Exposing the role that Islamic jihad theology and ideology play in the modern global conflicts

Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan: U.S., “Zionist entity” big losers in Egypt

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What’s that? Don’t these people realize that only greasy Islamophobes doubt that a glorious era of democracy is dawning in Egypt? “Jordan Muslim Brotherhood: Israel, U.S. main losers in Mubarak ouster,” from Deutsche Presse Agentur, February 12: The Muslim Brotherhood movement in Jordan, the country’s main opposition group, described Saturday the downfall of Egyptian President […]

Ahmadinejad: “We will soon see a new Middle East materializing without America and the Zionist regime”

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You had to figure we’d hear from the Thug-in-Chief on Egypt at some point. Indeed, jihadists are salivating at the prospects the Egyptian uprising has created for another chance to obliterate the State of Israel. One of the Muslim Brotherhood’s leaders in Egypt, Mohamed Ghanem, has already said the Egyptian army should prepare for war […]

“Egypt is free! Egypt is free!” Egypt is free?

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Now comes a highly dangerous and unstable period for the following issues: 1. The extent of the implementation of Islamic law in the coming months and years. Obviously, the Muslim Brotherhood isn’t in the game for just a little Sharia. 2. The rights of non-Muslim religious minorities and the basic physical safety of the Copts, […]

ElBaradei: “Egypt will explode”

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Tomorrow is Friday, the Muslim day of prayer and the day we are most likely to see collective expressions of outrage. Obviously, the tone and content of sermons will bear close watching, and will play a major role in setting the tone for how the aftermath of today’s massive buildup and anticlimax will proceed. ElBaradei […]

Anticlimax in Cairo: Mubarak refuses to stand down

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After all the buildup about this speech, and even a Twitter account dedicated to speculating on reasons why it started late, Mubarak said what he’s been saying all along: he’s not going anywhere. Via the translator on CNN’s feed of the video, he did mention delegating some powers to Suleiman, the vice president, and has […]

Egypt: Armed forces announced they were “moving to preserve the nation and the aspirations of the people”

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While we wait for a possible television address by Mubarak, the language of this report suggests a military takeover is possible. An update on this story. “Mubarak likely to quit, opponents fear coup,” by Edmund Blair and Samia Nakhoul for Reuters, February 10: CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak looked likely to step down […]

Al-Qaeda in Iraq: the “market of Jihad has opened in Egypt”

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And they’re selling. “Al-Qaida in Iraq urges people to wage Jihad in Egypt,” from Xinhua, February 9 (thanks to Twostellas): WASHINGTON – The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), the al-Qaida front in Iraq, urged the Egyptian protesters to wage Jihad and establish a Islamic law-based government, terrorist monitoring group SITE said Tuesday. The ISI addressed […]

Obama: “It’s important for us not to say our only two options are the Muslim Brotherhood or a suppressed Egyptian people”

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What has not emerged, however, is a viable secular opposing group that can stop the Brotherhood from dominating a new government. “Obama downplays Muslim Brotherhood,” from the McClatchy-Tribune News Service, February 6: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama described the Muslim Brotherhood as a well-organized group with anti-American rhetoric in an interview on Sunday, but downplayed […]

Netanyahu on Egypt: “In a situation of chaos, an organized Islamist body can seize control of a country. It happened in Iran.”

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“Egyptians can choose a state with secular reforms. However, there is also another possibility that the Islamists will exploit the situation in order to gain governance over the country and lead it backward.” The Muslim Brotherhood is certainly trying its best to do just that in Egypt. “Netanyahu: Egypt could fall into hands of radical […]

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