The Abdullah Azzam Brigades: Azzam, along with Osama, was one of the founders of Al-Qaeda. I profile him, and his Qur’an- and Hadith-filled exhortations to Muslims to wage violent jihad, in Onward Muslim Soldiers. Clearly his murderous Islamic ideology is still winning recruits. From AP, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt – […]
Egypt: Sharm el-Sheikh rocked with explosions
“Explosions in Egypt Red Sea resorts-residents” From Reuters: CAIRO – A large explosion shook the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday and two other explosions followed later, apparently from the nearby resort of Naama Bay, a resident said. The first explosion, shortly after one a.m., was audible more than one km (half […]
Egyptian Ministry Denies El-Nashar’s Al-Qaeda Link
An update on London bombing suspect El-Nashar in Egypt from Arab News: CAIRO “” The Egyptian Ministry of Interior said yesterday that Magdy El-Nashar, the 33-year-old chemist, an Egyptian who was arrested in Cairo over the London bombings, had no links with Al-Qaeda. “El-Nashar who was arrested on Thursday has no link with Al-Qaeda; so […]
Leading Egyptian Government Daily Al-Akhbar: “Al-Zarqawi is an American Agent”
Yes, and Osama has a plush office in Foggy Bottom. From MEMRI: In a June 15, 2005 editorial titled “All the Evidence Proves that Al-Zarqawi is an American Agent,” a leading Egyptian government daily Al-Akhbar’s states that Al-Zarqawi is working for the U.S. and is massacring Iraqis in an effort to extend the occupation in […]
Middle East votes for jihad
Tiny minority of extremists update. “The Mideast casts its votes for extremists,” from the New York Daily News, with thanks to EPG: Winds of Democratic change are blowing through the Middle East – and sending shivers through the White House. Fed up with corruption and determined to oust governments seen as U.S. lackeys, newly minted […]
Reformist Egyptian Writer Critiques Islamist Education and Propaganda
A sign of hope in Egypt? We’ll see if Al-Qimni is arrested or otherwise persecuted. From MEMRI, with thanks to Sr Soph: In the wake of the recent wave of terrorist bombings in Egypt, the reformist Egyptian writer Sayyid Al-Qimni published an essay in the weekly Roz Al-Yousuf in which he argues that the responsibility […]
Egyptian convicted in Sadat killing to run for president
This candidacy may provide a clear indication of just how popular jihadists are in Egypt. From DPA and Reuters via Khaleej Times, with thanks to Skeetstreet: CAIRO “” An Islamist convicted in the assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat announced yesterday his bid for the presidency in September’s elections, making him the second Egyptian to […]
Fridays in Cairo
From Israel’s Haaretz.com, “In Cairo, Friday is military day” with thanks to Smokem. CAIRO – The sidewalk near the Al-Azher mosque is too narrow. On one side is the mosque fence, which also encompasses the huge university campus, and on the other, a safety railing made of thick metal pipes. On a normal day, these […]
Egyptian Journalist Calls Muslim Liberals in the West Apostates
The Egyptian journalist Rim Azmi speaks out against Muslim reformers. “Egyptian Journalist on Muslim Liberals in the West: ‘Muslims in Name, Apostates in Fact,’” from MEMRI: “They aren’t Westerners and they have not attained this honor in the eyes of the West, however, the West embraced them, not out of love for them, but rather […]
200 Held in Cairo Tourist Attacks
From AP, “200 held after attacks in Cairo” CAIRO, Egypt — Police on Sunday detained about 200 people from the home villages of the three attackers responsible for a bomb blast and tour bus shooting near Cairo tourist sites the day before, authorities said. The records of the detainees, from the villages of al-Ammar and […]