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French Priest Assaulted, Archbishop Warns of Muslim Takeover
Written by Daniel Greenfield   
Saturday, 18 May 2013

Frontpage Magazine

Muslims have a saying, “First the Saturday people, Then the Sunday People.” It’s as true in France as it is Egypt or Bethlehem.

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Coptic Christian latest target of blasphemy frenzy under Islamist-ruled Egypt
Written by Associated Press   
Saturday, 18 May 2013

Washington Post

Christians seem to be the favorite target of Islamist prosecutors.


Dimyana Abdel-Nour, went from classroom to jail.

CAIRO — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, “All except the Prophet Muhammad.”

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Egyptian Coptic cleric says he will sue Israeli police for alleged abuse during Holy Week
Written by The Associated Press   
Saturday, 18 May 2013

Washington Post

Coptic Orthodox priest beating by Israeli police


This video footage taken from a street in Jerusalem during Orthodox Easter weekend shows Israeli police brutally attacking an old Egyptian Coptic Christian priest.

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Cemetery Reveals Baby-Making Season in Ancient Egypt
Written by Owen Jarus   
Friday, 17 May 2013

Live Science
New York Times


Here, the burial of a child found in an 1,800-year-old cemetery at
the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt.

The peak period for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was in July and August, when the weather was at its hottest. Researchers made this discovery at a cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt whose burials date back around 1,800 years.

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Islamophobia – The Irrational Fear of Questioning Islam
Written by Aeneas   
Thursday, 16 May 2013

ICLA 'International Civil Liberties Alliance'

The term ‘Islamophobia’ as it is currently used is merely a political tool to shut people up.

Introduction
This article will discuss the way the word ‘Islamophobia’ has been used as a political weapon rather than as an honest way of communicating an idea. 

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Islamic Forced Conversions — Past and Present
Written by Raymond Ibr   
Thursday, 16 May 2013

The Blaze


Palestinian Christian protesters lament forced conversions
of loved ones.

The lost history of Christians forced to convert to Islam—or die—is reemerging, figuratively and literally.

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The Case for Women’s Rights in Post-Uprising Egypt
Written by Mirette Mabrouk   
Thursday, 16 May 2013

Middle East Institute

When Egyptian women first gained the vote in 1956, a woman in the cabinet swiftly followed. Women likely thought that all would be clear sailing from that point on, but it hasn’t quite worked out that way. Almost 70 years later, only one woman is in the cabinet.

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Bassem Youssef on Morsi Speech
Written by Middle East Institute   
Thursday, 16 May 2013



Watch Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi addressing violence in Egypt's streets, followed by reaction from political satirist Bassem Youssef.

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The Copts Under Morsi: Leave Them to the Church
Written by Paul Sedra   
Thursday, 16 May 2013

Middle East Institute

The principle of equal citizenship under the law is effectively abandoned.

When Mohamed Morsi assumed the mantle of first democratically-elected, civilian president of Egypt, he both resigned from the Freedom and Justice Party‑‑the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood‑‑and declared himself “president of all Egyptians.”

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Morale hits a new low on Egypt stock market
Written by Jeffrey Fleishman   
Thursday, 16 May 2013

Los Angeles Times

Brokers and investors worry the Muslim Brotherhood's rise to power will put the ailing Egyptian economy even deeper in the tank.


Daily volume on Egypt's stock exchange has plummeted from 1 billion
Egyptian pounds — about $143 million — after the 2011 uprising to
about 250 million pounds today. Investors are skittish about the nation's
new leaders.

CAIRO — His phone doesn't ring and his charts are gloomy. But every day Mostafa Ismail, a financial broker with a hangman's demeanor, steps into the Egyptian stock exchange hoping for positive blips.

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