by Raymond Ibrahim • Jun 22, 2012 at 4:56 am Cross-posted from Jihad Watch The true face of the "Arab Awakening' continues to manifest itself. According to Al Sawt, prosecutors associated with Jordan's Salafi movement have brought a lawsuit to the Sharia Court of Amman—a lawsuit being called "the first of its kind" in modern Jordan: they are charging a man with "apostasy … [Read more...]
El futuro de Egipto
Larazon Traducción del texto original: Egypt's Presidential Elections: What's at Stake Las elecciones presidenciales egipcias, las primeras de su clase en 7.000 años de historia nacional, están en marcha desde el pasado 22 de mayo. Mientras aguardamos a conocer los resultados definitivos, y mientras los medios occidentales se obsesionan con las imágenes de dedos manchados con … [Read more...]
Egypt: Islamists vs. Copts
An Animosity That Seeks Any Excuse to Attack Originally published by the Gatestone Institute As Egypt's presidential elections come to a close, with the Brotherhood claiming presidential victory, the future of Egypt's indigenous Christians, the Copts, looks bleak. Earlier, after the first presidential elections of May 23-24, any number of Islamists denounced them, bemoaning … [Read more...]
Who Won Egypt’s Election?
by Chris Mitchell CBN For those following the news about the Egyptian elections, an article by Raymond Ibrahim is revealing. Since voting ended Sunday night, headlines such as "Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Wins Election" have been trumpeted on different news sites. I saw one of those headlines on the Drudge Report only to open the story up and find the Muslim Brotherhood … [Read more...]
Egypt: Mosque “Prayer Leader” Stabs Nephew to Death
by Raymond Ibrahim • Jun 20, 2012 at 2:15 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch According to Egypt's Al Dostor, earlier this month in Tanta, Egypt, an imam of a mosque—a prayer leader and model of Muslim piety—slaughtered his own nephew with a knife because the latter refused to marry the imam's daughter. Along with the nephew, a 27-year-old teacher who died of several stab … [Read more...]