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Egypt court gives 12 Christians life sentences in case set off by religious tension

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WAPO:

(Hasan Jamali/ Associated Press ) – An Egyptian street vendor sells fruits in front of a wall filled with defaced posters of presidential candidates in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May, 21, 2012. The May 23-24 presidential election is the first since last year’s ouster of longtime authoritarian ruler Hosni Mubarak.

By Associated Press, Published: May 21

CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced 12 Christians to life in prison and acquitted eight Muslims on Monday in a case set off by religious tensions in the country’s south.

The Christians were found guilty of sowing public strife, the possession of illegal weapons and shooting dead two Muslims in April of last year in Minya province, about 220 kilometers (135 miles) south of Cairo.

The religious tension in Minya spilled over into violence last year when a Muslim microbus driver, angered by a speed bump outside a wealthy Christian man’s villa, got into a scuffle with security guards who beat him.

After returning to his village of Abu Qurqas that evening, he rounded up the villagers who then gathered outside an ultraconservative Islamist group’s main office there to protest his beating. According to rights researcher Ishak Ibrahim, the Christians nearby thought they were going to be attacked and shot from their rooftops down at the crowd, killing two and wounding two others.

For several days after, angry villagers torched dozens of Christian homes and stores.

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Belarus Detains Egyptian ‘Extremists’ En Route To EU

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Radio Free Europe:

May 07, 2012

Police in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, say they have arrested a group of suspected extremists from Egypt who were allegedly trying to travel to Western Europe.

According to officials, the five Egyptian citizens entered Belarus illegally.

Officials said investigators had determined that the Egyptians intended to travel to Western Europe to hold “actions against European officials and leaders in response to European countries’ politics toward Egypt.”

No further details about the alleged plot were given.

Police did not specify either the date of the group’s arrival in Belarus or the day of their arrest.

Based on reporting by Interfax and Belapan

Obama’s Cairo speech, Geert Wilders’ new book, and low volume of posts recently.

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Some things take longer than others to do obviously. Making an original video requiring research and proper vetting can take up hours, weeks or months and even years.

I have not been able to post as much material to this site as I would have liked to for the past many weeks as I have been working both on video projects of my own (no fear, all counter-jihad related) as well as assisting other people who have been doing utterly fantastic and important work.

In 2009, when I saw newly-elected president Obama’s speech in Cairo co-sponsored by Al-Azaar, I made a mental note that some day I must do some sort of critical analysis of what I heard as much of it was, to say the least, frightening and possibly outright dishonest. At worst, enemy propaganda, although I suspect it is more likely an insulting attempt to curry favor with the Islamic world. Insulting because anyone knows when they are being lied to even by way of flattery.

I had back-burnered this idea as I knew it would take a lot of research, time and effort. Two of those things I just do not have in abundance.

Then, Geert Wilders excellent book, ‘Marked For Death’, came in the mail.

The introduction is by Mark Steyn, and as one expects from him, is honest, insightful, amusing in a way that tries to hide the raw horror of the subject at hand, and entertaining. The book itself is a combination of autobiography and analysis of Islam and its interaction with the Western world. At least so far. For full disclosure here, I have not finished it all yet, but will within the next couple of days. However I have found it so motivating and thorough, and that Geert had kindly done the exact work I needed for my procrastinated video-project, that I started dog-earing it and doing the analysis.

So I dedicate this video to Geert Wilders. A man I have had the privilege of meeting and speaking with in person, and who has sacrificed a great deal in the long-shot attempt that the rest of us may preserve some of the freedoms we have now, and hope-against-hope, get back some of the ones we have already lost.

I realize that most people who read this site would not find much novelty in any counter-jihad book. But please buy Geert Wilders new release. Not just because it is a way of putting a small amount of cash into the hands of one of the Western World’s potential saviors and who urgently needs, and deserves it, but because it is a really great book and a fantastic read.

