A Compendium of reports on the current War on Islam
- By Younus Abdullah Muhammad In the 2 years since the Arab Uprisings turned over the geopolitics of the Middle East, coherent outcomes have escaped concrete formulation. Debate amongst policymakers in the West tends to split analysis down traditional realist and liberal lines, but most insight has failed to acknowledge that political outcomes will ultimately […]
‘My beard is my right’: Egypt’s policemen protest against ban (Al Arabiya) - By Al Arabiya Dozens of Egyptian policemen are staging an open-ended sit-in in front of the Interior Ministry to demand their right to wear a beard while on duty. “We want Egypt to be based on the values of the revolution: to not […]
- By Reuters (Reuters) – Israel on Wednesday began battling a swarm of locusts from Egypt on Wednesday to prevent crop damage in the south of the country. Locust clouds darkened skies some three weeks before the Jewish Passover holiday that recalls 10 Biblical plagues, one of them locusts, that struck Egypt during the exodus of […]
To Block Gaza Tunnels, Egypt Lets Sewage Flow (The New York Times) – By Fares Akram and David D. Kirkpatrick GAZA —The Egyptian military is resorting to a pungent new tactic to shut down the smuggling tunnels connecting Sinai and Gaza: flooding them with sewage. Along with the stink, the approach is raising new questions about […]
Below is the Google translation of the original Arabic news report from Akhbarak.net. Wife of a police officer set fire to the conjugal home to accept insurance «Embassy of Israel (Akhbarak.net) – By Mustafa Hamdi Proceeded pharmaceutical physician, wife of one of the officers in charge of securing the Israeli Embassy, the campfire in the marital home with the […]
Press Release from the Embassy of United States, Cairo, Egypt. Thank you Dr. El-Akad, for that kind introduction. I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today. The Rotary plays a critical role in civic and charitable activities in many countries, including Egypt. In other places I have lived, I have found Rotarians to be […]
Egyptian forces flood Gaza tunnels with water (Al Arabiya) – By REUTERS Egyptian forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to shut them down, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said. The network of tunnels is a vital lifeline for Gaza, bringing in an estimated 30 percent of all […]
- By KavkazCenter Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has declared a 30-day state of emergency and a night-time curfew in three cities along the Suez Canal that have seen deadly clashes in recent days. In a televised address late on Sunday, Morsi said the emergency measures in Port Said, Ismailia and Suez would take effect on Monday from 9:00pm […]
- By Adnan Khan What has caused the latest crisis? Muhammed Mursi, Egyptian president since June 2012 issued a presidential decree on 22 November that limited the powers of the judiciary as the president’s decisions were “final and unchallengeable by any individual or body until a new constitution has been ratified and a new parliament […]
