Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2015
Doctor Ahmadal-Tawījrī, a Saudi lawyer and poet, criticized the Egyptian government’s designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. He criticized the government’s position, saying that the organization’s presence stretches from Indonesia to Morocco and cannot simply be labeled...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2015
Al-‘Arabiyya Net announced that ISIS confirmed the details of its latest operations in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Libya. The details included the slaughtering of 21 Egyptian Copts in Libya, which prompted the group to claim that the Libyan state is subordinate to the group. The organization also...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 9, 2015
The website “Middle East” published an investigation into the disputes occurring within the Muslim Brotherhood. The report looked into disputes around the role of pacifism within the organization as well as the methods used to confront the Egyptian state. The investigation found that the...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 9, 2015
The media war between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian government has entered a dangerous new phase as a brotherhood affiliated TV station broadcasted recordings attributed to President Sīsī when he was the Minister of Defense. The recordings provoked strong reactions in the Gulf and in...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2015
A group of Egyptians in the United Kingdom are demanding that the British government classify the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. The group said during a petition, “We are Egyptian-British citizens and we are proud of our dual-heritage. We are afraid that we will witness what...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 29, 2015
Munā Makram ‘Ibīd, a member of the previous People’s Council, said that the golden age for the Copts in Egypt was in the period of liberalism from 1919 to 1952. She justified her claim saying, “At that time we had Sa’ad Zaghlūl as our leader. He was able to join together the Egyptian nation with...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2015
Opinion: Tensions are rising in Egypt as it approaches the fourth anniversary of the January 25 Revolution and widespread dissatisfaction over the state of freedom and the deteriorating economic situation abounds. The situation can improve in Egypt under the condition that the government abandons...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 25, 2015
The Egyptian Interior Minister, Habīb al-‘Adlī, confirmed that Al-Qā ̓eda has no presence in Egypt as an organization, although he conceded that it is possible that the organization has followers in Egypt. Upon being asked whether or not there have been Egyptians recruited by al-Qaeda, al-‘Adālī...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 25, 2015
In the aftermath of the military coup that removed the first civilian-elected President in Egypt’s history, journalism has become a dangerous profession. A large number of journalists have died in Egypt such as Shahīd Ahmad ‘Āsim. Many have been wounded, killed, and arrested by the police....
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 17, 2015
During a TV interview on Egypt's TV Channel TEN, Egypt's Minister of Justice, Ahmad Al-Zind said that the Muslim Brotherhood is the source of all problems that Egypt is facing. He added that the MB wrongly assumes that the pressure exercised on the State would force it to seek reconciliation with...