Monthly Archives: May 2011

The Egyptian government said it would strike with an “iron hand” those who threatened the country’s national security, the justice minister said Sunday, after clashes between Islamists and Christians that killed 12 people and wounded 232 in Cairo.

A German city funded and hosted a pro-Hamas “The Return Generation Knows the Way” conference Saturday, complete with Nazi terminology and incitement for suicide bombings.

Salafi demonstrators in Gaza were blocked by Hamas police on Saturday from protesting last week's assassination of Al Qaeda terrorist founder Osama bin Laden.

At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian violence

Expressing deep regret over the deaths of nine Egyptians in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Cairo, Prime Minister Essam Sharaf postponed a trip to the Gulf. He held an emergency meeting of the cabinet on Sunday, amid indications that Egypt’s conservative Islamic movement, led by Salafis, was becoming increasingly restive about the country’s traditional secular environment.

Syrian opposition figures urged President Bashar al-Assad to embrace democracy and hold elections within six months, saying he could transform the country and become a source of pride, Agence-France Presse reported.

“Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” has denied all responsibility for last week’s attack in Marrakesh, Morocco, which killed 17 people, most of them foreigners, two days after the Moroccan interior ministry said three men had been arrested, including one “loyal” Al-Qaeda member.

Syrian security forces shot dead three women who were taking part in all-women protest on Saturday near the coastal city of Banias, which was stormed by troops, backed by tanks. Pro-democracy residents formed human chains in a bit to halt the military operations.

Osama Bin Laden’s death could transform the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Politically, it creates the opportunity to scale back the military campaign and lower the objective.