Monthly Archives: January 2013

‘Stop the pigeon’: Egypt police sends bird to criminal investigation department

By | 2013-01-15T13:13:30-04:00 January 15th, 2013|News|

In an incident that brings back old mailing tools, a pigeon was found Sunday in Egypt’s northeastern city of Qalyubia with a written message tied to one of its feet and a microfilm attached to the other, a local newspaper reported.    The Qalyubia Security Directorate said that a security guard called Saber Ibrahim filed

Muslim Brotherhood Responsible for Jews Fleeing Egypt

By | 2013-01-14T14:38:33-04:00 January 14th, 2013|Islam|

An Egyptian historian has fingered the Muslim Brotherhood as being responsible for the country's Jews fleeing Egypt.   The history professor, Khaled Fahmi, made the remarks during an interview which aired on Al-Nahar TV on January 3, 2013. They were translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).     "The Muslim Brotherhood bears

Iran Spying on Israel from Syria

By | 2013-01-14T12:31:57-04:00 January 14th, 2013|Reports|

Iran has been establishing signals intelligence stations in several parts of the Middle East, including the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, the U.S.-based World Tribune reports.   The Defense Department has indicated that one of the intelligence stations was established in the Golan Heights, close to Syria's border with Israel, the report said.   The

Egypt’s court grants ex-president Mubarak appeal, orders retrial

By | 2013-01-14T12:19:00-04:00 January 14th, 2013|News|

Egypt's Court of Cassation on Sunday accepted an appeal for a retrial by former president Hosni Mubarak who was sentenced to life for his involvement in the deaths of protesters in 2011.   Mubarak was convicted and sentenced to life in June for failing to prevent the killing of some 900 protesters during the 2011

Masked attackers fire petrol bombs at Egypt’s presidential palace protesters

By | 2013-01-13T14:38:56-04:00 January 13th, 2013|News|

Unknown attackers threw petrol bombs at tents housing protesters outside the Egyptian presidential palace in Cairo on Saturday, witnesses said.   Several tents were set on fire and ambulances were driving away from the scene late on Saturday evening, according to Reuters.    Protesters opposing an Islamist-backed constitution have been camped outside the residence of

CAIR Director: ‘Islam and U.S. Are Twins’

By | 2013-01-13T13:48:37-04:00 January 13th, 2013|Islam|

In an interview on Saudi Arabian TV December 27, 2012, Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Executive Director Nihad Awad declared that “Islam and the U.S. are twins, linked by common values. The values upon which the U.S. was founded are the same values advocated by Islam: Freedom, and especially freedom of religion, freedom of

Qatar Sends Egypt Extra $2 Billion as Currency Extends Slide

By | 2013-01-13T13:24:20-04:00 January 13th, 2013|News|

Qatar said it doubled its deposits at Egypt’s central bank to $4 billion, helping ease a currency crisis as the Arab world’s most populous country waits to resume loan talks with the International Monetary Fund.   Qatari premier Sheik Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani said those funds have been transferred, and $500 million of new grants

Egypt’s Mubarak questioned over gifts

By | 2013-01-13T12:22:12-04:00 January 13th, 2013|News|

Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak was on Saturday questioned over gifts worth millions of Egyptian pounds allegedly received from the country’s flagship state newspaper, a judicial source said.   Mubarak, who is already serving a life sentence for his involvement in the death of protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled him, was ordered detained