Egyptian Panel Drops Maspero Massacre Case for ‘Lack of Evidence’

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AINA:

 

(AINA) — On April 24 the panel of judges appointed by the Egyptian minister of justice to investigate the Maspero massacre of October 9, 2011 (AINA 10-10-2011), which claimed the lives of 27 Christians and injured 329, closed the case. In his explanation of the verdict, judge Sarwat Hammad said the case was closed for “lack of identification of the culprits” who killed the army conscript Mohammad Shata and nine protesters (all Christians) with ammunition, as well as attempting to break into a government building and assaulting military personnel.

Charges against 28 Christian Copts and prominent Muslim activist Alaa Abdel-Fatah, who were previously detained, were also dropped for lack of evidence, said the judge. According to their defense lawyers, most of the detainees were arrested after October 9, and some were not even at the Maspero protest and were collected from the streets for just being Christians. Three of them were teens under 16 (AINA 11-5-2011).

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Saudi Arabia closes Cairo embassy, recalls ambassador due to protests over detained Egyptian

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Washington Post:

(Ahmed Gomaa/ Associated Press ) – A protester is detained by security forces in front of the Saudi Embassy in Cairo, Egypt during a demonstration to demand the release of an Egyptian human rights lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the kingdom’s monarch, Saturday, April 28, 2012. Saudi Arabia said Saturday that it has closed embassy in Cairo because of protests over a detained Egyptian.

  • (Ahmed Gomaa/ Associated Press ) - A protester is detained by security forces in front of the Saudi Embassy in Cairo, Egypt during a demonstration to demand the release of an Egyptian human rights lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the kingdom’s monarch, Saturday, April 28, 2012. Saudi Arabia said Saturday that it has closed embassy in Cairo because of protests over a detained Egyptian.
  • ( Associated Press ) - FILE - In this Tuesday, April 24, 2012 file photo, Egyptian protesters demonstrate in front of the Saudi Embassy in Cairo, Egypt to demand the release of an Egyptian human rights lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the kingdom’s monarch. Arabic on the banner read, “Egyptians will never be insulted, freedom for Ahmed el-Gezawi.” Saudi Arabia said Saturday, April 28, 2012 that it has closed embassy in Cairo because of protests over a detained Egyptian.
  • (Ahmed Gomaa/ Associated Press ) - An Egyptian Army officer argues with protesters demonstrating in front of the Saudi Embassy in Cairo, Egypt to demand the release of an Egyptian human rights lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the kingdom’s monarch, Saturday, April 28, 2012. Saudi Arabia said Saturday that it has closed embassy in Cairo because of protests over a detained Egyptian.
  • (Ahmed Gomaa/ Associated Press ) - Egyptian security forces stand guard outside the Saudi Embassy in Cairo, Egypt during a demonstration to demand the release of an Egyptian human rights lawyer detained in Saudi Arabia for allegedly insulting the kingdom’s monarch, Saturday, April 28, 2012. Saudi Arabia said Saturday that it has closed embassy in Cairo because of protests over a detained Egyptian. 

By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, April 28, 3:01 PM

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia closed its Cairo embassy Saturday and recalled its ambassador following protests over a detained Egyptian human rights lawyer in a sharp escalation of tension between two regional powerhouses already on shaky terms due to uprisings in the Arab world.

The unexpected Saudi diplomatic break came following days of protests by hundreds of Egyptians outside the Saudi Embassy in Cairo and consulates in other cities to demand the release of Ahmed el-Gezawi. Relatives and human rights groups say he was detained for allegedly insulting the kingdom’s monarch.

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Outrage as Egypt plans ‘farewell intercourse law’ so husbands can have sex with DEAD wives up to six hours after their death

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This is still orders of magnitude better than Islamic law allowing intercourse with children, slaves, captives and so in. In fact, wouldn’t it be great if Al Azar passed a fatwa allowing sex for Muslim men only with the dead. I would vote for that.

Daily Mail:

By Lee Moran

PUBLISHED: 04:28 EST, 26 April 2012 | UPDATED: 05:55 EST, 26 April 2012

 

Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives – for up to six hours after their death.

The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament.

It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women’s rights of getting education and employment.

Controversial: The 'farewell intercourse' law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliamentControversial: The ‘farewell intercourse’ law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament

Egypt’s National Council for Women is campaigning against the changes, saying that ‘marginalising and undermining the status of women would negatively affect the country’s human development’.

