Posts Tagged: Mohamed Morsi
Turkey and Egypt: Improved Relations — or Another Setback for Erdogan?
In a complete reversal of his incessant attacks against the Egyptian government since the 2013 revolution and coup, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched...
Ousted Ex-Egyptian President Morsi Dies After Court Hearing
Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically-elected head of state in Egypt's modern history, died on Monday aged 67 after collapsing in a Cairo court while...
CAIR Targets Disney Movie With Unfair Islamophobia Accusations
What happens when you take a classic story created by a Syrian writer, modernized with a multi-ethnic, multi-national cast, and it tops the box office...
The Dangers of a Muslim Brotherhood Terror Designation
Amid reports that the Trump administration is considering designating Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, several longtime Brotherhood watchdogs and critics are urging caution. The...
Why Iran Objects to a Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation
News that the Trump administration is considering designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization drew objections from Iran despite the religious differences between the...
Rumors Stoke Islamist Attacks on Egyptian Copts
Islamists and jihadists in Egypt have targeted the Egyptian Coptic Christian minority for decades with bombings and mob attacks on Coptic churches, businesses, and homes....
UN Rights Boss Bachelet Urges Egypt to Overturn Mass Death Sentences
United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Sunday urged Egypt's appeals court to overturn mass death sentences handed down by a lower court after what she...
Michigan’s Regressive ‘Progressive’ Gubernatorial Candidate
While polls show him lagging in third place in a three-candidate primary, Abdul El-Sayed says that he will shock the political world on August 7 by becoming Michigan's Democratic nominee...
Ninety Years On, the Muslim Brotherhood Faces an Uncertain Future
The Muslim Brotherhood has managed to weather many storms over its nine decades of existence. Egyptian presidents Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat, and Hosni Mubarak...
On 40th Anniversary of Sadat’s Jerusalem Trip, Egyptian Envoy Visits Knesset, Says There Is ‘Real Opportunity’ for Regional Peace
Egypt’s envoy to Israel visited the Knesset on Tuesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the late President Anwar Sadat’s historic trip to Jerusalem that...
Brotherhood Members Gather in Washington to Attack Egyptian Government
Roughly two dozen Egyptian leaders opposed to President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, some with Muslim Brotherhood connections, signed a declaration last week in Washington endorsing a civil constitution that separates...
Egyptian Political Analyst: Cairo-Jerusalem ‘Partnership of Necessity’ Blossoming Since Ouster of Muslim Brotherhood’s Morsi
Egypt-Israel ties have been strengthening in the three years since the military coup that ousted former President Mohamed Morsi, a Cairo-based political analyst wrote on...
State-Run Egyptian Paper and Others Question What Clinton Knew About Muslim Brotherhood
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails suggest that she may have known about connections between the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and hardcore jihadist groups such...
Muslim Brotherhood Apologists Travel From Egypt to US to Protest ‘Repressive’ Sisi Government
Three Muslim Brotherhood supporters who caused a row in Egypt last year after they met with Obama administration officials and members of Congress returned to the US...