Government of Egypt

Mubarak Vows Not to Tolerate Attacks on Egyptians

Egyptian riot policemen stand next to a damaged car as hundreds of demonstrators gathered for the second day in a row to protest near the Algerian embassy in Cairo. (AFP) Egyptian riot policemen stand guard during a violent...

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Egypt: Military Court of Appeals fails to rectify injustice

Amnesty International condemns the failure of Egypt's military appeals court to overturn sentences imposed on leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood organization after unfair trials and calls on the authorities to...

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Haifa accused of racism for Nubian lyrics

Associated Press CAIRO: A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black Egyptians to...

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God and Government: Islam and West Are Incompatible

Western policymakers and elites in government, academia, and the media suffer from an extraordinary ignorance about the true nature of Islam. And Bob Schieffer of CBS News wondered if Hasan was merely a "nut," just like many of...

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Mubarak says Egypt will not be “lax” in defense of nationals

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned on Saturday that Cairo will be firm in dealing with those who harm Egyptians, following attacks on its nationals in Algeria and Sudan over a World Cup football match. "Egypt will not be...

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Book review: The Arabs: A History

Published Date: 21 November 2009 BY EUGENE ROGAN Allen Lane, 513pp, £25 PIRATES take over North Africa, armies clash over the holiest of Islamic sites, the great western powers threaten to bomb each other in a squabble over...

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State Department's religious freedom report shows global need for inter-faith tolerance

John Esposito [Professor, Georgetown University and Founding Director, Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding]: "Despite our increasingly globalized world and the need to strengthen religious pluralism as well as to...

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The soccer outrages — thank God the Brits weren’t playing (Carson's Post)

At times, the Beautiful Game has less than beautiful fans, as this week so clearly demonstrated, “When you insult my dignity… I will beat you on the head.” That was the Egyptian president’s son Alaa Mubarak who attended the...

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Lebanese Diva Accused of Singing Racist Song

CAIRO, (AP) – A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black Egyptians to monkeys....

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NY ex-lawyer surrenders to serve prison term

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Promising "you haven't seen the last of me," a 70-year-old disbarred lawyer convicted in a terrorism case surrendered to U.S. marshals Thursday to begin serving her...

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