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An Egyptian’s Arrest Rekindles an Italian Trauma

By Declan Walsh and Elisabetta Povoledo – The New York Times CAIRO — When an Egyptian student was arrested at the Cairo Airport recently, it was hardly an unusual event. Egypt’s security [...]

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Islamic Reform? Top Muslim University Says ‘No’

By Raymond Ibrahim – American Thinker – Largely unknown to and unreported in the West, a large, two-day conference was recently hosted (Jan. 27–28) by Al Azhar University in Egypt and [...]

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The Muslim World’s Inferiority Complex

By Raymond Ibrahim – American Thinker Muslims around the world are thrilled at the recent news: “Harvard University ranks the Koran as the best book on justice” is the January [...]

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Saviour or dictator: Copts in Sisi’s Egypt trapped by a strongman’s balancing act

By Charlie Hoyle – The New Arab In the Coptic Cathedral of the Nativity, on the eastern edges of Cairo, security was tight as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reiterated his longstanding [...]

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The Irony and Hypocrisy of World Hijab Day

By A.J. Caschetta – The National Review Another World Hijab Day (WHD) is fast upon us — the eighth since Bronx resident Nazma Khan founded the event in 2013. The protest-cum-demonstration [...]

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Ramy Kamel, Mada Masr, and Seeing Coptic Issues as Civil Liberties in Egypt

By Amy Fallas – TIMEP – On November 23 security forces arrested Ramy Kamel, a Coptic activist and founder of the Maspero Youth Union (MYU), from his home in Cairo, preventing him from [...]

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Your guide to surviving downtown during the revolution anniversary crackdown

By Mada Masr –  In the lead-up to each anniversary of the January 25th revolution, the authorities launch widespread security campaigns in downtown Cairo and its surrounding areas. These [...]

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How artistic freedom of expression shrinks in ‘new’ Egypt

By Shahira Amin – Al-Monitor The Jan. 25, 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak unleashed a creative revolution with the spontaneous emergence of a variety of art [...]

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Erdoğan’s ‘Make-Turkey-More-Islamic’ Campaign Is a Failure

By Burak Bekdil – The Gatestone Institute Trust for Islamist politics in both the Middle East and North Africa has plummeted since the beginning of the Arab Spring. A survey for BBC [...]

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Erdogan Chief Advisor Presents Vision Of An Islamic Superpower

By MEMRI – Erdoğan’s Chief Advisor And Former General Tanrıverdi Presents Vision – Reflected In Turkey’s Policy – Of A United Islamic Superpower Based On Shari’a [...]