent face, which they have cloaked so far under a veneer of moderate Islamic political activism”
We tried to tell you. “Islamist parties take to the street against the military, threaten violence,” from Asia News, November 18: Cairo (AsiaNews) — Thousands of supporters of Islamist parties rallied today in Tahrir Square to protest against excessive power wielded by the military. Led by the Muslim Brotherhood, the demonstration saw pro-democracy parties stay […]
Egypt: “Popular Islamic scholar” crashes concert to preach about the sinfulness of music
Quite the Shoman Noting that Islamic law forbids musical instruments and music itself except in some strictly defined circumstances will bring you swift charges of “ignorance” and “Islamophobia.” I guess this “popular Islamic scholar” is actually an ignorant Islamophobe. Hadith Qudsi 19:5: “The Prophet said that Allah commanded him to destroy all the musical instruments, […]
Egypt: Coptic Christians demanding justice for October massacre attacked while marching
Demand justice for a prior attack, get attacked again. Supporters of a “Islamist” political party reportedly joined in. Welcome to the “new” Egypt. “Dozens hurt as Christian march attacked in Cairo,” from Agence France-Presse, November 17: Hundreds of Coptic Christians marching in Cairo on Thursday came under attack by assailants throwing stones and bottles and […]
Egypt: Islamic supremacist presidential candidate vows to arrest bikini-wearing women if elected
I tried to tell you. Sharia Alert from Egypt: “Egyptian women fret as ‘modesty’ becomes election issue,” by Joseph Mayton for The Media Line, November 14: […] And, freed from the strictures of the Mubarak era, politicians are pushing forward on an Islamic agenda. “It’s so frustrating,” says Marwa, who told The Media Line that […]
Jihadists try again to blow up Egyptian pipeline that provides gas to Israel
It provides gas to Jordan, too, but Jordan is almost certainly not the terrorists’ target. If gas were halted to Jordan, that would just be collateral damage. “Egyptian Officials: Pipeline Explosion was Terrorism,” by David Lev for Israel National News, November 10: Egypt on Thursday released new details on the explosion that, for the seventh […]
Egyptian Muslims protest at French embassy over Muhammad cartoon; jihadist groups demand criminalization of such content
That is the goal: enforcing reverence through fear. “Cairo Islamists protest French paper’s prophet cartoon,” from Agence France-Presse, November 11: Hundreds of hardline Islamists protested outside France’s embassy in Cairo on Friday against a French satirical newspaper that published pictures of the Muslim prophet, the state MENA news agency reported. The news agency quoted Khaled […]
Egypt: Former antiquities official says “Jewish Masons have been trying to cap the Great Pyramid since 1931 with the Jewish emblem”
Raymond already posted here about the crowning absurdity of the closure of the Great Pyramid for any potential 11/11/11 observances: the allegations that Jews, Masons, or “Jewish Masons” (Jackie Mason?) planned some sort of ritual. More on this round of conspiracy paranoia and accompanying denials follow in two reports below. “Egypt closes Great Pyramid after […]
Egypt: Proposed “common law” on building of mosques and churches remains problematic
One of the hallmarks of “moderate” Muslim nations here of late is legislation that allows for the enforcement of Sharia in practice without the liability of spelling it out and risking bad publicity, the loss of aid, and so forth. Examples include the “wealth tax” on non-Muslims in Turkey, laws on the building of churches […]
Egypt: Female Muslim candidate uses husband’s photo on campaign posters
I’m not the candidate, I just own her The “Arab Spring” is, as I predicted all along, ushering in an Islamic winter. The imposition of Sharia will impose upon women, as well as upon non-Muslims, a subjugated second-class status. Women Have Equal Rights In Islam Update: “Female Salafist candidate is using her husband’s photo on […]