Official Says Egypt in War against Terrorism

Presidential adviser labels anti-coup protesters as extremists who are escalating violence to a "terrorist war".

Listening Post: Russia's New Media Mavericks

The story of two Russian bloggers working to expose corruption and challenging the established order.

Inside Story: Will the US Penalise the Egyptian Military?

As Washington begins playing its pressure cards, we ask how far it will go in dealing with the ongoing crisis in Egypt.

Saudi King Backs Egypt's Military

AL JAZEERA: King Abdullah calls on Arabs to stand together against "attempts to destabilise" Egypt.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called on Arabs to stand together against "attempts to destabilise" Egypt.

"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its people and government stood and stands by today with its brothers in Egypt against terrorism," he said in a statement read on state TV on Friday, backing Egypt's military leadership.

"I call on the honest men of Egypt and the Arab and Muslim nations ... to stand as one man and with one heart in the face of attempts to destabilise a country that is at the forefront of Arab and Muslim history," he added.

He also said that they were confident that Egypt will recover.

Saudi Arabia was a close ally of former President Hosni Mubarak and has historically had a difficult relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood.

It pledged $5bn in aid to Egypt after Mohamed Morsi of the Brotherhood was ousted from the presidency last month.

Saudi Arabia "has stood and stands with its Egyptian brothers against terrorism, deviance and sedition, and against those who try to interfere in Egypt's internal affairs... and its legitimate rights in deterring those tampering with and misleading" its people, he said. » | Source: Al Jazeera and agencies | Saturday, August 17, 2013

Copenhagen is Diversifying

ELAN: Since 2007 various entities within the extended Copenhagen community were striving to build a “Grand Mosque of Copenhagen.” As with most large-scale cultural/institutional projects a competition was held for design proposals and from the submission pool various winners were selected. Copenhagen is an interesting place within the context of the Muslim community in Europe, so much so that even The New York Times ran an article on their website titled, “Push to Build Mosques is met with Resistance,” in 2009.

There’s no denying that various forces within the Danish political and social sphere have a tense relationship with the Muslim Danish community (we all remember the Danish Cartoon fiasco back in 2005). Therefore history simply isn’t on the side of the growing congregations within the city of Copenhagen. Regardless, Copenhagen is sure to receive not one but two Grand Mosques within the next several years (a large Shiite congregation has already approved plans to build a center in a relatively industrial quarter of town on the site of a former factory) and a Sunni congregation has started the process by acquiring a site with the help of Abu Dhabi-based Muslim consultancy group, the Tabah Foundation.

Although a brewing institutionalized Islamophobia is simmering all across Europe (with France recently banning public prayer and the wearing face coverings), Denmark is quite the extreme case study. Immigrant hate among the people is one of the main factors in the propulsion of the Danish People’s Party, which more or less ran on a nationalistic platform of re-establishing Denmark as entirely “Danish.” They’ve successfully passed new legislation in their tenure that makes it much harder to obtain citizenship or even enter the country in the first place. It wouldn’t be far-fetched to assume that this social disconnect with Islam is what propelled various groups to work together to make the Grand Mosque become a reality. » | Ehsaan Mesghali | Thursday, November 17, 201

Islam in Denmark: Of Mosques and Meat

THE ECONOMIST: Denmark’s largest religious minority gets its first proper prayer house

ISLAM and immigration have slipped out of Denmark’s political discourse since the centre-left government led by Helle Thorning-Schmidt came to power two years ago and dismantled the ministry for refugees and immigrants. Now they are back in the news, because the country’s first big purpose-built mosque is soon to open its doors.

The mosque, jammed between a railway line and a back street in Copenhagen’s gritty north-west, comes complete with a dome and a minaret, even though local by-laws prohibit any noisy call to prayer. The news of its opening took many Danes by surprise. Denmark’s Muslims have tried for years to have a proper place to worship, but previous attempts failed or were foiled. » | Saturday, August 17, 2013 | Copenhagen | From the print edition

Merkel appelle à combattre l'extrême droite

LE POINT: En visite mardi au camp de concentration de Dachau, la chancelière allemande déclare y aller avec "un sentiment de honte et de compassion".

La chancelière allemande, Angela Merkel, qui se rend mardi au camp de concentration de Dachau, a appelé au combat contre l'extrême droite en Europe, dans son podcast hebdomadaire diffusé samedi. "Nous ne devons jamais nous résoudre à ce que de telles idées aient une place dans notre Europe démocratique", a-t-elle dit.

