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
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.
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
Looking slightly restless, a small group of young women stood in the shade of a white-stone Bay Ridge mosque with large arched windows. They were fidgeting with their pens or flipping through the forms in their clipboards as they waited for the end of the Friday noon prayer, a weekly occasion that brings together a
A group of Muslim terror suspects has been branded the “most dangerous” terror threat France has faced since 1996. French prosecutor Francois Molins said he would file charges of attempted murder and terrorism against seven of the 12 suspects arrested last weekend in a nationwide sting operation. Five of the suspects were released without
The 100 member assembly tasked with composing Egypt’s new constitution released an unfinished draft to the public Wednesday and has asked Egyptians to begin debating its content. The document, however, according to analysts and Democrats, overlooked myriad crux concerns that symbolize the ongoing disputes that have stagnated the process of writing a new post-Hosni Mubarak
