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Egyptian President and Grand Imam power struggle revealed at “Birth of the Prophet”

During Egypt’s Birth of the Prophet national holiday this past November, as per tradition the Egyptian president, Abdul Fatah Al Sisi, and the grand imam of Al Azhar Institute, Mohammed Al Tayib, accepted the invitation by the Egyptian Endowments Ministry to attend an annual religious event at the Al Azhar Institute. President Al Sisi opened […]

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Egypt: Proposed Law to Muzzle Muslim Scholars and Thinkers

Egyptian “democracy” is an endless comedy if you’re not suffering at the hands of it. Last month, Amr Hamroush, a graduate of Al-Azhar Institute and a member of the Egyptian Parliament as well as secretary of the Committee of Religious Affairs and Endowments introduced a resolution to criminalize the act of “insulting historical figures.” Hamroush’s […]

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Islamic Terrorism

SPOTLIGHT ON GLOBAL JIHAD, MARCH 17-23, 2016

ITIC | Main Events of the Week This week was marked by a series of attacks carried out by ISIS, demonstrating the operational capabilities of the terrorist and guerrilla infrastructure that ISIS has built outside the core area of its rule in Syria and Iraq. Local ISIS branches and networks were involved in the attacks […]