Topic: Egypt
Religious-linked violence and abuse rose around the world between 2006 and 2009, with Christians and Muslims the most common targets, according to a private US study released Tuesday."Over the three-year period studied, incidents of either government or social harassment were reported against ...
The prosecutor in Egypt's second city Alexandria ordered on Saturday the arrest of 12 police officers accused of torturing to death a suspect in a deadly New Year's church attack, a judicial official said.Adel Emara ordered the arrest of the officers, who ...
Al-Qaeda on Thursday named Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri to succeed slain leader Osama bin Laden and the United States promptly vowed to kill him just like his predecessor.In a statement posted on an Islamist website, the jihadist network said: "The general command of ...
Al-Qaeda on Thursday named Egyptian surgeon Ayman al-Zawahiri to succeed slain leader Osama bin Laden and vowed no let-up in its deadly "jihad" against arch-foes the United States and Israel.The United States immediately dismissed the appointment saying Zawahiri, the group's long-time number ...
Israeli ministers on Sunday slammed Egypt's decision to reopen its Rafah border crossing with Egypt, warning that terror groups would be able to move weapons and people freely through the crossing.Israel has warned that reopening the crossing, which Egypt closed to almost ...
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the longtime Egyptian number two to Osama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader killed earlier this month, has called on Saudis to take up this year's wave of Arab revolt.In an audiotape which the jihadist network's media arm Al-Sahab said was ...
CAIRO (Reuters) - The man most likely to take the helm of al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden did not emerge from the crowded slums of Egypt's sprawling capital or develop his militant ideas in any religious college or seminary.Instead, Egyptian-born Ayman ...
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said on Monday that Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US forces in Pakistan, did not represent Islam and said the United States should pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan."Islam is not Bin Laden," Mahmud Ezzat, the Brotherhood's ...
Egypt has deployed extra police and troops to the central province of Minya after a dispute between a Christian and Muslim family sparked deadly sectarian clashes, a security official said.A curfew has been imposed on the town of Abu Qorqas after a ...
Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri incites Muslims to rise up against both NATO and Moamer Kadhafi's forces in a newly released video apparently taped before the Western intervention in Libya.Zawahiri, wearing a white robe, was speaking in a one hour and nine ...
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