http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/egypt/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:34:23 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417869/posts More than 1,000 people from around the world were gathered here on Tuesday for a solidarity march into Gaza despite Egypt’s insistence that the Gaza border crossing that it controls would remain closed to the vast majority of them. The protest, the Gaza Freedom March, was planned for Thursday and intended to mark a year since Israel’s three-week military assault on the territory. On Tuesday, hundreds of the frustrated activists gathered to press their case on the front steps of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate here, holding “Free Gaza” signs and chanting, “Let us go.” Some declared a hunger strike. About... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417869/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:34:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417844/posts Cairo (AINA) -- The phenomenon of abduction, rape and forced Islamization of Christian girls in Egypt was shown for the first time on the Christian TV channel "Life TV", which broadcasts from outside Egypt and has nearly 60 million Arab-speaking viewers in Egypt and around the world. The testimonies of the victims and their families came as a shock to many, including Egyptian Christians, since this issue is taboo for the Egyptian media, "Our role is to expose those behind those crimes," said Rasheed El Maghreby, the program's moderator. The program was aired in mid-November 2009, and interviewed Mr. Magdi... Assyrian International News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417844/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:54:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417362/posts More love and charity from the beautiful and peaceful religion! As Egypt's ancient Christian-Coptic community is genocided, the world idly stands by and repeats the pretense that Islam is a "religion of peace." The latest reported atrocity from the Wonderful World of Islam is the kidnap and gang rape of Christian girls in Egypt, with the rapist-beasts receiving what appears to be total immunity for their crimes. Indeed, it is in keeping with the centuries-long Islamic practice of "rape jihad" that these thugs are to be lauded for their despicable behavior. Freethought Nation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417362/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:09:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415959/posts The rich kid with a brilliant school record was a ticking time bomb even before he turned up as an international student living in his father’s mansion block apartment in Britain. Classmates remember Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as such a pious youth that he was nicknamed “Imam” and “the Pope” after rebuking them for failing to live up to religious principles. Suicide bombers typically take half a dozen years to descend from religious fanaticism to “martyrdom”, which appears to be the case for this young Nigerian, a security expert said. Acting alone as a “clean skin” rather than by mingling with... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415959/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:41:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415202/posts The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has signaled its intent to consider a rash of foreign military sales to Egypt, including the transfer of anti-tank missiles. The government of Egypt has also requested anti-ship missiles, engine upgrades for its fleet of F-16 jet fighters and Fast Missile Crafts worth an estimated $1.18 billion. The proposed sale is expected to "contribute to the foreign police and national security objectives of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country which has been and continues to be an important force for political stability and economic progress in the... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415202/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414873/posts The phenomenon of abduction, rape and forced Islamization of Christian girls in Egypt was shown for the first time on the Christian TV channel "Life TV", which broadcasts from outside Egypt and has nearly 60 million Arab-speaking viewers in Egypt and around the world. ... Ingy Adel, now 16, was abducted at the age of 12 on her way to school by being anaesthetized and bundled into a car. "I was taken into a room by a man called Sultan, who tied my hands behind my back and raped me," said Ingy. Four men followed Sultan in raping her, "I... Assyrian International News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414873/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:32:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410482/posts Videos on YouTube indicate that unusual lights are again appearing on a Coptic Orthodox church in the Cairo metropolitan area, this time in a neighborhood known as Warraq. There are no details as yet as to when the phenomena began, but according to blog reports crowds began forming on December 9 -- a day after the Immaculate Conception feast -- and thousands are now gathering each night, chanting, singing Arabic-style Christian songs, and loudly exclaiming as forms or flashes of light materialize. The forms of light are vague as taken with what appear to be cell phones and presented on... SpiritDaily and other http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2410482/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:40:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410064/posts The internal threat from Muslim extremists in the military extends to high-level Defense Department aides who have undermined military policy. In fact, one top Muslim adviser pushed out an intelligence analyst who warned of the sudden jihad syndrome that led to the Fort Hood terrorist attack. An honored guest of the Ramadan dinner at the Pentagon this September was Hesham Islam, who infiltrated the highest echelons of the Ring despite proven ties to U.S. terror front groups and a shady past in his native Egypt. As senior adviser for international affairs to former deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, Islam ran... