Egypt constitutional court on Thursday ruled the whole Islamist-dominated parliament illegitimate, the official MENA news agency reported. “The constitutional court affirmed in the details of its verdict that the parliamentary elections were not constitutional, and the entire composition of parliament has been illegitimate since its election,” the news agency said. The explanation was
Egypt's constitutional court ruled on Thursday disqualified the country's parliament, just three days before presidential elections. The court ruled that one third of the seats in the Islamist-dominated parliament were invalid. Following this decision, Egypt's ruling military council announced that if any part of the parliament is illegal, then the entire body should be
Violence in Iraq has eased since the height of the war, but Islamist insurgents tied to al-Qaeda are still potent, often targeting Shiite pilgrims to try to reignite the sectarian tensions that drove Iraq close to civil war in 2006-2007. In Wednesday’s attacks, at least 18 people were killed when four bombs hit pilgrims
Turkey has expressed fears that the bloodshed from the growing civil war in Syria could spill over its border. “We are disturbed by the possibility that it could spread to us,” Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Naci Koru said Wednesday in an interview on state-run TRT television. More than 29,500 Syrian refugees have fled
Quietly, behind the scenes, the Muslim Brotherhood is enforcing censorship of all U.S. government training about Islam and the forces of Islamic jihad. Under the co-opted direction of National Security Council official, Quintan Wiktorowicz, key Cabinet Departments, including Defense, Homeland Security, Justice and State are purging their curriculum materials of any references about Islam that
France has refused entry to three women from Saudi Arabia who declined to take off their face veils (niqab) for immigration officials, forcing them to get a return flight, an airport source said Tuesday. The women arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on a Qatar Airways flight from Doha at 2:30 pm
Children attending an Islamic jihad-run kindergarten in Gaza celebrated their graduation by dressing up in army uniforms, waving rifles and chanting anti-Israel slogans, an Israeli online daily reported late Tuesday. At a ceremony attended by the children’s parents and relatives, most of whom affiliate themselves to Islamic Jihad or Palestinian political factions, the children
The Palestinian Authority is making a bid to list the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as located in the “country of Palestine.” The issue arose with the question of whether to approve the registration of the church with the World Heritage Committee at its upcoming meeting in Russia, set for June 24 to
Hundreds of Salafi Islamists, angered by an art exhibition they say insults Muslims, clashed with police in Tunis on Tuesday, raising religious tensions in the home of the Arab Spring. Protesters blocked streets and set tyres alight in the working class Ettadamen and Sidi Hussein districts of the capital overnight, hurling petrol bombs at
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's condition stabilized on Tuesday, but his lawyer said the 84-year old former president does not trust his doctors in the prison hospital and fears they are out to kill him. There have been conflicting reports about Mubarak's condition since a court sentenced him to life in prison on June