Mme Merkel, qui est le premier chef de gouvernement allemand à se rendre à Dachau, a déclaré y aller avec "un sentiment de honte et de compassion". "Car ce qui s'est passé dans les camps de concentration est et reste incompréhensible", a-t-elle martelé. » | Le Point.fr | samedi 17 août 2013

France: Trappes : elles défilent contre l'islamophobie

Une centaine d’habitants de Trappes, en majorité des musulmanes, ont défilé vendredi en ville pour dénoncer l'islamophobie.
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Spying on Its Own: The NSA's Deep Bag of Tricks

SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Spy on US citizens? We don't do that, the American government claimed. But new NSA documents published by the Washington Post show that the intelligence service violates the law in thousands of instances. Analysts with the agency are free to pick targets as they choose.

With each new publication of documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the scope of the United States' spying system becomes ever clearer. And each piece of the puzzle reveals yet more lies and half-truths that those who are supposed to be providing oversight for the NSA have used to defend the practices.

New revelations published on Friday in the Washington Post make clear that the legal controls intended as checks and balances for this surveillance system are, at best, ineffective. And the power that NSA analysts have to monitor Internet and telephone data according to whim is enormous. At the same time, intelligence workers take significant efforts not to overburden supervisory authorities with too much information.

"I, sitting at my desk, certainly had the authority to wiretap anyone, from you or your accountant, to a federal judge or even the president, if I had a personal e-mail," Snowden told the Guardian in an interview published in June. Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said of Snowden's assertion, "He's lying. It's impossible for him to do what he was saying he could do."

But the new documents show that Snowden wasn't lying, and it was Rogers who had it wrong. Whether Rogers did so knowingly or because the Congressman had been deceived by the intelligence service must still be clarified. » | Christian Stöcker | Friday, August 16, 2013

'Massive NSA Surveillance Violations Cause Political Embarrassment for Obama'

The NSA has violated the rules on surveillance and even US court rulings thousands of times per year, for several years. It's emerged from fresh revelations, based on data leaked by Edward Snowden. Intelligence analyst Glenmore Trenear Harvey joins RT with his thoughts on all this.

Violation Nation: NSA Broke Surveillance Laws 'Thousands of Times Per Year'

The NSA has violated the rules on surveillance - and even US court rulings - thousands of times per year, for several years. It's emerged from fresh revelations, based on data leaked by Edward Snowden. Live to Washington and our correspondent Gayane Chichakyan.

Greeks Take to the Streets over Teenager's Death

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Hundreds protested in Athens on Friday to vent their anger over the death of a 19-year-old fare-dodger during a trolleybus ticket inspection, with the opposition blaming the accident on Greece's harsh austerity measures.

The Greek government said it would open a probe into the death of Thanassis Kanaoutis, who apparently fell from a moving trolleybus during a dispute with a ticket inspector. The teenager died of his injuries in hospital on Wednesday.

"The death of a young man at the age of 19 has upset us all and the causes will be fully examined," said Simos Kedikoglou, a government spokesman. Greece's main opposition party, the Syriza coalition of the radical Left, blamed the incident on Greece's economic woes and the government's austerity policies as well as on the behaviour of ticket inspectors.

The group said in a statement that the victim died because he could not afford the 1.20 euro (£1) fare, which "reflects the miserable situation of a large part of Greek society". The government spokesman hit back at the criticism, accusing Syriza of exploiting a tragic incident for political gain. » | AFP | Friday, August 16, 2013

Nazi Bride Schools: 'These Girls Were the Nucleus of the Reich’

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Unearthed documents shed light on the secretive Bride Schools of Nazi Germany

Dressed in modest petticoats and starched white aprons, their hair pulled back into neat plaits, a group of women are pictured marching through a hayfield. Arms linked, broad smiles across their faces, they are carrying baskets laden with flowers, which later they will arrange into pretty garlands. In another photograph, they are purposefully huddled around a sewing machine, darning pairs of pinstriped trousers, while other images show them gleefully feeding livestock, chopping vegetables on a kitchen worktop and singing along to another woman’s accordion-playing.

These faded black-and-white pictures are reminiscent of scenes from the 1800s: surviving off the land, communal living, hard work and simple, wholesome pleasures. In fact, they were taken during the height of the Second World War – and far from depicting idyllic country life, they are a rare glimpse inside a Reichsbräuteschule, or Reich Bride School, one of a cluster of training academies set up by the Nazis to educate women, many of them teenagers, to be suitable wives. The photographs themselves took pride of place in the Nazis’ official biweekly magazine for women, NS-Frauen Warte.

