After Friday prayers, during which pro-Muslim Brotherhood imams will stoke the faithful to a pitch of righteous indignation, things could get ugly. “Friday of rage: Egypt braces for day of violence and hatred as Muslim Brotherhood vow to retaliate against military coup after this afternoon’s prayers,” by David Williams, James Rush and Simon Tomlinson for […]
Robert Spencer: Egypt: Now what?
In FrontPage today I assess the situation in Egypt: Few analysts expected that the demonstrations in Egypt over the past few days would result in such a swift toppling of Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood regime, and no one can be sure of what is going to happen next in Egypt, but there are […]
Egyptians blame Obama for Morsi repression
With good reason. “CNN: Egyptians Blame Obama for Morsi Repression,” by David Lev for Israel National News, July 4: Egyptians have been protesting by the millions against now ex-President Mohammed Morsi, but there have been other noticeable themes among protesters — specifically, the anti-American theme. While Morsi’s dictatorial ways and bumbling of the economy have […]
Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of Muslim Brotherhood top dog Mohamed Badie
This could accelerate Obama’s threatened punitive measures against the new Egyptian government. “Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of top Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie,” from Reuters, July 4: The Egyptian prosecutor’s office ordered on Thursday the arrest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s top leader, Mohamed Badie, and his deputy Khairat el-Shater, judicial and army sources said, after the […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis attack church, loot Christian homes in revenge for toppling of Morsi
This Arabic-language story says that the attackers were “supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis,” and that they “looted dozens of homes and tried to burn down the Catholic Church.” This followed a “proliferation of calls on social networking sites to retaliate against the Copts, claiming they brought down the President.” This is not […]
Egypt: Army vows to protect Islamic supremacists
Good to see this, since so many people are attacking them without provocation, committing mass murder in their houses of worship, destroying those houses of worship — oh, wait, that’s the Coptic Christians. “Egypt army vows to protect Islamists,” from Ahram Online, July 4: The Egyptian armed forces have issued a warning that they will […]
“It’s A Revolution..Not A Coup, Mr. Obama!”
Headline in English in an Egyptian newspaper. But will he listen? (Thanks to Max Strasser)
New Egyptian President: “The Muslim Brotherhood group is part of this people and are invited to participate in building the nation”
Notwithstanding their colossal failure in trying to “build the nation” over the last year. Not a good sign, but on the other hand what else can Mansour say? The Brotherhood is too large a force in Egypt to dismiss. “President Adly Mansour says Brotherhood ‘part of nation,’” from Egypt Independent, July 4: Egypt’s new head […]
Assad: “The summary of what is happening in Egypt is the fall of what is called political Islam”
If only. “Syria’s Assad says political Islam being defeated in Egypt,” from Reuters, July 3: BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, fighting to crush a two-year-old uprising against four decades of rule by him and his late father, said on Wednesday the upheaval in Egypt was a defeat for political Islam. “Whoever brings religion […]
New Egyptian authorities shut down three Islamic supremacist TV channels and raid Al Jazeera’s offices
I’m a free speech advocate. I don’t believe people whose views one dislikes should be shut down. That’s the road to tyranny. That’s the weapon of the desperately insecure and authoritarian Left, of gutter thugs like Reza Aslan and Nathan Lean. These Islamic supremacist channels should have been allowed to operate, as long as they […]