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410064/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:46:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2409664/posts The faithful say she comes in a flash of light amid a swirl of pigeons. Hundreds, if not thousands, have been lining up for hours every night at the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in a Cairo neighborhood just off the Nile. Many of them claim that a mysterious light hovering above the church's domes is an apparition of the Virgin Mary who will bring Christian Copts prosperity and relief in a time of national and religious struggle. The crowds began appearing Thursday evening when a number of residents spotted a flickering light. No one was sure where the illumination was... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2409664/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:57:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407736/posts Monday, December 14, 2009 A Tale of Two Walls By Joseph Farah Egypt is building a huge metal wall along its border with the Gaza Strip to cut down on smuggling and penetration by terrorists. When it is finished in 18 months, the super-strength steel wall that cannot be cut or melted will be about seven miles long and extend 60 feet below the ground to inhibit tunnel-digging. It is said to be impenetrable – however, no one doubts that smugglers and terrorists won't try to burrow beneath it. But it is a deterrent – a big deterrent. Interestingly, I... Bible Prohecy Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407736/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:08:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405341/posts Leader Abdul Rahman Hamed states: “’The law of unconditional divorce has become a sword hanging over men’s heads’” per “Egypt men slam giving women right to divorce” at http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/12/09/93654.html Zenithmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2405341/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:05:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404051/posts Breaking News: Pakistan Reportedly Detains Five D.C.-Area Muslims on Suspicion of Terror IPT News December 8, 2009 **Updated December 9, 9:00 a.m. EST A Pakistani newspaper reports the arrest of five foreign nationals after a raid in a town called Sargodha. The raid took place at the home of a member of the Jaish-e-Muhammad, a Pakistani movement designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2001. According to the report, "The DPO told that these people had been living in Sargodha since Nov 30 and it was quite a possibility that they were engaged in acts of... INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404051/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:22:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401572/posts “Your body language has to be strong,” ... “The moment they start trouble, you send a harsh message letting them know that their behaviour is not acceptable.” Her class, which meets once a week in the upper-class Cairo neighbourhood of Maadi, is one of dozens that has been started across Cairo... All the women said that they faced harassment daily. “I thought it was so normal for us to take this abuse. We’ve let the men get away with it for too long,” ... She decided to learn how to defend herself after a man tried to grope her on... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2401572/posts#comment Sun, 6 Dec 2009 17:27:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399942/posts [no excerpt, the miserable curs at AP, who digitized Sarah's entire book and published large chunks of it, claiming "fair use", don't like to be hoist on their own petard, whatever. The gist of the original AP story is, the Jews start all wars.] Discovery News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399942/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 04:40:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399938/posts Worn teeth, periodontal diseases, abscesses and cavities tormented the ancient Egyptians, according to the first systematic review of all studies performed on Egyptian mummies in the past 30 years. After examining research of more than 3,000 mummies, anatomists and paleopathologists at the University of Zurich concluded that 18 percent of all mummies in case reports showed a nightmare array of dental diseases... Published in the Journal of Comparative Human Biology (HOMO), the review takes into consideration all studies published since 1977, when computed tomography was first applied to ancient Egyptian mummies. CT imaging revealed an impressive collection of diseases, including... Discovery News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399938/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 04:34:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399343/posts Cairo, December 2nd, 2009 – Egypt’s leading Egyptologist, Dr Zahi Hawass, has revealed that an excavation team under his charge are investigating an ancient tomb at the centre of claims regarding the alleged discovery of a cave underworld beneath the Pyramids of Giza. In August British writer and explorer Andrew Collins announced that he had rediscovered the entrance to a previously unexplored cave system, entered via a mysterious tomb several hundred meters west of the Great Pyramid. The cave entrance was found following clues left in the 200-year-old memoirs of British diplomat and explorer Henry Salt, who recorded how in... Response Source http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2399343/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:34:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398346/posts Muslim reaction across the world to Sunday’s Swiss referendum banning the construction of further minarets for mosques in the tiny Alpine nation has been almost entirely negative. Indonesia’s Maskuri Abdillah, leader of the largest Muslim organization in the world’s most populous Muslim nation said the vote reflected Swiss “hatred” of Islam and Muslims. Egyptian Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, close to the regime of President Hosni Mubarak, said the ban was an attempt to “insult the feelings of the Muslim community in and outside Switzerland.” Yet the referendums outcome pales in comparison to restrictions on non-Muslims who aim to practice their... