Tag: EGYPT
Tariq Ibn Ziyad: Invader or Liberator?
"...the Muslims were welcomed by a large proportion of the ruling aristocracy and the Jews."
CBS to air the Sisi interview that the Egyptian state tried to block
The CBS Television network has rejected requests by the Egyptian embassy not to broadcast an interview with president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi…
Why the Muslim World is Silent Over China’s Repression of Uyghurs
The silence of Muslim-majority states over China's repression of Uyghurs is not due to ignorance, writes Lukman Harees, but a calculated political and economic decision.
The culprits of the Rabaa Massacre sentence the victims to death
Cairo court sentences 75 Egyptians to death over the Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque sit-in demonstration against Sisi’s military coup
56 Years Since Execution – Remembering Syed Qutb
Today marks 56 years since Syed Qutb, the great Egyptian Muslim thinker, was hanged by the regime of Jamal Abdel Nasser.
Egypt’s current Pharaoh marks his 5th year in power
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the military coup d’état against Egypt’s only democratically-elected president in modern times, Dr Mohamed Morsi.
The Heroes of Ramadān
The Ramadan of those most in need; a lesson of strength and resilience.
Prominent Egyptian Novelist Dr. Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq dies at 55
Innā lillāhi wa innā ʿilayhi rājiʿūn. Indeed, to Allāh we belong, and to Him we are returning. It was with great shock that many in the Arab World received the news of the passing of Dr. Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq; a great Egyptian novelist considered the most influential Arab author in…
Deliberating Nine Decades of Islamic Activism
The Muslim Brotherhood is today commemorating 90 years since its founding
General Haftar seeks to “choke” Derna in his quest to rule Libya
As the ex-CIA asset General Khalifa Haftar, continues his war across Libya, human rights abuses in the eastern city of Derna have been largely ignored by the international media. Derna has been subject to a 21-month long siege by General Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) which has resulted in…
