Only three weeks away from the U.S. presidential elections facing off a tie between the two parties, unverified photographs of President Obama’s wedding band have been published online, claiming the ring to have the Islamic declaration of faith, known in Arabic as ‘Shahada.’ World Net Daily (WND), a conservative online news agency, initially reported
Egypt’s prosecutor general defied a presidential decision to remove him from his post, entering his office Saturday in a downtown Cairo courthouse flanked by security and hundreds of judicial officials. President Mohammed Mursi had ordered prosecutor general Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud to step down in an apparent bid to appease public anger over the acquittals of
The calm of the Sabbath was disrupted on Friday evening as two Grad missiles fired by Gaza-based terrorists exploded in the city of Netivot, Channel 2 News reported. At around 7:30 p.m., residents of the city, some of whom were in the midst of their Shabbat dinner, heard the “red alert” siren. Shortly afterwards
WND's Jerome Corsi has a hot one today, reporting that "according to Arabic-language and Islamic experts, the ring Obama has been wearing for more than 30 years is adorned with the first part of the Islamic declaration of faith, the Shahada: “There is no god except Allah.' " Corsi continues: The Shahada is
Clashes erupted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday as supporters and opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi tried to wrest control of the iconic square in rival rallies, an AFP journalist reported. Gunshots were heard during the clashes clashes in downtown Cairo as well as explosions caused by Molotov cocktails, an Al Arabiya correspondent said.
As the controversy continues to escalate over the placement of ads in New York City subways that call for a moral outcry against jihad and the jihadist deeds of radical Islamists around the world, Arutz Sheva sat down with Pamela Geller, co-founder of the American Freedom Defense Initiative, the organization that has spearheaded this ad
An influential group of Egyptian judges backed the state prosecutor’s refusal to resign after President Mohammed Mursi ordered his removal to allay public anger over the acquittals of Mubarak-era officials, state media reported on Friday. The disagreement revived a power struggle between the Islamist leader and the judiciary, which comprises influential judges appointed under
A controversial blasphemy clause proposed by the ruling Islamist party will not be included in Tunisia’s new constitution, the speaker of the National Constituent Assembly told AFP. “There will certainly be no criminalization,” Mustapha Ben Jaafar said. “That is not because we have agreed to (allow) attacks on the sacred, but because the
An advisor to the Hamas government in Gaza urged his movement this week to refrain from emulating the PLO in making political concessions and adopting pragmatist policies. Instead, he called upon Hamas to declare that it was created to eliminate the State of Israel. The advisor, Kana'an 'Obeid, made the call in an
The Foreign Ministry on Thursday upbraided the French Consulate General in Jerusalem over remarks made by France's Consul General in Jerusalem, Frédéric Desagneaux, that the Ministry said “denies the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel.” In a statement, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Yigal Palmor said that Israel was “shocked that the French Consul General was
