Tag Archives: Egypt
Middle East: Misogyny, thy name is Islam
Why Do They Hate Us? – By Mona Eltahawy | Foreign Policy But let’s put aside what the United States does or doesn’t do to women. Name me an Arab country, and I’ll recite a litany of abuses fueled by … Continue reading
Egypt: Family tosses woman into river after divorce
Bikya Masr According to news reports on Wednesday, an Egyptian man and his family tied up their daughter and threw her into the Nile river as a result of a divorce to her aging husband, who mistreat her and abused … Continue reading
Filed under Children, Family members, Human rights abuse, Islamicism, Manufactured outrage, Sexuality, Stupidity, Women
Egypt: Plastic surgery a no-no(se) in Islam…
…self-destructive stupidity still OK. SMH An Egyptian Islamist MP has resigned from the radical Al-Nour party and from parliament after claiming he had been attacked by gunmen to cover up for plastic surgery to his nose, the party says. With … Continue reading
Egypt: Mutilate those genitals, people!
BBC News Astonishingly, in 21st Century Egypt, the latest figures suggest that more than 90% of the women have been subject to female genital mutilation (FGM). The figure comes from a Unicef approved survey carried out in 2008, the year … Continue reading
Egypt: Twenty-three dead in Coptic Christian protest
SMH. Twenty-three people, mostly Coptic Christians, died in clashes on Sunday between Coptic Christians and Egyptian security forces, the health ministry said, sparking fears of renewed sectarian strife. A total of 174 people were injured in violence during a Coptic … Continue reading
Egypt: Hello, democracy, goodbye
SMH CAIRO: It is just six months since 18 days of popular protests brought down Egypt’s ageing ruler, Hosni Mubarak, and today he is expected to stand trial for his role in the deaths of the hundreds of protesters who … Continue reading
Egypt: Loony Islamists vs. Looney Tunes
SMH. An Egyptian Christian telecom mogul has angered Islamic hard-liners by posting an online cartoon of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil. The ultraconservative Islamists, known as Salafis, called the cartoon posted by Naguib Sawiris … Continue reading
Egypt: Female protestors given forced ‘virginity tests’ by Islamic troops
Amnesty International. A senior Egyptian general told CNN that women detained on 9 March at Cairo’s Tahrir Square had been forced to undergo ‘virginity tests’, which the government has previously denied. The general, speaking on condition of anonymity, justified the … Continue reading
US: What would Jesus do in Egypt? Consume, be silent, die
The Christian Post. Macarthur: I’m not saying that Mubarak is a great, benevolent and just leader, not when he’s got $70 billion in his own pockets at the expense of people. But what I am saying is that whatever the … Continue reading
Egypt: Advocate non-violence? How DARE he?
SMH. CAIRO: Egypt’s top Muslim imam has criticised Pope Benedict’s call for world leaders to defend Christians as interference in his country’s affairs, the official MENA news agency reported. The call, following a deadly car-bombing on New Year’s Day, which … Continue reading