Dr Mervat al-Talawi, head of the NCW, wrote to the Egyptian People’s Assembly Speaker Dr Saad al-Katatni addressing her concerns.

Egyptian journalist Amro Abdul Samea reported in the al-Ahram newspaper that Talawi complained about the legislations which are being introduced under ‘alleged religious interpretations’.

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Egypt scraps Israel gas supply deal

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BBC:

Two jets of flame apparently rise from the desert, 5 March 2012 Egypt’s pipelines supplying Israel have faced numerous attacks in the last year

Egyptian officials say they have scrapped an agreement to supply Israel with natural gas.

Israel received around 40% of its gas supplies from Egypt and uses it to generate electricity.

The announcement comes after the cross-border pipeline suffered numerous sabotage attacks which cut supplies.

Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz said the move was of “great concern”, and overshadowed peace agreements between the countries.

Egypt was the first Middle East country to sign a peace accord with Israel, in 1979, and the deal to supply energy has been a key part of agreements between the two states.

But the BBC’s Jon Leyne in Cairo says the gas deal is deeply unpopular, and one of the charges against former President Mubarak is that he sold the gas too cheaply.

Heavily criticised

Israel has insisted it is paying a fair price for the gas.

A statement from the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company said it was ending supplies because the terms of its contract had been breached.

Ampal, the Israeli company which buys the gas, said in a statement that it considers the attempt to terminate the contract “unlawful and in bad faith”, and demanded its withdrawal.

The company is using international arbitration to try to get compensation, after supplies were interrupted following frequent sabotage attacks on the gas pipeline across the Sinai desert in north-eastern Egypt.

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Muslim Brotherhood does Taqyyia tour of the U.S.A. 2012

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Mohamed did it back in his day. redefine ‘peace’, Freedom’ and ‘justice’ to mean highly proprietary Islamic meanings of the term that suited his covert and overt military agenda, and lul his enemies into thinking he meant the terms in the way the rest of the world understands them. Well, as Mohamed is Islam’s perfect man and perfect example, then it stands to reason the most conservative branch of Muslim orthodoxy, the Ikhwan or Muslim Brotherhood would use the same strategy and name the Brotherhood’s Egyptian political party, the…

“Freedom and Justice Party”

and claim that they will not field a candidate, till of course they do, and did.

Having blatantly run over their own stated rule, they went on a ‘taqyyia tour’ to try and lul the infidel back to sleep. But an astute reader of Vlad managed to find a year old speech by a party-principle and expose their agenda, as it was since the Ikhwan was founded in the early part of the last century, and as it has been since Mohamed promised his followers that the world would be forced to submit to Islam whether by force or trickery.

Eeyore

All below is from this site:

Translator’s Note: After his release from prison in March 2011, the Deputy Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Khairat Al-Shater was reportedly tasked by the Brotherhood’s Guidance Council to perform a comprehensive review of the movement’s overall strategy in post-Mubarak Egypt. This new strategy, which is supposed to reflect the fact of the MB’s rise as the most powerful political force in Egypt today, has often been referred to as “The Nahda Project.” (Nahda means “Renaissance” or “Rise”.) Continue Reading →

Egyptian Islamists pin their hopes on Islamic law

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LA Times:

Supporters of Hazem Salah abu Ismail, a Salafi presidential candidate, see sharia as the country’s — and the Muslim world’s — best hope. 

Poster of Egyptian presidential candidate Hazem Salah abu IsmailA supporter of Salafist presidential candidate Hazem Salah abu Ismail holds a poster of him in Cairo. (Khaled Elfiqi, European Pressphoto Agency / March 30, 2012)
By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles TimesApril 5, 2012, 3:40 p.m.

CAIRO — The men gathering outside the yellow mosque agreed: Adulterers should be stoned to death, the hands of thieves cut off.

“But not now,” said Kareem Atta, waiting in a cool breeze for the sheik’s car to roll up next to the Koran sellers. “Sharia law must be gradually put into place so it doesn’t shock the system. You can’t cut people’s hands off if you first don’t give them financial justice.”

