Saudi Arabia: Pious Wife Beating
From Cairo, Tom Gara posts a video [Ar] featuring a Saudi clergyman preaching on how to discipline wives. He adds: “This clip of a Saudi cleric explaining how to properly beat your wife is pure poetry - you couldn't make more perfect anti-Saudi propaganda if you tried.”
A Protest by the pilgrims in Mena
It seems that the Protests and Strike culture is finding its way more and more among the Egyptians and wonderful thing it happens in the last place you would expect
This is time outside our national borders , it is in KSA this time in the holy land too during the Pilgrimage !!
Surprise is not it ??
3000 Egyptian Pilgrims members in the official delegation protested yesterday after Friday's prayer and they even made a siege around the HQ of the officials in the delegation protesting the bad treatment they suffer from in the delegation . It seems that they gave 3000 tents to sleep in made for less this number , the Saudis made the tents for less than 3000 people , for example they gave tents originally for 50 , the delegation assigns the tent to 100 person read more »
For what ??
I felt so sad when I read about the terrible events that took place in Qena today from sectarian tensions mainly from attacks by Muslims against Christian properties in the town of Esna.
I could not believe myself when I found out that they attacked the Virgin Church in the city
Seriously I am very sad
and I am sorry to the Christians very much , I know my apologize will be nothing and I know that some people outside will use today's events to promote the lies that there are on going wars between Muslims and Christians read more »
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Egypt: Baha'ii Rights Film Available
A film on Egyptian Baha'iis is now available online for downloading, announces Mideast Youth.
Egypt: Is God There?
“Why was I born into this life in the first place? I didn't choose that. I didn't and don't think i would have chosen to live such a life full of confusion. Is God there or is he not? Should i be Muslim or Christian or Jewish or Baha'i or what?” writes The Egypt Guy.
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THE TALIBANIZATION OF EGYPT CONTINUES...
THE TALIBANIZATION OF EGYPT HAS STARTED AND WE MUST FIGHT BACK!
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Conversion Issues
A few days ago, Human Rights Watch and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights published a report entitled “Prohibited Identities” about the discrimination of the Egyptian governments against those who either wish to identify as something other than the three “revealed” religions (Islam, Christianity, and Judaism) or those who wish to change their religion from Islam to something else. read more »
Egypt: Fatwa to Protect Police
The Arabist, from Egypt, draws our attention to a rather convenient fatwa (religious edict) being used to protect police in this post.
Ever Argued With A Sufi? #1
The Sufi ritual of dance and praising of GodThis turned out to be very long. So, I will split into two posts.
I will mention the intro and the major points of argument in this post. In the following post, I’ll mention the rest.
Introduction:
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Egypt: Nothing Moves People As Much As Religion
The late Naguib Mahfouz once said: “If you want to move people, you look for a point of sensitivity, and in Egypt nothing moves people as much as religion.” It continues to move the social and political mechanics of the people, the future of Egyptian politics and the consciousness of our nation's bloggers alike. These are the current issues of Egypt illustrated through their words. read more »
Egypt: Fear God Call
Egyptian blogger Zeinobia is urging the Shaikh of Al Azhar University to fear God in the fatwas (religious edicts) he issues.
!لا فتاوى ولا مذابح...يا أزهر
أنا عايزة أفهم
هو مفيش حل فى الكلاب السعرانة غير اننا نقتلهم؟
هو القتل بقى أسهل حل فى ايدينا؟ read more »
طب و التحرش يا سيادة الشيخ؟
فى يوم واحد عرفت تصريحات شيخ الأزهر و تحرشات جنينة الحيوانات, طنطاوى بيقول ان اللى يطلع اشاعات "مغرضة" عن أشخاص أبرياء زى أعضاء الحزب الوطنى أو مبارك و عيلته...المفروض يتجلد تمنين جلدة زى بالظبط اللى بيقذف المحصنات !!!!! و ان جنينة الحيوانات فى العيد لمت شوية صيع عرب اتحرشوا ببنات و لما الحراس الغلابة حاولوا يمنعوهم العرب شتموهم و ضربوهم!!!!!!! read more »
PEACE YA MAN!!
I'm writing this post simply to clarify my views on certain issues recently discussed on this page, especially regarding the intended trip to Elat, its allegations, consequences, & motives behind it...
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Egyptian Blogoshpere Review - 8 October 2007
The Egyptian Blogger Amr Gharbeia, sent an Email on the Egyptian Bloggers Mailing List today asking us to participate in Global Voices Online, by translating some of the Egyptian Blog Posts written in Arabic during the last few days into English, in order to help the Egyptian Blogospher get more coverage there. So, I'll give it a try here and looking forward to hearing your feedback. I'll select some posts from the Egyptian Blogs I am subscribed to in Google Reader, and will write a brief about each post if needed and then translate parts of them.
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Yes or NO for Religion on ID Cards: Controversy Continues in Egypt
Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) met on the 10th of September 2007, to debate the question of religious classification in ID cards. read more »
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