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The Egyptian Trick Box

James P. Farwell | Posted 05.21.2013 | World
James P. Farwell

Egyptian President Mohamad Morsi and his cohorts are revealing their true character and Egyptians don't like what they see.

Religious Freedom in Egypt? Ask the Sphinx

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.18.2013 | World
Ken Blackwell

Egypt and the other countries in the Mideast will never be stable, much less democratic, if they murder their neighbors who worship differently. U.S. tax dollars should not buy the Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and its military the armored personnel carriers they use to run over Christians.

Who's Who In Egypt's Ongoing Crisis

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 01.29.2013 | World

CAIRO -- Following are the main players in Egypt's latest political crisis, which began around the time of the second anniversary of the start of the ...

Muslim Brotherhood Offices Torched

Reuters | Posted 03.27.2013 | World

ISMAILIA, Egypt, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Offices used by the Muslim Brotherhood's political party were set ablaze in the Egyptian city of Ismailia on Fri...

Egypt's Opposition Vows To Continue Constitution Fight

Reuters | Posted 02.19.2013 | World

By Tamim Elyan CAIRO, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Egypt's opposition, facing defeat over a new constitution in a referendum this weekend, urged...

'There Will Be A Lot Of Blood'

Reuters | Posted 02.12.2013 | World

By Giles Elgood CAIRO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - A leading opposition figure warned of more blood on the streets when Egyptians vote on a new...

Egypt's Military Warns Of 'Disastrous Consequences' If Crisis Continues

AP | SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 02.07.2013 | World

CAIRO — A national dialogue committee said a referendum on a disputed draft constitution will be held on schedule, but President Mohammed Morsi ...

Protestors Break Through Presidential Palace Barriers

Reuters | Posted 02.06.2013 | World

CAIRO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Egyptian protesters broke through a barbed wire barricade keeping them from the presidential palace in Cair...

Thousands Of Egyptians March On Presidential Palace

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 02.06.2013 | World

CAIRO — Egypt postponed early voting on a contentious draft constitution, and aides to President Mohammed Morsi floated the possibility of cance...

Cairo Protester: 'There's A Huge Backlash Towards America Right Now'

The Huffington Post | John Stephens | Posted 12.05.2012 | World

As more than 100,000 Egyptians marched on the presidential palace in Cairo on Tuesday over President Mohammed Morsi's recent seizure of nearly unrestr...

Egyptian Assembly Starts Voting On New Constitution

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 01.29.2013 | World

CAIRO — Islamists approved a draft constitution for Egypt early Friday without the participation of liberal and Christian members, seeking to pr...

Morsi Supporters, Opponents Clash In Cairo

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL and AYA BATRAWY | Posted 01.23.2013 | World

CAIRO — Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a deci...

Muslim Brotherhood Urges Holy War After Peace Deal

AP | Posted 01.22.2013 | World

CAIRO — The top leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood denounced peace efforts with Israel and urged holy war to liberate Palestinian territories ...

Democracy at the Heart of Islamic Revival

Muqtedar Khan | Posted 12.29.2012 | World
Muqtedar Khan

Much of what is happening in Egypt demonstrates that Islam and democracy are compatible. President Morsi has repeatedly stated that what he and Egyptians seek is a civil, not an Islamic, state -- one that will treat all its citizens equally, men and women, Muslim and non-Muslim.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood: Perception and Reality

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 11.25.2012 | World
Alon Ben-Meir

Those who draw hasty conclusions that an Egypt led by the Muslim Brotherhood will soon become an Islamic state fashioned after Saudi Arabia or the oppressive regime in Iran neither appreciates Egypt's uniqueness nor its storied history.

Embassy's Twitter War Goes Viral

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 09.13.2012 | World

By LEE KEATH, The Associated Press CAIRO -- The snark is flying between the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the Muslim Brotherhood in a Twitter spat that...

The Arab Spring's Islamist Inheritors

Michael Brenner | Posted 11.10.2012 | World
Michael Brenner

The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt challenges the pillars of Saudi strategy in the Middle East while posing a dilemma for the United States. The two partners have devised a response whose centerpiece is an understanding with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood as to the terms of what amounts to "peaceful coexistence."

Heavy Metal Concert Investigated For 'Satanist Rituals'

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 09.03.2012 | World

By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press CAIRO -- A heavy metal concert has prompted a police investigation after an Islamist lawyer claimed it was atte...

Egypt's Prez To Visit U.S. Next Month

AP | Posted 08.22.2012 | World

CAIRO -- Egypt's Islamist president will visit the United States next month, an aide said Wednesday. The visit could serve as a step toward cementing ...

The Torch of Misinformation Has Been Passed

David Uberti | Posted 09.23.2012 | World
David Uberti

As we've seen in thee U.S. the past decade, the party that wins the information war usually carries the day. But the SCAF's stranglehold on truth is leaving little room for Egyptians to pick their own winners and losers.

Egypt's Prez Elect To Head To Tahrir

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL and SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 08.29.2012 | World

CAIRO — President-elect Mohammed Morsi roused the masses in Tahrir Square on Friday, vowing to fight on behalf of the people and defying the rul...

Hell in a Reed Basket

Nina Burleigh | Posted 08.26.2012 | World
Nina Burleigh

This latest chapter of the Arab Spring opens beneath the searing sky of an Egyptian late June, in the sort of incapacitating heat that makes even the most efficient lose track of time, abandon goals and dispense with logic.

Egypt Waits For President

Reuters | Posted 08.23.2012 | World

By Tamim Elyan and Alastair Macdonald CAIRO, June 23 (Reuters) - Egyptians were waiting for a president on Saturday, the first they h...

Tens Of Thousands Rally Against Egypt's Military

AP | SARAH EL DEEB and MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 08.22.2012 | World

CAIRO — Egypt's military and the Muslim Brotherhood traded blame for rising tensions Friday as the country awaited the outcome of a presidential...

Egyptian Elections: An Uncertain Future for the American Agenda

Alex_Porter | Posted 08.21.2012 | College
Alex_Porter

It is probable that Egypt will be better off without the vile oppression of Hosni Mubarak's regime and his military lapdogs, including Shafiq. What remains to be seen, however, is if the United States and its allies will be.