The young students, engineers and laborers are followers of Hazem Salah abu Ismail, a lawyer and holy man whose poetic blend of populism and ultraconservative Salafi Islam has turned him into a leading presidential candidate. Posters with Ismail’s gray beard and boyish face seem to hang on every street and alley across this ancient city.

Ismail is at once provocative and soothing, in a breath switching from genial to fiery. He has suggested revoking Egypt‘speace treaty with Israel and holds up Iran as an exemplar of defiance against the U.S. His hard-line rhetoric has nudged American officials closer to the more moderate Muslim Brotherhood, a sign of Washington’s scrambling to keep pace with the tremors of the “Arab Spring.”

“I will never become a puppet for the U.S. or Israel or any Western power,” Ismail said in a recent speech. He added that the U.S. was funneling money to certain Egyptian candidates to “suit their interests” and he urged young Muslims to “spoil such a plot.”

Ismail’s candidacy, however, may be in jeopardy over an embarrassing link to America. His mother, Nawal Abdel Aziz Nour, who lived with his sister in the Los Angeles area, became a U.S. citizen before she died, according to California public records. That would make him ineligible to run. Ismail claims his mother held only a green card, not a U.S. passport. The election commission, which confirmed that Ismail’s mother held an American passport, is expected to decide on whether to disqualify him in coming days.

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Islamic Brotherhood, Taqyyia, and soft selling Islam as a democratic institution

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Please take an anti-emetic before you watch this or at the very least a couple of Advil’s. Watching these members of Egypt’s ruling, Ikhwan (Islamic Brotherhood) try to represent itself as a democratic movement and using the language of contemporary Western leftism, concepts of ‘diversity’ and, ‘freedom from oppression’ in uniquely Islamic ways is going to make anyone familiar with Islam quite nauseous.

If I manage to find the time, I might grab a few choice highlights and try and make a short clip for everyone’s general use but that may not be right away. Meanwhile, watch the first two speakers at least. The female shill they use to soft-sell the new Egyptian regime, and the actual members of it.

It is also worth noting that the host of this event, a certain Esposito, was a character witness on behalf of the Islamic Brotherhood at the Holy Land Foundation terrorism trial in the US.

The video is here at C-SPAN

Here is a clip to start with:

Rocket fired from Egypt hits Israeli city of Eilat

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h/t Tundra T

BBC:

Grad rocket being inspected in Eilat Israeli policve inspecting the Grad rocekt in Eilat

A Grad rocket has landed in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, but has caused no damage or injuries, Israeli security officials said.

District police chief Ron Gertner told Israeli radio the rocket had been fired from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.

He said it struck a construction site close to a residential area shortly after midnight (21:00 GMT).

The blast took place as thousands congregated in the resort town for the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Rocket attacks from Egyptian soil are uncommon. Attacks on Eilat and the nearby Jordanian town of Aqaba in 2010 killed one person and injured another four. Continue Reading →

Egypt jails Christian student to three years in jail for insulting Islam

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Reuters:

(An Egyptian Copt watches a celebration of the Feast of Assumption in Dronka village, outside Assiut, 400 km (310 miles) south of Cairo August 21, 2008. REUTERS/Amr Dalsh )

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a 17-year-old Christian boy to three years in jail for publishing cartoons on his Facebook page that mocked Islam and the Prophet Mohammad, actions that sparked sectarian violence.

Gamal Abdou Massoud was also accused of distributing some of his cartoons to his school friends in a village in the southern city of Assiut, home to a large Christian population and the hometown of the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda.

“Assiut child’s court ordered the jailing of Gamal Abdou Massoud … for three years after he insulted Islam and published and distributed pictures that insulted Islam and its Prophet,” the court said in a statement seen by Reuters.

The cartoons, published by Massoud in December, prompted some Muslims to attack Christians. Several Christian houses were burned and several Christians were injured in the violence.

Human rights lawyer Negad al-Borai said the jail sentence was the maximum penalty under Egyptian law for such a crime.

Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the country’s 80 million population, have long had a difficult relationship with Egypt’s overwhelmingly Muslim majority.

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