This is a report on the second attack: “Second attack takes place in Cairo,” from Xinhuanet, : CAIRO — Egyptian Health Minister MohamedAwad Tag Eddin said Saturday that an exchange of fire between two women near Islamic Old Cairo left one of them dead and the other wounded, the official MENA news agency reported. During […]
Egypt: Bomber duo on the run
“Bomber duo on the run: Egypt,” from Reuters, with thanks to the Constantinopolitan Irredentist: CAIRO: Egyptian investigators have identified two more suspects from a deadly Cairo bombing this month and said they may be planning more attacks, a newspaper said yesterday. The daily Al-Gomhuria reported both men had “embraced the ideas of jihad (holy war)” […]
Egyptian rumor: John Paul II converted to Islam
“Do Muslims have self-esteem Issues?,” from the Cairo-based Sandmonkey blogspot (thanks to Norwegian Kafir): Did you hear that the Pope converted to Islam before he died? No, you didn’t? But that’s all over Egypt. It’s the latest rumor of the week. People who support it point to the fact that the Pope had dirt put […]
Egypt’s Copts Defy Papal Ban on Pilgrimage to Jerusalem
Anti-dhimmitude from Copts who are defying their Pope to engage in their traditional pilgrimage. From AFP,”Egypt’s Copts defy papal ban on pilgrimage to Israel” CAIRO – A group of Egyptian Coptic Christians left on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, in renewed defiance of a ban imposed by their pope before a settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The […]
“Why do they call every pious person a terrorist? They (the family) only pray and read the Quran”
Why do they call “every pious person” a terrorist? Well, maybe it’s little matters like this suicide bombing. From another Bashandi story: “Egyptian Police Arrest 30 in Cairo Bombing,” from
The mild-mannered suicide bomber
Everyone is shocked that Bashandi could have become a suicide bomber. But of course! They’re always shocked! Search the archives, and whenever a Muslim is arrested on suspicion of terrorist activity, you will find friends and neighbors saying how shocked they were, how pious he was, etc. etc. No one seems to look into that […]
“As Saleh sees it, her son’s only crime was being a committed Muslim”
An intruiguing story about how one may set out to follow “the path of Allah” and end up doing things that Westerners don’t ordinarily associate with religious fervor. “A House Divided,” from Egypt Today, with thanks to JS: Three brothers are in jail for plotting an aborted terror attack on Khan El-Khalili. Guilty or not, […]
Egypt arrests three misunderstanders of Islam over Cairo bombing
We keep hearing about how Islam is being “misunderstood.” Can we get Ibrahim Hooper over to Cairo to clue these guys in on the real thing? “Egypt arrests 3 Islamists over Cairo bombing,” from AFP, : CAIRO – Egyptian security forces have arrested three Islamists suspected of planning last week’s suicide bombing in a Cairo […]
Egypt’s Mufti: State committed to tolerant teachings and values of Islam
From Arabic News, with thanks to Skeetstreet: Mufti of the Republic Ali Gomaa affirmed Egypt’s adherence to the tolerant teachings and values of Islam. He said the Egyptian Constitution stipulated that the Islamic Shariaa is the main source of legislation. Wait a minute. He’s committed to the “tolerant teachings and values of Islam,” as well […]
Egyptian stabs two Hungarian tourists who kissed outside Cairo mosque
From AP, with thanks to Treehugger: CAIRO, Egypt – An Egyptian stabbed a Hungarian man and woman, slightly wounding them, after the couple kissed while pausing for a photograph near a mosque at Cairo’s popular tourist bazaar, police said Tuesday. Hesham Mohammed, 36, apparently was upset by the kiss Monday in front of Al-Hussein Mosque, […]