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398346/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 13:02:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396211/posts Photos included. # SNIPPET: "Cairo (AINA) -- In an effort to cover up the Muslim mob violence against the Copts which broke out last week in the town of Farshoot and neighboring villages (AINA 11-22-2009, 11-23-2009), and in view of the complete news blackout imposed by the Egyptian government, Egyptian State Security has intensified its pressure on the Coptic Church in Nag Hammadi and the victims of the violence into accepting extrajudicial reconciliation with the perpetrators, and opening their businesses without any compensation. Similar State Security scenarios have been experienced by Copts in all sectarian incidents in the past, in... AINA.org - News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396211/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:33:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395095/posts An IDF bomb squad detonated a 15-kilogram explosive seized during a search conducted along the Egyptian border on Thursday. Late Wednesday night, IDF troops on a routine patrol of the border area spotted a suspicious figure carrying a bag containing what was later discovered to be a 15-kilogram bomb. The soldiers ordered him to stop and fired several shots in the air. However, the man fled the scene back into Egypt, dropping the bag in his haste. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395095/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394565/posts Uniformed and plain-clothed Egyptian policemen clash with a demonstrator in al-Mukatam neighbourhood in Cairo on May 2009. Hundreds of Muslim protesters on Saturday burnt Christian-owned shops in southern Egypt and attacked a police station where they believed a Christian accused of raping a Muslim girl was being held, a police official said. Cairo, Egypt, Nov 25, 2009 / 10:36 am (CNA).- For several days massive mobs of Muslims have been attacking Coptic Christians in the Egyptian town of Farshoot 300 miles south of Cairo. The mobs’ looting, vandalism and arson have caused at least $1 million in damage as Copts... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394565/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:10:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393653/posts Egyptian Muslim Mob Attacks Thousands of Coptic Christians in Egypt Contact: Ihab Aziz, Executive Director, Coptic American Friendship Association (CAFA), 703-337-5217, Coptic.American@yahoo.com MEDIA ADVISORY, Nov. 24 /Christian Newswire/ -- As of Saturday, November 21, 2009 the Egyptian town of Farshoot, located 300 miles south of Cairo, and the neighboring villages of Kom Ahmar, Shakiki and Ezbet Waziri, have been the scenes of massive Muslim mob attacks against Coptic Christian inhabitants. The mob looted, vandalized and burnt Coptic properties estimated for six million Egyptian pounds (over one million dollars), while Copts are still hiding indoors fearing for their lives. There are... Christian News Wire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393653/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:26:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392560/posts Egypt's president basically acknowledged that to Peres. "A Jew cannot even build a bathroom in Jerusalem without International condemnation"-Dov Hikind, NY Assemblyman Israel's president Shimon Peres was in Cairo, Egypt for talks with Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian president, who has been Egypt's head of state for at least a quarter of a century, warned that Israel would anger all Muslims if it did not resolve what was refered to as Jerusalem's "disputed status". But the real kicker came when Mubarak emphasized that the future of Jerusalem is "an issue for the entire Islamic world". Did you get that? "...an issue... Amerisrael http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2392560/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:43:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392078/posts A 15-year-old Egyptian girl, Dina el-Gohary, has written an emotional appeal to President Obama asking him to use his influence to save her father, Maher el-Gohary, who is being persecuted for his beliefs. "Mr. President Obama, we are a minority in Egypt," Dina writes, according to a report from the Assyrian International News Agency. "We are treated very badly. ... We are imprisoned in our own home because Muslim clerics called for the murder of my father, and now the Government has set for us a new prison, we are imprisoned in our own country." Dina and her father are... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392078/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:14:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390706/posts One of the Arab world's biggest pop stars has provoked a torrent of outrage after releasing a song which refers to black Egyptians as monkeys. Haifa Wehbe, an award-winning Lebanese diva who has been voted one of the world's most beautiful people, is now facing a lawsuit from Egyptian Nubians claiming the song has fuelled discrimination against them and made some Nubian children too afraid to attend school. The row has cast fresh light on the position within Egyptian society of Nubians, who are descended from one of Africa's most ancient black civilisations and yet often face marginalisation in modern... Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390706/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389174/posts President Opts To Ignore Persecution Christians Face Death thelastcrusade.org 15-year-old Egyptian girl Dina el-Gowhary, who converted from Islam to Christianity, has sent a plea to President Obama, complaining of mistreatment by the Egyptian Government and asking for his mediation. “Mr. President Obama,” she writes, “we are a minority in Egypt. We are treated very badly. You said that the Muslim minority in America are treated very well, so why are we not treated here likewise? We are imprisoned in our own home because Muslim clerics called for the murder of my father, and now the Government has set for... The Last Crusade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2389174/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:21:44 GMT