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Al Qaeda-linked jihadists helped incite 9/11 Cairo protest
A video released by Al Faroq media earlier this month shows four al Qaeda-linked jihadists inciting the US embassy protest in Cairo on Sept. 11. One of them is Rifai Ahmed Taha Musa, a Gamaa Islamiyya leader whose ties to senior al Qaeda leaders date to the 1990s.
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Israel
Sudan: a front for Israel’s proxy war on Sinai jihadis?
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Egypt
A Libyan suspected of involvement in the attack on the US embassy in Libya was killed during a raid by Egyptian security forces in Cairo. Four other Egyptians were detained. The suspects were thought to have links to al Qaeda.
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Ennahda
Tunisia Jews: A tiny community hanging on – and cooking
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Al Qaeda
Foreign fighters worry – and boost – Syrian rebels
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Egypt
FRANCE 24 journalist assaulted in Cairo
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Egypt
Saad al-Katatny, newly elected head of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, said the party’s goal is to institute sharia law. Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohammed Badie called on Muslims worldwide to “liberate” Jerusalem, saying “[t]he jihad for the recovery of Jerusalem is a duty for all Muslims” and the conquest of the city “will not be done through negotiations or at the United Nations.”
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Egypt
Saad el-Katatny was elected leader of the Muslim Brotherhood party. Katatny belongs to the more conservative branch of the party. About 10,000 protesters from liberal groups rallied in Cairo demanding that the country’s constitution represent all factions of society.
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Egypt
Egypt’s Islamist revival most evident at the grass roots
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Ansar Jerusalem threatens to attack Israel for killing top Salafi leaders in Gaza
Ansar Jerusalem has threatened to attack Israel in response to the killing of Abu al Walid al Maqdisi and Ashraf al Sabah.
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Egypt
Egypt launched a civilian investigation of the military’s role in the killing of protesters during the 17-month uprising that removed the military from power. The probe challenges the military’s traditional immunity to outside scrutiny.
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Hamas
Israel Aims Strikes at Militants in Gaza
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Egypt
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood plays to popular anti-Israel sentiment as political tensions mount
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Egypt
Senior Egyptian Islamist: Don’t Disarm Sinai Groups
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Egypt
A draft of Egypt’s new constitution was released to the public. Protests in Cairo led to clashes between supporters and opponents of Egypt’s President Mursi. More than 100 were injured.
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Egypt
Several thousand people marched through Cairo to mark the anniversary of a military crackdown on Christian protesters that killed 26 people. The group called for retribution against army leaders responsible for the deaths.
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Egypt
California man linked to anti-Islam film denies violating probation
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Mujahideen Shura Council member killed by Israel likely former member of Islamic Jihad
The death of Abdullah Muhammad Hassan Maqawai may provide further evidence that terrorists from Hamas and Islamic Jihad are joining al Qaeda-linked groups in the Gaza Strip.
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China
Tapping Into a More Moderate Islam — in China
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Israel targets Mujahideen Shura Council and Global Jihad terrorists in Gaza
On Sunday, Israel targeted a ‘global jihad operative’ as well as a member of the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem said to be involved in a June 2011 terrorist attack.
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Israeli Air Force shoots down foreign drone
On Saturday morning the Israeli Air Force shot down a foreign drone in the northern Negev. The origin of the drone is currently unknown, but early theories point to Hezbollah or Iran.
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Egypt
Egypt’s hardline Islamist party pulls back from brink of split, for now
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Al Qaeda
American jihadist struggles inside Somali militia
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Chechnya
Egyptian jihadist’s path to Syria
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Egypt
A court released from jail two Coptic Christian children who have been accused of insulting Islam. The children were said to have urinated on a paper containing verses of the Koran. A security official said the children will remain under investigation.
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Egypt
Egypt – Two Christian boys detained over accusations of defiling Koran
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Egypt
Egypt’s Maria TV pitches strict vision of Islam
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Egypt
Salafists lose their way in Egypt’s complicated corridors of power
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Israeli intelligence: Sinai is the ‘home of an independent jihadist network’
Israeli intelligence believes that Ansar Jerusalem is responsible for the majority of the recent attacks emanating from the Sinai and that the group is increasing recruitment.
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2 Islamist militants arrested in Sinai by Egyptian forces
Egyptian authorities have reportedly arrested two Islamist militants in the Sinai, while Britain has reiterated its willingness to provide Egypt with military advice on operations against jihadists in the area.
