Turkish Leader Hails ‘Martyr’ Morsi After Muslim Brotherhood Leader Dies During Trial

(CNSNews.com) – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and senior Turkish officials hailed as a “martyr” Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi, who died in a Cairo courtroom on Monday, six years after a military takeover abruptly ended his tenure as Egypt’s first freely-elected president. “In our eyes, he is a martyr who lost his life while fighting […]

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Must Islamists Be Autocratic?

by Daniel Pipes July 19, 2013 updated Nov 23, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Mohamed Morsi’s recent ejection as president of Egypt prompts a contrast-and-compare with his Turkish counterpart, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Their careers at the top contain major dissimilarities: Morsi’s stunning economic indifference vs. Erdo?an’s very impressive economic management. […]

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Morsi Trial Adjourns in Chaos

November 4, 2013 16:47 by Pesach Benson Today’s Top Stories • Trying to soften its image, Hamas appointed a 23 year-old woman to be its spokesperson to the Western media. Israa Al-Mudallal is a British-educated journalist who started off caught between Hamas and the Israeli media — in this case, YNet: The new spokeswoman has […]

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Global Ramifications of the Anti-Muslim Brotherhood Campaign in Egypt

by Daniel Pipes November 1, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Since General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi overthrew Mohamed Morsi on July 3, the military-led government has been engaged in a ferocious crackdown of the Muslim Brotherhood and more broadly of Islamists (though some, like the Salafis of the Nour party, playing their hand […]

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Evidence that Morsi Actually Lost the Egyptian Presidency

by Daniel Pipes August 18, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner Just days after his apparent victory, Cynthia Farahat and I expressed our skepticism about the validity of these election returns: SCAF exploits the Muslim Brotherhood and other proxies as its civilian fronts, a role they are happy to play, by permitting Islamists […]

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Morsi to be Tried for Inciting to Murder

Egypt’s state prosecutor said on Sunday he has referred ousted President Mohammed Morsi for trial on charges of inciting the murder of protesters, the BBC reported. The accusations relate to violence outside the presidential palace in Cairo last December when seven people were killed in clashes. Fourteen other members of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood are to […]

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Nearly 200,000 Sign WH Petition to Designate Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization: Obama Ignoring It

(CNSNews.com) – A White House “We the People” petition asking the Obama administration to designate Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization has garnered 187,957 signatures in 30 days – nearly double the number of signatures required for petitions to earn an official response from the Obama administration. The petition was posted on the White […]

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Egyptian anti-Obama video goes viral, blames him for siding with Muslim Brotherhood

Egyptian army chief in interview says Defense Secretary Hagel calls him almost every day, but Obama has not called. US President Barack Obama appears to have angered supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, as well as supporters of the army coup that toppled him on July 3. [youtube WL_mEYP8N-A nolink] Leaders of the Muslim […]

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Egypt after Morsi: Joy and Worry

by Daniel Pipes National Post July 4, 2013 National Post headline: “Morsi’s departure leaves legacy of danger” The overthrow of Mohamed Morsi in Egypt delights and worries me. Delight is easy to explain. What appears to have been the largest political demonstration in history uprooted the arrogant Islamists of Egypt who ruled with near-total disregard […]

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Obama’s Fight for a Bloody Tyrant

By Daniel Greenfield On the day that President Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s brutal tyrant who had presided over the torture and mass rape of protesters, was overthrown by popular protests, a statement was issued by the White House. The statement said, “The United States does not support particular individuals or political parties” and then […]

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