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The rise of political Islam in Europe

July 9, 2014 Egypt, Europe, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Syria, Tony Blair

After the allegations of Islamists infiltrating British education in schools earlier this year. An emergency report was commissioned, “Operation Trojan Horse,” to investigate practices at 21 schools in Birmingham, including Park View (pictured). SWNS There are increasing fears that European-born young men who go to Syria will get caught . . . Read More

The rise of political Islam in Europe

July 9, 2014 Egypt, Europe, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Syria, UK

Analysis: Why jihad is not as big a threat as creeping ‘participation’ There are increasing fears that European-born young men who go to Syria will get caught up in the fight of radical Islamic extremists to establish an Islamic Sharia-based state across Syria and Iraq, and then return to their . . . Read More

Extremist Islamists torch shops in Egypt

June 3, 2014 Egypt Blasphemy, Copts, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Luxor

An Islamic extremist mob threw gasoline bombs at shops owned by Coptic Christians in a village near Luxor, Egypt on Monday. Authorities are investigating the attack, which happened hours before the nearby blasphemy trial of Kerolos Ghattas, a Coptic Christian, accused with contempt to Islam over his alleged Internet postings. . . . Read More

Egypt’s Sisi: Brotherhood is finished

May 6, 2014 Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood

The man likely to become Egypt’s new president after the May 26-27 balloting told a nationwide television audience Monday that the Muslim Brotherhood would cease to exist after his election. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the former Army field marshall who in 2013 directed the removal of former President Mohamed Morsi, gave his . . . Read More

Algeria’s potential ‘Arab Spring’

April 15, 2014 Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Egypt, Islamic extremism, Oran, Tunisia

A small group of protesters pre-empts a rally planned for Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on April 5 in Bejaia.Special to World Watch Monitor The so-called Arab Spring has seen the overthrow of several Presidents across North Africa: first in Tunisia, then Mubarak in Egypt, followed by Gaddafi in Libya . . . Read More

Copts found dead in Libya

February 25, 2014 Libya Benghazi, Copts, Egypt, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Tripoli

Seven Egyptian Christians have been found dead on a beach near the Libyan eastern city of Benghazi. The Copts, who were found tied up and with gunshot wounds to the head, were identified as Talaat Sidik Bassiouni, Hani Garas Habib, Nadi Garas Habib, Fawzi Fathi Sidik, Edward Nashed, Ayoub Sabri . . . Read More

Coptic woman elected for first time

February 25, 2014 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Women

A Coptic Christian woman has been chosen to lead a political party in Egypt for the first time. Hala Shukrallah, 59, was elected to take over from Mohamed El Baradei (former head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog) as head of the Dostour (‘Constitution’) Party on Feb. 21. A number of . . . Read More

South Korean ‘Christians’ attacked

February 21, 2014 Egypt Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, Egypt, Islamic extremism

Three South Korean tourists were killed and more than a dozen injured after their bus was bombed in Egypt on Feb. 16. The American Spectator reports that the tourists were all Christians from the same church and had just visited a popular monastery. The motive for the attack is unknown. . . . Read More

Freedom of religion an issue ‘whose time has come’

February 13, 2014 Global News -- No Particular Country Arab Spring, Barack Obama, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Europe, India, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Middle East, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Religious freedom, Saudi Arabia, Sharia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, UN, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Freedom of religion and belief is an issue “whose time has come”, the vice chairwoman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom said yesterday. During the presentation of two reports on religious freedom at the European Parliament in Brussels on Feb. 12, commission Vice Chairwoman Katrina Lantos Swett said . . . Read More

Kidnappings surge in Egypt

February 7, 2014 Egypt Copts, Egypt, Kidnapping, Minya, Muslim Brotherhood

International Christian Concern is reporting an upswing in abductions of Christians in Egypt. ICC reports that at least eight Christians from Minya province, south of Cairo in the Upper Egypt region, have been abducted since 25 January by suspected members of the Muslim Brotherhood and that these are “just a . . . Read More

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Tag: Egypt

The rise of political Islam in Europe

The rise of political Islam in Europe

Extremist Islamists torch shops in Egypt

Egypt’s Sisi: Brotherhood is finished

Algeria’s potential ‘Arab Spring’

Copts found dead in Libya

Coptic woman elected for first time

South Korean ‘Christians’ attacked

Freedom of religion an issue ‘whose time has come’

Kidnappings surge in Egypt

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