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Category Archives: Egypt
Egypt votes to keep Islamic law main source of Egypt’s constitution
h/t Taffy in Canada
RT:
Published: 29 November, 2012, 17:08
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Egyptian protesters clash with security forces on November 29, 2012 in Cairo’s Tahrir Square (AFP Photo / Mahmoud Khaled)
Egypt’s Constituent Assembly tasked with drafting the country’s new constitution has voted to keep “the principles of sharia” law as the main source of legislation in the country.
The article’s language however, remains unchanged from the previous constitution used under the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak.
The assembly gathered on Thursday to vote on each of the new draft constitution’s 234 articles in a potential bid by the Muslim Brotherhood to contain popular anger directed at Islamist President Muhamed Morsi.
The rushed vote was unexpected, coming just a week after Morsi extended the deadline for drafting the national charter by two months. The constitution was previously scheduled to be completed by December 5.
Once voting on the draft constitution is completed, the document will then be sent to Morsi, who will then be able to call a referendum to ratify it within two weeks.
Egypt’s Constitutional Court was set to rule on the legitimacy of the Constituent Assembly on Sunday. Thursday’s apparent fast-tracking of the process has promoted speculation the panel is pushing through the draft constitution in case the court moves to dissolve the panel.
MASSIVE 200,000 Anti-Morsi PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT in Cairo
Green lasers are rapidly becoming a theme in the Egyptian counter revolution, if that is what this is.
H/T Magic Martin
Nov 28th. Students clash with security. Egypt
Its a rock and roll Christmas in Egypt this year
H/T Magic Martin
More from Cairo.
Someone is firing a green laser from the crowd or into the crowd at one point. Thats kind of interesting
Egyptian Court sentences Terry Jones to death
From Stand Up America
Egypt shows Koran burning, Innocence of Muslims in Cairo court, sentences Terry Jones to death (Along with 6 others)
Submitted by Fran on Wed, 2012-11-28 11:03
The Cairo court room was shown a video clip of Terry Jones burning a Koran, to the objection of lawyers. The President of the Court insisted that all the evidence needed to be seen. The trailer of Innocence of Muslims was also shown, along with scenes from riots in Benghazi, Libya against the film. Terry Jones was accused by the court of being “an insult to Islam and a threat to national unity.”
Egypt: Court sentences Terry Jones to death over burnt Koran
Death penalty also for 6 Copts in U.S. over anti-Mohammed film
ANSAmed-1 hour ago
28 November, 14:01
(ANSAmed) – Cairo, November 28 – An Egyptian high court on Wednesday sentenced to death US pastor Terry Jones for burning copies of the Koran.
Protestors throw rocks at police in Tahrir Sq.
H/T Magic Martin
Seems fairly chaotic now. Hard to say who is defending or attacking who. A google translate of the comments over at the YT page seems to indicate at least some are blaming the Jews though. Good to know some things never change.
In front of the US Embassy in Cairo today
Hat tip Magic Martin:
Muslim Brotherhood political party headquarters in Dakhalia burned today
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Nov 25 2012. Egypt. “They’ll be burning and a looting tonight”
Good video explaining some of the riots in Egypt the past few days
Ikhwan out for revenge
The following story was sent to me by a man who runs a Coptic organization outside of Egypt who is usually very reliable and who follows the Arabic and Egyptian media closely.
He did not provide a link for this story at all and did not indicate whether or not he is OK with me using his name or organization in this story so I didn’t. Therefore please feel free to treat this article with whatever degree of veracity you feel is reasonable.
Eeyore for Vlad
“Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood members are enraged following news that a 15-year-old Muslim Brotherhood member was killed after an attack on the MB headquarters in Damanhour. Islam Fathy Masoud, 15, was killed and 60 others injured after the Muslim Brotherhood’s headquarters in Damanhour were attacked.
Muslim Brotherhood member Mohammed Abu Homar had to be restrained by fellow members following the news of the attack on their office and the death of the 15 year old. Another Brotherhood member declared “they are infidels, we will teach them a lesson, have they forgotten who we are?”
In response the Brotherhood has officially called on all their members to participate in mass demonstrations across Egypt. Wael Ghomein speaking in Cairo said, “they {MB} are not calling on their members to demonstrate, they are sending their thugs out to confront us, they are desperate to stop our demonstration against Morsi’s decrees”.
Secular leader Abdul Hassan added “They want to remove us from Tahrir, the dogs want a violent showdown because the Brotherhood have 1000’s of violent hard-line Islamist that were freed from prisons across Egypt by Morsi”.
19 year old Faoud another protestor in Tahrir said “we did not bring down Mubarak for the Brotherhood; this is not why our brothers and friends sacrificed their lives during the 18 day revolution. We have the right to protest here, we do not want a confrontation and more violence”
Egypt is bracing itself for what is set to be wide spread violence acroos the nation, Morsi’sdecree has united the liberals and secularists, the country is divided between islamists and those seeking a democratic state.
Near Tahrir, 3 women have clothes ripped off, chased by mob
Miss me yet?
H/T Magic Martin
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Near Tahrir, 3 women have clothes ripped off, chased by mob
Joseph Mayton | 25 November 2012 | 0 Comments
The women sought shelter at the Doubara Church, one of the many field hospitals around Tahrir Square.
CAIRO: An angry mob of around 300 men near Egypt’s Tahrir Square attacked and ripped three women’s clothes off and chased them near one of the field hospitals by the square.
The state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported that the women, of an unknown age, had their clothes torn from their bodies by the mob, assaulted and were then chased near the frontlines of the ongoing clashes with police on Sunday early afternoon.
The report said that protesters nearby who saw the incident intervened and rescued the women from further assault.
On Friday, as tens of thousands converged on the main Egyptian square in Cairo, more and more reports of sexual assaults against women once again came to fruition.
One incident that sparked a fervor of worries occurred near the Pizza Hut on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, with dozens of men allegedly brutally assaulting a woman on the street. According to a doctor, the woman was the victim of “mass rape.”
Flammable crisis between security forces and demonstrators in front of the American embassy
H/T Magic Martin
Below, the bearded clams push back
Some MM videos of Egypt for today, Nov 25 2012
You don’t need to speak Arabic to get quite a bit out of this first report. But if anyone does and there is anything of value in the spoken parts, please let me know. I am more than willing to title it if I get an accurate translation.
Once again, H/T Magic Martin for this crop of videos.
Egyptian judges in harsh disagreement Nov 24 2012
H/T Magic Martin