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“The Muslim Brotherhood people are going there to the Sinai and declaring that it is an Islamic state,” Yacoub said. Yacoub says reports of the threats were real. “Morsi sent [...]

Death threats had been printed on flyers circulating in the desert area, he added. Two armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on a Coptic-owned shop in Rafah on Wednesday but no one was [...]

Consider how differently the governments in each country have behaved in the last couple of weeks. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party, [...]

So let’s get this straight: In the consensus view of modern American liberalism, it is hilarious to mock Mormons and Mormonism but outrageous to mock Muslims and Islam. Why? Maybe [...]

Ahmadinejad drenched his address in Islamic piety, beginning with a traditional Islamic invocation: “In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful. All Praise Belongs to Allah, the [...]

But Ansar al-Sharia groups have emerged in Yemen and Tunisia over the past two years as a wave of revolutions spread through the region. Banners claiming allegiance to the name were also spotted [...]

“I was shocked at the governor’s response,” Sobhi said. “This is simply displacement by the government’s consent.” An Egyptian intelligence official confirmed [...]

“The obscenities that I have referred to that were recently released as part of an organized campaign against Islamic sanctities are unacceptable,” Morsi said, referring to a crude YouTube video [...]

Two Egyptian Coptic teenagers have been reported missing in the Minya region in Egypt, where attacks on Copts are frequent.  In two separate incidents, the girls (18 and 15) were reported [...]