Until recently, little was known about these schools, where the Nazi marriage doctrine, ranging from domestic chores to worshipping the Führer, was instilled in the partners of Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguards, the Schutzstaffel (SS). But, this week, a series of documents unearthed in Germany’s Federal Archive, based in Koblenz, shed light on their sinister operation. Historians discovered a rule book, detailing the disturbing oaths that prospective spouses had to swear, and certificates presented to those who passed the rigorous training course. So just what were “bride schools”? And why, nearly 70 years after they closed down, are they still shrouded in mystery? » | Sarah Rainey | Friday, August 16, 2013

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2013: Maisah Sobaihi Will Be Festival's First Ever Saudi Arabian Performer

Saudi Arabian playwright Dr. Maisah Sobaihi, is making history by becoming the first performer from the hardline Sunni Muslim state to showcase their work at Edinburgh's famous Fringe Festival.

Les touristes français ont déserté l'Égypte

LE FIGARO: La montée de la violence en Égypte décourage un peu plus les touristes européens. Les Français s'y rendent surtout l'hiver mais les Russes, les Allemands et les Anglais sont nombreux dans les stations balnéaires égyptiennes.

Les uns après les autres, les tour-opérateurs rayent l'Égypte de la liste de leurs destinations touristiques. Ce vendredi, le groupe TUI, le numéro un européen du tourisme, a annoncé qu'il «annulait tous ses voyages organisés en Égypte depuis l'Allemagne jusqu'à la mi-septembre». La filiale française de TUI, qui regroupe les marques Marmara et Nouvelles Frontières, se contente de «déconseiller» la destination conformément à l'avis du ministère français des Affaires étrangères qui indique que tout voyage en Égypte est «déconseillé jusqu'à nouvel ordre sauf raison impérative». «Nous n'avons aucun client sur place, explique une porte-parole de TUI France. Début juillet, nous avions déjà anticipé cette décision.» Pas d'annulation formelle mais une mise en sommeil des séjours en Égypte. » | Par Valérie Collet | vendredi 16 août 2013

Protest der Muslimbrüder: Straßenschlachten erschüttern Ägypten

Jeremy Bowen: Egypt Crisis: How the Euphoria Turned to Tragedy

BBC: The euphoria that followed the removal of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011 seems very distant now.

Egypt felt as if it had a new start. Expectations that life was about to get better bubbled around the country.

But the sky-high hopes have been overwhelmed by a combination of political failure, entrenched interests and economic crisis.

The revolution in 2011, like the other uprisings in Arab countries, was driven by the dissatisfaction and anger of a new generation.

About 60% of the population across the region was under the age of 30.

They realised that the old order had no room for them, and would never satisfy their desire to have a decent job that would give them the money to have independent lives.

The departure of hope coincided with the exponential growth in modern communications, which meant that countries could not be shut off by their leaders in the way that once was possible.

The under-30s could watch satellite TV, or look at the internet, and realise that not everyone's lives were as tough as theirs had become.

But the energy of 2011's revolutionaries was squashed by the power and organisation of established forces in Egypt, particularly the military, remnants of the old elite and the Muslim Brotherhood. » | Jeremy Bowen | BBC Middle East editor, Cairo | Friday, August 16, 2013

Unruhen in Ägypten: Dutzende Tote in Kairo

Nach den Freitagsgebeten zogen wieder Tausende Mursi-Anhänger protestierend durch die ägyptische Hauptstadt. Bei Zusammenstößen mit der Armee starben Dutzende Menschen.

Battle for Syria

It is a dirty war of vigilante justice, rag-tag militias and indiscriminate bombing of civilians. This stunning and intimate film gets right into the stark reality of the frontline battle for Syria.

In a shot-out car a dead man lies across his wife in a hopeless attempt to save her. The rebels, led here by Abu Muhammad, a former army colonel, thought they had cleared the snipers from this area. But they were wrong. His men are immensely brave and committed, but also undisciplined: "The problem is they don't follow directions. If they follow 15% of the plan that's great!" With the government unwilling to engage in direct conflict with the rebels, for fear that those in the lower ranks will defect, snipers have become key to their strategy and leave a trail of dead bodies, young and old, in their wake. However, it's not just the government who are guilty of excesses. When the rebels capture a civilian trying to sell information to the army, they torture him for two hours, despite Abu Muhammad's assertion he will get a fair trial after the conflict. But Abu Muhammad has greater worries. His group are low on ammunition and believe they can only win through "casualties and a willingness to die". Their current "marriage of convenience" with Islamic fundamentalists also worries him. What will they do if they hijack the revolution? "The real battle for Syria begins after victory. We will fight anyone who tries to turn our country into an extreme Islamic state."

