Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Qatar, under heavy pressure from Arab states, has demanded the departure of seven leading members of the Egyptian-based Muslim Brotherhood. Brotherhood sources said the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate has informed seven MB operatives that they must leave Qatar in October 2014. They said the notification was sent in mid-September to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Less than a week after the ousting of the nation’s first Islamist president, the Muslim Brotherhood has called for a revolt in Egypt. The Brotherhood, including its political wing, Freedom and Justice Party, called on millions of Muslim followers to attack Egypt’s military and other opponents. In a statement on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The ruling Muslim Brotherhood has been attacking secular opponents of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. Tens of thousands of Brotherhood activists have been assigned to protect the first Islamist regime in Egypt. Brotherhood fighters have employed firearms and firebombs on anti-Morsi protesters, who in turn targeted facilities of the ruling movement. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt plans to restrict Western-financed non-government organizations. The regime of President Mohammed Morsi has drafted legislation that would severely curb activities of NGOs, particularly those linked to democracy efforts. Under the bill, NGOs would not be able to receive funding from abroad without filing quarterly reports. “It aims to nationalize […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The ruling Muslim Brotherhood has fired Egypt’s military command. President Mohammed Morsi, the nation’s first Islamist president, has dismissed many of the members of the ruling council. Morsi, a Brotherhood leader, fired the chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Defense Minister Hussein Tantawi, as well as the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has dismissed the chief of the intelligence community. Morsi, the first civilian president of Egypt, said he retired Maj. Gen. Murad Muwafi in wake of an Islamist attack in the eastern Sinai Peninsula that killed 16 soldiers. Morsi said Muwafi would be replaced by Gen. Mohammed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The new ruling Islamic parties have been preaching economic conservatism in their vision for the Arab world, a report said. The Carnegie Endowment for Peace asserted that the emerging Islamic regimes in the Arab world refrained from proposing drastic changes in the economy. In a report titled “The Economic Agenda […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Global Information System The announcement on June 24, 2012, of the election to the Egyptian presidency of the pro-Muslim Brothers (Ikhwan al-Muslimin) Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) (Hizb al-Hurriya wa al-’Adala) candidate Mohammed Mursi, began to hint at the impact of the United States’ effective withdrawal in the past three years from […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — At least 20 people were killed and 50 injured when regime supporters attacked a protest vigil outside the Defense Ministry in Cairo on May 2. The military regime in Egypt was alleged to have employed mercenaries to attack the Islamic opposition. In a reflection of the last days of President […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood, fresh from its victory in parliamentary elections, has been quietly reaching out to the military for a transfer of power. Egyptian opposition sources said the Brotherhood has been engaged in a high-level dialogue with the military regime to ensure a transfer of power sometime in 2012. They […]