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Islamic State terrorist who blew up Russian airliner ‘identified’ and ‘last...
Investigators have identified the airport worker who planted a bomb on a Russian passenger jet and was last seen in Turkey, Russian media have claimed. Life News, a Russian tabloid site with close...
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Three Egyptian Coptic students are facing charges of insulting Islam
Three Coptic students will face trial this week in Egypt for allegedly insulting Islam after they appeared in a video which showed them mocking Muslim prayers. Their teacher—who filmed the video—has...
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In Egypt, officials incite — and then cite — Muslim violence as reason not to...
Security forces in Upper Egypt recently arrested 10 Coptic Christians for trying to build a wall around a piece of vacant land in order to expand their current church into the territory or possibly...
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Egypt: Coptic Christian Tombs Turned into “Garbage Dumps”
As often happens to Christian cemeteries in Muslim nations — whether at the hands of “ISIS” or the hands of “angry youth” — “the tombs of the Copts [Egypt’s indigenous Christians] are being turned into...
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Court to issue verdict in trial of 4 Coptic Christians charged with contempt...
The Bani Mazar Court will deliver the verdict in the trial of four Coptic Christian students charged with contempt of religion on 25 February. In April of 2015, the four students filmed a play...
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Egypt’s “Security Threat”: Churches
On February 1, Tharwat Bukhit, a Coptic Christian member of Egypt’s parliament, announced “there are approximately 50 churches in Egypt closed for reasons of security.” When the “Arab Spring” broke out...
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Egypt jails author Ahmed Naji for sexually explicit book
The Egyptian author Ahmed Naji has been given a two-year prison sentence for “violating public modesty” after publishing a book with references to sex and drugs. Ramy Yaacoub, a political analyst and...
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The Key to Combating Radicalization
“…Egyptian men not only encouraged to pursue their sexual desires by raping non-Muslims as an act of war, they are exhorted to plunder the coffers of non-Muslims, too. In the early 1990s, Abu Ishaq...
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Egypt sentences four Christian teenagers for contempt of Islam
An Egyptian court convicted four Coptic Christian teenagers for contempt of Islam after they appeared in a video mocking Muslim prayers. Three of those convicted will serve five years in jail, while a...
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From Cairo, ‘It’s Saturday Night Live!’ — without politics, sex or religion
The arrival of “SNL Arabia” comes as cultural repression is deepening in Egypt and other parts of the region. In Saudi Arabia, blogger Raif Badawi is serving a 10-year sentence for “insulting Islam”...
View ArticleEgyptian TV Hosts Argue On Air about Who Should Be Held Accountable for...
The uncomfortable truth. I was stunned when I first heard this because both viewpoints illustrate how people deal with the reality of Islamic violence: “Not my fault”, which is a personal response and...
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‘Hitler’ Clothing Store Causes Stir in Cairo…
A Egyptian store owner situated on a prestigious promenade often called the “Champs Elysées” of Cairo is defending naming his shop after Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. The front of the store bears...
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Star of David found engraved on ancient Egyptian temple causes ‘bustle’ in Egypt
The Roman Ptolemaic Temple, which dates back to the 3rd century B.C, is located in the Elephantine Island in Aswan. (Head of the Egyptian Antiquities branch in the Antiquities Ministry Dr. Mahmoud)...
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Puppet is charged with defying ‘the values and ethics of Egypt’ after posing...
A puppet has been charged with defying ‘the values and ethics of Egypt’ after making sexual innuendo jokes on her television show. Abla Fahita has won over millions of fans with her political satire...
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Evening photos
Lost in a purple field (France) by Marco Grassi More below the fold Wheat by yayoi First light in the forest (no location given) by Andy 58 Slovenian Tuscany: In the hilly surroundings of Maribor...
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Cairo gunmen brutally murder eight policemen in drive-by shooting
The killers are believed to have driven past in a pickup truck, before mowing down the officers in a hail of gunfire. While the attack has not yet been officially linked to terrorism, initial reports...
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Egypt’s “Security Threat”: Churches
On February 1, Tharwat Bukhit, a Coptic Christian member of Egypt’s parliament, announced “there are approximately 50 churches in Egypt closed for reasons of security.” When the “Arab Spring” broke out...
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Jihad on Christian Church Tents
A Christian church in Egypt was just torched to the ground at the hands of “extremists” on May 12. A video shows the structure burning as Christians scurry to throw pails of water on it. The church...
View ArticleGreek Authorities Have Found Debris From Doomed Egyptian Flight
Greek authorities have found “floating material” that is likely to be debris from the EgyptAir plane that crashed over the Mediterranean on Thursday as well as life jackets, the Egyptian civil aviation...
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Evening photos
Sefton’s Garden, Aoraki National Park (New Zealand) by Patrick Marson Ong More below the fold Spring scene (Netherlands) by Stan Bessems Twisted Tree (“Wolf” Mountains, Polish/Czech/Slovak border...
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