(AINA) -- The official results of the first round of the Egyptian presidential elections were announced today, the run-off will be between Mohamed Morsy, the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, and Air Marshal Ahmad Shafik, Mubarak's last PM, who served for less than one month during the revolution and before Mubarak was ousted.
This results, which were expected since Friday, has enraged many Egyptians who feel that they are left with two options, each worst than the other, namely either going back to the Mubarak regime represented by Shafik or the Islamists who will drag Egypt into being another Afghanistan or Iran. Nasserist candidate Hamdeed Sabahy, favored by a great number of youth -- especially those who participated in the 25 January Revolution, came in third.
White House accused of 'outing' Pakistani doctor who led U.S. to Bin Laden's hideout as he is jailed for 33 YEARS for treason 'as punishment for humiliating his country'
Dr Shakil Afridi led Navy SEALS to bin Laden by setting up fake vaccination programme that allowed him to take DNA samples from terrorist's children
Western officials say sentencing in Islamabad is punishment for humiliating Pakistan, who claims to not know Al Qaeda boss was living in Abottabad
Rep. Peter King says that Obama administration identified the doctor to Pakistani government officials, prompting his 33-year treason sentence
Treason: Dr Shakeel Afridi, pictured left, was jailed for 33 year in Islamabad for helping the U.S. find Osama bin Laden by setting up a vaccination programme that led him collect DNA from the Al Qaeda leader's children
A leading Republican blamed President Obama and his administration for 'outing' the Pakistani doctor who helped locate Osama bin Laden and who has now been sent to prison for 33 years.
ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS TARGET UK STUDENTS ON SOCIAL NETWORKS
More students are being targeted through social networking sites
MUSLIM extremists are using social networking sites to radicalise British students, research has revealed.
Chilling videos of armed insurgents, accompanied by hate-filled speeches from leading Al Qaeda figures, have been posted on websites linked to Islamic societies at several leading universities.
The use of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to spread propaganda and recruit fresh activists marks a new phase in the rise of radical Islam in Britain.
CAIRO -- With fluffy beige pillows propped behind her still recovering back, Evon Mossad takes a deep breath and reclines on a velvet couch in her apartment in a middle class suburb of Cairo.
The 53-year-old Coptic Christian woman reflected on what has happened just seven months after an evening of violence which became a defining moment for many in Egypt's Coptic Christian minority.
"What happened after? Nothing," says Mossad, who emerged from the incident badly bruised and became an activist and community organizer. "Nothing has changed, except there's more fear and anxiety."
Pakistani Christian Accused of ‘Blasphemy’ after Billiards Dispute
Personal grudge results in ‘baseless’ allegations against young man.
By Murad Khan
LAHORE, Pakistan, May 22 (Compass Direct News) – Police in Pakistan have charged a young Christian man with “blasphemy” after he had an argument with Muslims over a billiards game in Punjab Province’s Sheikhupura district, his cousin said.
Farooqabad Police arrested Sajid Inayat, 20, on Friday (May 18) and charged him with desecrating the Quran under the country’s controversial blasphemy laws after area young men accused him of setting on fire “holy pages” placed in a box on an electricity pole, Irfan Manzoor said.
Egypt: Muslims assault Christians, Muslims acquitted, Christians sentenced to life in prison
Sharia justice in Arab Spring Egypt.
Islamo-Christian violence in Minya: life imprisonment for 12 Copts, eight Muslims acquitted," from Asia News, May 22 (thanks to C. Cantoni):
Cairo (AsiaNews/Agencies) - An Egyptian court has sentenced 12 Coptic Christians to life imprisonment and acquitted eight Muslims, in a trial heavily criticized by human rights activists and legal experts. The ruling came yesterday, at the end of a trial called to shed light on the sectarian violence last year in the province of Minya, in the southern part of the country, about 220 km from Cairo. Ishak Ibrahim, a researcher and expert on Egyptian law, emphasizes that "the acquittal of the eight Muslim defendants" shows that "the investigations started from the beginning by the attorney general are unfair and wrong" because there was "clear evidence of guilt against them, for having set fire to Christian properties."
Minya Criminal Court on Monday sentenced 12 Copts to life imprisonment in the Abu Qurqas sedition case, the events of which left three people dead.
Head Judge Abdel Fattah Ahmed al-Sughayar acquitted eight other Muslim defendants.
On 18 April, a fight broke out between some residents of Abu Qurqas village in Minya Governorate over the construction of a speed bump outside the house of a Christian lawyer.
Muslim Brotherhood Attempting to Disenfranchise Egyptian Christian Voters
(AINA)
The Egyptian presidential election campaigns are coming to an end, with voting slated for May 23 and 24. Ruthless smear tactics have been used by the different candidates to disqualify each other, most of these targeting candidates who advocate a civilian state. An intensive psychological war is being waged against the Christian voters to disenfranchise them by "spreading lies around their preferred candidates and using tricks to weaken their vote by dividing it," says Coptic activist Waguih Jacob.
Because of their considerable numbers, the Copts have been approached by nearly all candidates for their support, some even promising to make one of the presidential deputies a Copt. According to the Coptic Church's registry of births and deaths, its followers are between 15-17 million in a total Egyptian population of 82-85 millions. "They make a big voting block which can tip the scales towards a particular candidate," says Dr. Emad Gad, vice-director of the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies and an elected member of parliament. "Their vote would be particularly effective in a run-off, if no candidate scores more than 50 percent in the first round."
