Evidence that the Obama administration is unhappy with the Egyptian people's liberation from Muslim Brotherhood rule continues to emerge. As reported today by Youm 7, according to Muhammad Heikal -- "the Arab world's most respected political commentator" and for some 50 years a political insider -- soon after the overthrow of Morsi, U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson assured … [Read more...]
Latest Blow to Brotherhood: Sheikh Qaradawi Evicted from Qatar, Brotherhood Offices Closed
The spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, for long one of the most authoritative voices in Sunni Islam -- and certainly a "radical," who, among other things, insists Muslims must always "obey the prophet, even if he tells you to kill" -- has just had his Qatari citizenship revoked and told to leave Qatar by its emir, Tamim bin Hamd bin … [Read more...]
Al-Qaeda’s Jihad on Anti-Morsi Egyptians
Gatestone Institute Now that the Egyptian military appears to have granted the nation’s wish—to be rid of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, as millions have been chanting, “Irhal” [“Leave office”]—al-Qaeda appears to have stepped in. Hours before Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi was sidelined by the military council, Muhammad al-Zawahiri, Egypt’s al-Qaeda leader, declared … [Read more...]
Revenge: Coptic Church Set Aflame for Morsi
True to their vows, pro-Morsi Muslims are attacking Egypt's Christians for participating in the anti-Morsi protests. The St. George Coptic Christian Church in a village in al-Minya, Egypt, has just been set on fire by "pro-Morsi" forces. Copts are reported to be in a state of "fear and panic." Days earlier, a letter was circulated in al-Minya, which has a very large Coptic … [Read more...]
Leading Egyptian Islamists Arrested, Protesters Celebrate
Just in, Sheikh Hazim Abu Ismail, an important figure among Egypt's Islamists, who bridged between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis -- and who was even a former 2012 presidential candidate, before being disqualified -- has been arrested. The report does not indicate why Abu Ismail was arrested. But it is interesting to note that his name -- along with President Morsi … [Read more...]