Returning the Rock - Gibraltar, April 2002

The colony of just 6.5. sq km has been in British hands since the early 18th century. It was an important staging post for the Empire, and played a vital role in both world wars. On 14 occasions the rock has come under siege from Spain, but Britain has always clung on to its colony. "Spain has never liked the fact that they lost Gibraltar and have consequently made difficulties" says the Governor of Gibraltar. Now the strategic importance has declined, and with Britain and Spain partners in the EU, the British government views it as an anachronism. "There is enormous room for Anglo Spanish relations that for many years have been conditioned by the claim on Gibraltar, " says Alberto Aza. But as the politics rages it's the ordinary people in Gibraltar who most keenly feel a sense of desertion. " Tell Spain that you can't force people to become Spaniards" says one local resident. "Gibraltarians will not stand for it," says another. " We will fight to our deaths." With Britain set to cut their colony adrift, the Gibraltarians are steeling themselves for their toughest battle yet

Switzerland Opens Drive[-]in 'Sex Boxes' to Make Prostitution Safer

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: They look like shelters for hikers in a national park, but these wooden sheds in Switzerland have a rather less innocent purpose – they provide a discreet location for men to have sex with prostitutes.

The drive-in "sex boxes" as they are being called, will be officially opened on August 26, as part of a drive by authorities in Zurich to regulate prostitution, combat pimping and improve security for sex workers.

The nine garage-style structures, located in a former industrial zone in the west of the city, have been organised with typically Swiss precision.

Drivers will have to follow a clearly marked route along which up to 40 prostitutes will be stationed.

Once they have chosen one of the women and negotiated a fee, they will drive into one of the wooden sheds, which are hung with posters advocating the use of condoms and warning of the risk of Aids.

The sex boxes are equipped with alarms which the prostitutes can activate if they feel in danger from a client. Read on and comment » | Nick Squires | Friday, August 18, 2013

Propaganda Trap: Egyptian Elite Succumb to the Hate Virus

SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Just weeks ago, they decried police violence and the heavy-handed state apparatus. Now, after over 600 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were killed on Wednesday, the Egyptian elite is silent. Those who dare to voice empathy are given a hostile reception.

Egyptian Amir Salim has the classic profile of a revolutionary. As a politically engaged young lawyer, he specialized in human rights cases, a focus which earned him nine trips to jail under Hosni Mubarak. When the revolt against the aging despot gained traction in 2011, Salim quickly became one of its spokesmen. After Mubarak's fall, he founded an organization which promulgated the creation of a civilian state free from military meddling. In a book published in 2012, he dissected the structures of Mubarak's police state.

Now, the same police that Salim attacked so vehemently in his book, has responded to demonstrations in Cairo with shocking brutality. At least 623 people, the vast majority of them civilians, were killed in street battles earlier this week.

And what is Salim doing? Sitting in a popular café in the Cairo city center, he says things like this: "The Muslim Brothers are a sickness and the police have to eradicate them." And: "The police and the army were only defending themselves." He adds that "the problem will only have been solved when the last Muslim Brother who causes problems is locked away in prison." When asked about the obvious human rights violations perpetrated on the dead and wounded, he said: "And what about the rights of those who live near the protest camps? What about their right to be able to enjoy their apartment?" » | Ulrike Putz in Cairo | Friday, August 16, 2013

M, F or Blank: 'Third Gender' Official in Germany from November

SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: Germany is set to become the first country in Europe to introduce a third, "indeterminate" gender designation on birth certificates. The European Union, which is attempting to coordinate anti-discrimination efforts across member states, is lagging behind on the issue.

The option of selecting "blank", in addition to the standard choices of "male" or female" on birth certificates will become available in Germany from November 1. The legislative change allows parents to opt out of determining their baby's gender, thereby allowing those born with characteristics of both sexes to choose whether to become male or female in later life. Under the new law, individuals can also opt to remain outside the gender binary altogether. » | Friederike Heine | Friday, August 16, 2013

Egypt's Ambassador to Britain Defends Assault on Opposition Protesters

Egypt's ambassador to Britain made an extraordinary defence last night of his regime's assault on opposition protesters, claiming many of the dead had been shot by their own side.

Read the article here | Damien McElroy | Friday, August 15, 2013

Denmark Bans Meatballs to Accommodate Muslims

GATESTONE INSTITUTE: "The next thing could be that Danish nurses are forced to go under cover as Muslim women in order to please Muslim patients." — Martin Henriksen, Spokesman, Danish People's Party [DF]

One of the largest hospitals in Denmark has admitted to serving only halal beef -- meat that is slaughtered in accordance with strict Islamic guidelines -- to all of its patients regardless of whether or not they are Muslim.

