According to Dr. Nagy Naguib, an Egyptian Coptic Christian, many of his fellow Copts will choose the Muslim Brotherhood and Freedom and Justice (FJP) leader Dr. Morsi for president, to protect the revolution. Coptic academic Dr. Naguib, member of the General Secretariat of the FJP in Sharqiya province, assured that Copts are an integral part of the Egyptian people and the fabric of society. “Copts will not stray from the general discourse of the Egyptian people, who stand firmly with Dr...

The apparent results of Egypt’s first free presidential vote have left many of the young activists who led the country’s 2011 uprising dismayed and despondent, facing deeply unpalatable options. Unofficial results show Muslim Brotherhood candidate Muhammad Morsi set for a runoff against Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister to serve under ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak. Activists like Baho Bakhsh and others are trying to move past their shock and disappointment and are unanimous in...

The Muslim Brotherhood lawmakers in Egypt rejected a bill submitted by the Justice Ministry to amend the penal code, saying that it was a trap and the move seemed politically motivated. The amendment calls for punishing with harsh jail sentence whoever receives funds from abroad to finance terrorist crimes. The MPs, during a meeting of the Parliament’s Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee, said the bill seems like a trap to the Muslim Brotherhood, especially if ex-Mubarak pr...

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on May 28 called on Arab and other world powers to intervene in Syria after 108 people were killed in the town of Houla. “The Muslim Brotherhood calls on Arab, Islamic and international governments... and the people of the free world to intervene to stop these massacres, especially after the failure of international forces and international monitoring to stop them,” spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan said in a statement.

Ghozlan also called on Syria...

Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, Chairman of the Supreme Islamic Council in Jerusalem and preacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, described the Israeli flag-raising in Al-Aqsa’s courtyards by the Israeli soldiers is a serious and unprecedented act which aims to impose Israeli control over Al-Aqsa mosque. Sheikh Sabri told Quds press that the flag-raising came in parallel with the repeated stormings of Al-Aqsa Mosque by the occupation soldiers wearing military uniforms which confirms that Al-Aqsa is in real...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised the West for ‘sparking a crisis’ over Iran’s nuclear energy programme, while turning a blind eye to Israel’s atomic activities. “We raise this issue [on] almost all international platforms. We urge them to take the necessary safety measures. But those who have nuclear facilities, who see nuclear as a right to them, do not hesitate in criticising Iran,” the Hurriyet Daily News quoted Erdogan...

A grand Jirga of Pashtuns from Afghanistan and Pakistan has been held in northwestern Pakistan where the elders demanded speeding up efforts to end more than ten years of US-led war in their region, Press TV reports. During a two-day Qaami Jirga in city of Peshawar, Pashtuns stressed that the years-long insecurity, unrest and violence in their region have been caused by the US invasion of Afghanistan.
The gathering, which aimed at efforts for restoration of peace and security in the reg...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on May 29 called on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to protect the religious rights of Tennessee Muslims after a judge in that state blocked completion of a mosque that has been targeted by anti-Muslim bigots for the past two years. The judge ruled that proper public notice was not given for the May 2010 meeting that approved the site plan for the Islamic Centre of Murfreesboro, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. He seemed to base his ruling on the ...