Monthly Archives: December 2013

Obama’s America, Going the Way of Rome

By | 2013-12-21T19:37:38-04:00 December 21st, 2013|Op-Eds|

Barack Obama is a creature of relativism, even though, without logical consistency, this “post-American” president exalts Islam.   The longest chapter in Machiavelli's "Prince" is devoted to conspiracy. No conspiracy—if it may be called that—is more significant than the one enfolding in the United States under its “post-American” president, Barack Hussein Obama.   Let us

Egyptian: Goal of Arab Spring to Wipe Out Christians

By | 2013-12-21T12:10:39-04:00 December 21st, 2013|Reports|

Dr. Ashraf Ramelah, an Egyptian Christian activist and founder of Voice of the Copts, said in a recent interview with Arab media that the new constitution being discussed in Egypt is further evidence that the so-called “Arab Spring” was nothing more than a front for a revitalization of the Islamic agenda.   Ramelah told The

UN Condemns Iran’s Human Rights Violations

By | 2013-12-20T18:17:09-04:00 December 20th, 2013|News|

The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday condemned human rights violations in Iran, but welcomed pledges by Iran's president to improve in some areas.   The resolution on Iran was approved with 86 votes in favor, 36 against and 61 abstentions, reported Reuters.   While the resolution on Iran expressed concern at serious ongoing abuses,

Two Muslim converts found guilty of murdering UK soldier in London

By | 2013-12-19T17:51:45-04:00 December 19th, 2013|News|

Two Muslim converts were convicted on Thursday of murdering a British soldier in broad daylight on a London street, hacking him to death in a gruesome killing that horrified the nation.   A jury at London‘s Old Bailey criminal court decided that Michael Adebolajo, 29, and Michael Adebowale, 22, were guilty of murdering soldier Lee

Egypt Arrests Terrorist Involved in August 2012 Border Attack

By | 2013-12-19T17:20:32-04:00 December 19th, 2013|News|

Egypt's military has arrested a jihadist suspected of involvement in an ambush that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers near the border with Israel last year, an army spokesman said Tuesday, according to AFP.   Silmi Mohammed Masbah was arrested Monday in Sinai and is allegedly a member of Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, an Al-Qaeda-inspired group operating in

Kerry: Meeting with Syrian Islamists ‘Possible’

By | 2013-12-19T12:31:43-04:00 December 19th, 2013|News|

Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday that “it is possible” the United States would meet with a newly formed Islamist Syrian rebel alliance, AFP reports.   The recently formed Islamic Front wants to replace the regime in Syria with an Islamic state.   “The United States has not met yet to date with the

Iran Unveils New Radar System

By | 2013-12-19T12:26:29-04:00 December 19th, 2013|News|

Iran on Tuesday unveiled a newly-developed advanced radar system with high target detection capabilities, reported the semi-official Fars news agency.   “The radar is complementary to the phased array radar system unveiled on September 1 and its repair and maintenance is very simple,” the Commander of Iran’s Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base, Brigadier General Farzad

Jordanian Anger over Israel’s Temple Mount Security

By | 2013-12-19T12:07:48-04:00 December 19th, 2013|News|

Jordan, the custodian of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, demanded on Tuesday that Israel remove surveillance cameras at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount, the AFP news agency reports.   "Jordan rejects Israel's installation of surveillance cameras on December 8 to monitor waqf officials and worshippers, particularly women," Information Minister Mohammad Momani told

Free Bishoy Armyia (the former Mohammed Hegazy) from prison

By | 2013-12-18T23:21:34-04:00 December 18th, 2013|Petitions|

Free Bishoy Armyia (the former Mohammed Hegazy) from prison where he is held unjustly under false pretenses Egyptian Interim President Adly Monsour General Abdel Fatah Al Sisi, Minister of Defense of Egypt   Mohammed Hegazy [now Bishoy Armyia] has been detained in Egypt for allegedly inciting ‘sectarian strife’. Sources are concerned he may be tortured.