Pope Condemns “Barbaric” Violence by Fundamentalists
He wasSpeaking was on the first day of his visit to Turkey, His remarks came in a speech to Turkey’s Department for Religious Affairs, which is the nation’s highest Islamic [...]
Islamic State Spreading into Northern Africa, Alarming U.S.
Click for Video Through its savvy use of social media and slick production of recruitment videos, the Islamic State — also known by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL — is attracting a [...]
The Mubarak Trial Verdict – What Just Happened?
Q: Does Mubarak walk out now? A: Yes. He is free to go for the time being. There have been some conflicting statements in the media on this point by named and unnamed legal sources after [...]
Shunned by U.S., Egypt Strengthens Defense, Energy Ties with Europe
“We expect a real reaction, real support, from Europe for Egypt in the forthcoming period,” Sisi said. On Nov. 24, Egypt was hailed as a strategic partner during [...]
Asia Bibi’s Final Plea to Avoid the Gallows
On the 16th of October, the Supreme Court in Lahore rejected the appeal that Bibi’s attorney submitted to overturn her imminent death sentence. According to the Italian news agency, [...]
Egypt’s ‘Islamic Revolution’ Protests Fail to Draw Crowd
Despite widespread apprehension of possible violence that caused many Egyptians to stay home, institutions to shut, and churches to suspend their activities, there were relatively few violent [...]
Pope Raises Human Rights Concerns with Egyptian President
The visit marked the first between an Egyptian leader and a Pope in eight years, since before the Arab Spring which ultimately propelled the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Morsi to power and [...]
Friday’s Islamist ‘Uprising’ in Egypt Could Be Bloody
On Friday, while Americans are recovering from Thanksgiving food comas, Egypt might experience its most violent day in over a year. The Salafist Front — a fundamentalist group that opposed [...]
June 30 Committee Releases Report
The committee’s report claims that 624 protesters died in Rabaa Square alongside the approximately 150 that were killed in Nahda Square, far fewer than the approximately 1,150 deaths found [...]
The U.S. Policy to Defeat the Islamic State Is Doomed. Here’s How to Fix It.
This is in large part because the United States so far has addressed the problem of the Islamic State in isolation from other aspects of the trans-border conflict in Syria and Iraq. Unless Barack [...]
