According to Egypt's Al Ahram, "Major Egyptian Islamist parties and groups—including the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafist Calling and Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya—have issued calls for a Tahrir Square demonstration on Friday under the banner of 'Saving the revolution.' … Several non-Islamist revolutionary groups, meanwhile, have expressed their refusal to participate in the event. … [Read more...]

by Raymond Ibrahim  •  Apr 26, 2012 at 12:30 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch According to the Egyptian website Youm 7, Azza al-Jarf, a female Member of Parliament representing the Muslim Brotherhood's "Freedom and Justice Party," is trying to abolish several laws currently enjoyed by Egyptian women—including preventing them from divorcing or even separating from their … [Read more...]

by Raymond Ibrahim  •  Apr 26, 2012 at 11:33 am Cross-posted from Jihad Watch According to Al Ahram, Egypt's leading newspaper, a shadowy organization calling itself the "Jihad Group to Cleanse the Country" is threatening On TV, one of the nation's leading liberal media stations, which regularly exposes the Islamist agenda. It sent a letter to the president of the station … [Read more...]

by Raymond Ibrahim  •  Apr 19, 2012 at 4:37 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch According to the Arabic website Al Shorfa, an al-Qaeda affiliated group in Yemen, called Ansar al-Sharia (or the "Supporters of Sharia Law") beheaded a woman on April 11 for "practicing magic and sorcery." Members of the group broke into the home of Sharifa Amr—a local healer who used natural herbs to … [Read more...]

by Raymond Ibrahim  •  Apr 19, 2012 at 1:35 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch Muslim claims that eminent Western figures—whether William Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln, or Leonardo Da Vinci—were Muslim believers are as frequent as they are unfounded. Here is yet another attempt to Islamize Western history: During an interview on Arabic TV, a Shia Muslim cleric, apparently in … [Read more...]