Egypt postpones trial of 292 defendants accused of targeting Sisi
An Egyptian military court has adjourned until 15 August a trial held for 292 defendants who are accused of taking part in an attempt to assassinate President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and former Saudi crown prince Mohammad Bin Nayef. Prosecutors also charged the defendants with murdering three judges in the North Sinai city of Arish and […]
Cairo court sentences 75 protesters to death
An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death for participating in a 2013 protest against the overthrow of the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi. Senior members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood organisation were among those ordered executed by the Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday for their involvement with the sit-in demonstration at Rabaa […]
Zimbabwe to Turn Into Islamic State As OPEC Funds Education Minister Lazarus Dokora With $20mil to Build 83 Muslim Schools
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Lazarus Dokora who says Islam was the nation’s number one religion at independence in 1980, has secured a large $20 million loan from Islamic organisations to build Muslim schools in Zimbabwe. As part of a controversial grand plan to make Islam dominant in Zimbabwe’s education system, described as an ‘Islamic Jihad’, Dokora […]
UK government told: Brotherhood ‘best firewall’ against extremism
Supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi stage a rally to mark the second anniversary of the violent breakup of major protest camps in Cairo “Political Islamic groups” like the Muslim Brotherhood are the “best firewall” to support the democratic process, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said. In a series of written responses […]
Egypt court revokes death sentence for ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi
Egypt’s Court of Cassation revoked on Tuesday death sentences and ordered retrials for ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and other Muslim Brotherhood leaders over the 2011 Wadi El-Natrun prison break case. The court also revoked the death penalties against Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, and other MB figures including Brotherhood deputy leader Rashad Bayoumy, […]
Egypt Shuts Down 50 NGOs for Brotherhood Ties
Cairo — Egypt’s social solidarity minister ordered the dissolution of 50 NGOs in five Egyptian cities for being affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, on Tuesday, bringing the total number of NGOs shut down in similar decisions this year to 430. An urgent matters court banned the Brotherhood in September 2013 and established a committee to […]
Africa – The Most Religious Place on Earth
SOWETO, South Africa — Researchers have discovered the most religious place on earth: The area between the Sahara Desert and the southern tip of Africa. Here Christianity, and to a lesser extent Islam, are attracting followers in numbers not seen in more than 100 years. Soweto. Most people will remember this place for the role […]
Egypt legend Aboutrika denies Muslim Brotherhood affiliation
The three-times African player of the year Mohamed Aboutrika has denied that the tourism company he co-owns in Egypt is linked to the banned Islamist movement the Muslim Brotherhood. Aboutrika, who retired from football in December 2013, had assets seized by the Egyptian government last week after it was alleged he had helped fund the […]
Another Look At Mohamed Soltan’s Sentencing
In the summer of 2013, shortly after Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president, had been deposed by the military, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to protest the coup. They were hopeful that the popular uprising in 2011 had shattered a psychological barrier in a nation long governed as a police state. People […]
Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Badie, sentenced to death by hanging
An Egyptian court sentenced the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, on Saturday to death by hanging, along with 13 members of his group. The sentences will be appealed.The criminal court sentenced 36 other defendants to life in prison on charges of plotting terrorist attacks against state facilities. They faced charges that include “funding […]
