Monthly Archives: July 2013

Voice of the Copts’ plea for justice in Egypt

By | 2013-07-23T23:08:27-04:00 July 23rd, 2013|Press Releases|

Plea for justice in Egypt: Egyptian military must go all the way.   With the help of foreign countries, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood together with Hamas is working to destabilize Egypt upon the successful overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood-backed Egyptian President, Mohammad Morsi.    Muslim Brotherhood leaders hold to President Morsi’s promise of bloodshed and a

The Contamination of Israel’s Aquifers.

By | 2013-07-23T22:39:49-04:00 July 23rd, 2013|Op-Eds|

  The polio virus has been found in Israel's water. Its source is not hard to find. Israel gave up Gaza, and the Hamas genocidally rocketed pre-1967 Israel-Sderot and Ashkelon.  Israel gave up the civil administration of the Palestinian Authority; the Palestinians Arabs responded with the Intifada.   Today, there is a more insidious attack

At least 10 killed in overnight Cairo clashes

By | 2013-07-23T21:55:04-04:00 July 23rd, 2013|News|

    At least 10 people were killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted Egyptian president Mohammad Mursi in Cairo on Tuesday, the health ministry announced.   Khaled al-Khateeb, a health ministry official, said 86 more were wounded in the violence, which erupted when the Islamist protesters marched toward the U.S. embassy in

Philippine Muslim teachers told to remove veils

By | 2013-07-23T20:10:34-04:00 July 23rd, 2013|Islam|

The majority-Catholic Philippines told Muslim teachers Tuesday to remove their veils inside classrooms, in part to promote better relationships between teachers and pupils.   Education Secretary Armin Luistro said the move was part of reforms to make schools more sensitive to religion.   Muslim schoolgirls will still be allowed to wear the veil or "hijab"

Head of Syrian Jihadists: We Support an Islamic Caliphate

By | 2013-07-23T19:37:01-04:00 July 23rd, 2013|News|

The leader of the jihadist Syrian rebel group Jabhat Al-Nusra (Al-Nusra Front) has declared that his group is in favor of establishing an Islamic caliphate in civil war torn Syria.   In an audio recorded that has been disseminated over the past several days, Abu Mohammad al-Julani stresses that he strongly opposes parliamentary elections or

Millions of girls at risk of genital mutilation despite global decline

By | 2013-07-23T18:53:02-04:00 July 23rd, 2013|Women rights|

More than 30 million girls are at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), despite increasing global rejection of the act, a report said on Monday.   A UNICEF report showed that more than 125 million women and girls alive today have undergone FGM, while 30 million girls remain at risk of being cut in

Cairo residents lose their patience with Islamist camp

By | 2013-07-21T20:32:39-04:00 July 21st, 2013|News|

As thousands of Islamists massed for a third week at Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya square, residents were beginning to lose patience with ousted president Mohamed Mursi’s supporters camped on their doorsteps.   In the neighborhood of Nasr City, where the hot summer winds whip up the dust during the day, traffic grinds to a halt ahead

African Refugees in Egypt Face Racism, Discrimination

By | 2013-07-21T18:17:25-04:00 July 21st, 2013|News|

Black African refugees in Egypt are frustrated by ongoing racism and discrimination, particularly as they witness the assistance given to Arab refugees, the pan-Arab Aljazeera network reports.   Sources told the network that they have few rights in Egypt. “Even if you’re a recognized refugee, and you have a blue card, you have no right

Syrian Kurds Capture Al Qaeda Head in Syria

By | 2013-07-21T17:57:49-04:00 July 21st, 2013|News|

Syrian Kurdish rebels say they’ve captured the emir of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) – the merged organization representing the jihadist Syrian rebel groups linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq.   A photo of the captured leader was posted on the Twitter mini-social networking site by the Kurdish People’s Defense Units (YPG),