Mayo Clinic Dumps Radical Muslim Doctor for Promoting Female Genital Mutilation (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, May 18, 2012, 7:42 PM
It wasn’t that long ago that Hatem Elhagaly was promoting female genital mutilation. Now he’s gone. Medicine Men reported:
Hatem Elhagaly (AKA “Hatem Al Haj”), a medical doctor and fellow at the American Elhagely Academy of Pediatrics, ignores FGM’s detrimental effects on women’s health, and instead argues that it is ‘an honor’ for women. He justifies this position by referring repeatedly to the words of classical Islamic scholars from the four schools of mainstream Sunni Islamic thought, all of which attest to FGM’s legitimacy under Islam. He also refers to the words of the Prophet Muhammad himself, who reportedly counselled people in his day on how to perform FGM in a way that would be “more beautiful to behold and better for [the woman's] husband.”
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood's Mobile Medical Convoys Offering Free Female Genital Mutilation
Obama say, "Respect it!" Remember, he made a point of having Brotherhood leaders in the audience when he gave his notorious speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009. And he has applauded as the Brotherhood moves to take power in Egypt.
This is the Brotherhood Egypt that Obama wants: institutionalized misogyny under the sharia (Islamic law) sanctions clitorectomies, also known as female genital mutilation. David Littman, historian and human rights activist at the United Nations (Geneva) since 1986, has stated that 95% of the girls/women in Egypt have been clitorectomized.
Egypt’s extremist Islamists, including jihadists, flex their muscles
(Amr Nabil, File/ Associated Press ) - FILE - In this Friday, April 20, 2012 file photo, Egyptian women hold posters supporting Muslim cleric Hazem Abu Ismail, an ultraconservative Salafi preacher who was disqualified from running for the presidential elections on technical grounds, during a demonstration at Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. Radical Islamists in Egypt dream of turning the most populous Arab country into a religious state. With their scourge Hosni Mubarak out of the way, the most extreme fringe of Islamists is flexing its muscles, adding a potentially destabilizing layer to Egypt’s multiple political troubles ahead of presidential elections.
CAIRO — Militants who have vowed allegiance to al-Qaida attack security forces in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula close to Israel and enjoy unchallenged control of two border towns. Radical Islamists in Cairo chant anti-US slogans and dream of turning the most populous Arab country into a religious state.
Nine guilty of child sex charges in grooming trial
Nine men were convicted Tuesday for their roles in a child sexual exploitation ring which groomed vulnerable girls, plying them with drugs and alcohol.
The men, from Rochdale and Oldham, preyed on girls as young as 13 who were "passed around" for sex, a jury at Liverpool Crown Court heard.
Some of the victims were raped and physically assaulted, forced to have sex with several men a day, several times a week.
Kabeer Hassan, 25, Abdul Aziz, 41, Abdul Rauf, 43, Mohammed Sajid, 35, Adil Khan, 42, Abdul Qayyum, 44, Mohammed Amin, 45, Hamid Safi, 22, and a 59-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons have been on trial for 10 weeks along with two other men who were acquitted.
Egyptian protesters shout slogans during a demonstration against the interim military leadership outside the defense ministry in Cairo
(CNN) -- Assailants targeted protesters demonstrating against the barring of a presidential candidate in Cairo early Wednesday, killing six and leaving scores hurt, the health ministry said.
At least 100 people were injured, said Hisham Sheeha, the deputy minister of health.
Seems it is illegal for a woman to travel on her own in Saudi Arabia. When his wife went on a business trip without his consent, her husband divorced her live on the radio.
Saudi Arabia has one of the highest divorce rates in the world. In 2010, over 18,765 divorce cases were recorded. According to a local expert, Awad al-Harbi, this means one divorce occurs every 30 minutes.
The reason for the high number of divorces? In Saudi Arabia it is extremely easy to get a divorce. No long drawn out court cases are required and a husband can divorce his wife on the radio or even by SMS.
An unnamed Saudi man has recently divorced his wife because she "disobeyed" him. The wife took the liberty of going on a business trip alone, which is not allowed in the Arab republic.
At least 90 injured in Cairo as military close eyes on attack against protesters (PHOTOS)
Egyptian fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly soccer club chant slogans against military rulers near the Department of Defense at Abbasiya Square in Cairo (REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
More than 90 people have been wounded as unidentified assailants attacked protesters in Cairo who called for an end to military rule. Police and army troops chose not to interfere. Some reports say a number of people have died in the violence.
Dr Mohamed Fatouh, the head of the Association of Tahrir Doctors, which has treated the injured near the site of the clashes, told reporters that four people were killed and at least 70 injured. The Egyptian Health Ministry confirmed a large amount of wounded people have been admitted to hospitals across Cairo, but denied any reports of casualties.
Egypt: 'Jihad to Cleanse the Country' of Free Speech
by Raymond Ibrahim •
Three of On TV's top journalists specifically named in the letter as targets for kidnapping and murder.
According to Al Ahram, Egypt's leading newspaper, a shadowy organization calling itself the "Jihad Group to Cleanse the Country" is threatening On TV, one of the nation's leading liberal media stations, which regularly exposes the Islamist agenda. It sent a letter to the president of the station threatening to target its studios and facilities, as well as kidnap some of its top reporters and journalists, holding them for a $20 million ransom or otherwise "liquidating" them. The message further threatened other media and organizations dealing with On TV with "painful and severe punishments."
