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Egypt: War on Terrorism or War on the Constitution

By Ziad Bahaa-Eldin- Ahram Online – This article was published in Arabic in El-Shorouq newspaper on Tuesday, 28 July. Official and media circles are increasingly supportive of the idea that [...]

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Egypt’s Minister of Culture Stirs Fears of ‘Religionization of Culture’

By Mohammed Saad – Ahram Online – El-Nabawy sacked the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Culture, Mohammed Afifi, and the head of the National Center for Translation, Anwar [...]

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U.S. Delivers Eight F-16s to “Fight Terrorism”

Extremists threaten regional security and these weapon systems provide a new tool to help Egypt fight terrorism.” The statement called the delivery “the latest concrete step taken by the U.S. [...]

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Islamic State Executes Another Copt in Libya?

By Coptic Solidarity – According to sources in Libya, there are unconfirmed reports, including from the Libyan Herald,  that on July 23rd, the Islamic State executed another Egyptian [...]

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Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas Get Unexpected Boost from Iran Deal

By Frida Ghitis- World Politics Review – Last Friday, the exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, traveled to Saudi Arabia from his home in Qatar, ending several years of deep chill in the [...]

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Mideast Christians Driven from Their Biblical Homeland

By World Tribune – Christians are facing relentless persecution on several fronts, including the ongoing civil war in Syria, the atrocities of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), [...]

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Egypt Defends Syria’s Territorial Unity after Turkey Moves Against IS

By Reuters – The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Cairo supported combating what it called terrorist groups in Syria.  But this effort must happen “within the context of [...]

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Did U.S. Shoot Down Idea of Syria Safe Zone, Days After It Was Announced?

By Josh Rogin – Bloomberg Opinion – This confusion is a microcosm of the disorganized U.S. approach to the Islamic State threat since last summer. Each incremental escalation into [...]

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Forced Conversion in Pakistan Affects 1000 Girls a Year

By John Burger – Aleteia – Forced conversion and marriage is common but receives little attention from local police or civil authorities, said MahnazRehman, director of the [...]

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Egypt’s Ranking in State Department Trafficking Report Drops

By US Department of State – Tier 1 countries are those whose governments fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s (TVPA) minimum standards. Governments of Tier 2 [...]