As Egyptians wait for the constituent assembly to produce the country’s new foundational document, the world can only speculate as to how well the new draft will distinguish Egypt’s future from its past. Article 2 of Sadat’s 1971 constitution is the controversial point today. Since 1980, it states: "Islam is the state religion, and the
Main Syrian rebel brigades have announced their opposition to an international peace conference on Syria if it does not result in President Bashar al-Assad’s removal, piling pressure on the political opposition not to attend. “Any solution will be totally rejected if it does not end Assad’s rule with all of its military and
The new "replacement" is not the old anti-Semitic theory but an anti-Christian fact. As the churches disappear, it is hard not to think of how these same Christians burned Jewish synagogues. A Catholic church in the UK has been sold to the Muslim community. St Peter’s Catholic church in Cobridge will become the Madina
A British security officer who was in charge of training guards in the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, has spoken to CBS news about the attack on the embassy in September 2012. The unnamed officer, who went by the pseudonym “Morgan Jones,” admitted to being “annoyed” that his guards were not allowed to
Muslims in Brunei who commit adultery can expect to face the death penalty by stoning if found out, according to new sharia (Islamic law) law being introduced in the South East Asian state. The UK's Daily Telegraph has reported the Sultan of Brunei is set to usher in a range of capital and corporal
Hamas has reportedly issued orders to shoot any opposition protesters in the head. Sources in the Palestinian Authority told the Palestine Press news agency on Saturday that the Interior Minister in Hamas’s government in Gaza, Fathi Hamad, has instructed security forces to be tough on any anti-Hamas demonstrator who will take part in a
Alexis de Tocqueville: "I studied the Quran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction that by and large there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad. So far as I can see, it is the principal cause of the
A video apparently showing a Saudi man beating an Asian man has triggered public anger and pushed Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Commission to follow up on the case, a spokesperson told Al Arabiya. The Saudi man in the video, who has not been named, accuses the victim of talking to his wife and then
Economy have collapsed as Egypt demolishes the smuggling tunnels along its sandy border. Ancient stone villages in the occupied West Bank have become trapped in rural poverty, while investors and donors shy away from a zone of seemingly endless conflict. The crackdown on the Gaza Strip and stagnation in the West Bank
The Hamas terrorist government in Gaza said Sunday that Egypt's closure of the tunnels that are used to smuggle goods into Gaza from Sinai is causing severe damage to Gaza's economy. The Hamas government's Economics Ministry said that severe damage has been caused to the industry, trade, agriculture, transport and construction sectors in Gaza.