The revelation that Danes are being forced to eat Islamically slaughtered meat at public institutions has triggered a spirited nationwide debate about how far Denmark should go to accommodate the estimated 250,000 Muslim immigrants now living in the country.

The halal food row erupted in July when the Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet reported that Hvidovre Hospital near Copenhagen has been secretly serving only halal-slaughtered meat for the sake of its Muslim patients, for the past ten years. The hospital serves more than 40,000 patients annually, many (if not most) of whom presumably are non-Muslim.

Halal -- which in Arabic means lawful or legal -- is a term designating any object or action that is permissible according to Islamic Sharia law. In the context of food, halal meat is derived from animals slaughtered by hand according to methods stipulated in Islamic religious texts.

One such halal method, called dhabihah, consists of making a swift, deep incision with a sharp knife on the neck that cuts the jugular vein, leaving the animal to bleed to death. Much of the controversy involving halal stems from the fact that Sharia law bans the practice of stunning the animals before they are slaughtered. Pre-slaughter stunning renders the animals unconscious and is said to lessen their pain.

Amid a surge of public outrage over the decision to serve only halal beef, Hvidovre Hospital's vice president, Torben Mogensen, has been unapologetic. "We have many patients from different ethnic backgrounds, which we must take into account, and it is impossible to have both the one and the other kind of beef," he says. » | Soeren Kern | Friday, August 16, 2013

Inside Story: Egypt: After the 'Massacre'

As violence continues to spike in Cairo, we ask what are the risks of ignoring the different groups within the country.

Egypt Massacre: Live Ammunition, Snipers Used to Disperse Protests

Military's been using live ammunition since this latest bout of unrest kicked off in Egypt on Wednesday. More shocking footage of civilians being fired on has emerged online. RT's Ruptly video agency has obtained footage showing masked men armed with automatic weapons firing back at police in Cairo. RT's Paula Slier talks to relatives of those who died during the violence.

Abu Qatada's Family Follow Him Out of Britain

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The family of radical preacher Abu Qatada have left Britain for good after finally dropping their marathon battle to stay in the country.

His wife and five children left their taxpayer funded home in north-west London and were driven to Heathrow Airport by officials from the Home Office just after lunchtime.

They then boarded the 5.05pm American Airlines flight to Amman, where Qatada is currently awaiting trial of terrorism charges.

The family’s departure signals a victory for the Home Office, which successfully secured Qatada’s deportation from Britain last month, following a decade long legal battle, which is estimated to have cost the taxpayer in excess of £3 million.

A spokesman for the Home Office confirmed that the family had left and said they had also abandoned their bid to be granted the right to live here permanently.

The spokesman said: “Abu Qatada’s wife and five children have now left the UK. The family has formally agreed to stop an outstanding application for indefinite leave to remain.” » | Martin Evans, Crime Correspondent | Thursday, August 15, 2013

Kairos neue Militärherrscher sind schlimmer als Mubarak

DIE PRESSE: Die Indifferenz des Westens gegenüber dem Putsch haben die Generäle als Freibrief für ein Blutbad verstanden. Liberale Kräfte ließen sich zum Feigenblatt degradieren.

An Zynismus ist das schwer zu überbieten: Da töten die ägyptischen Sicherheitskräfte hunderte Anhänger der Muslimbruderschaft, und ein führendes Mitglied der Übergangsregierung – zivile Marionette der Militärherrscher – lobt die „Zurückhaltung“ bei der „Räumung“ der Protest-Camps. Das ist freilich nicht nur zynisch, sondern auch eine wohlkalkulierte Drohung an die Adresse der Islamisten: Glaubt bloß nicht, dass das Blutbad vom Mittwoch alles war, wozu wir fähig und willens sind. Bei den Muslimbrüdern wird man das schon richtig verstanden haben. Und wie ihre gewaltsamen Reaktionen zeigten, waren sie nicht bereit, auch noch die andere Wange hinzuhalten.

Es war ein Massaker mit Ansage: Zuerst holte sich Armeechef Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ein „Mandat“ der Straße, um gegen die Sit-ins vorzugehen, mit denen die Islamisten gegen den Sturz ihres Präsidenten Mohammed Mursi protestierten. Einige Tage spiegelte al-Sisi Kompromissbereitschaft vor, empfing westliche Politiker, nur um deren Vermittlung bald für „gescheitert“ zu erklären. Von da an war die Frage nicht mehr, ob die Sicherheitskräfte zuschlagen würden, sondern nur mehr, wann und wie brutal. Das Ausmaß – noch am Donnerstag stiegen die Opferzahlen stündlich – hat die schlimmsten Befürchtungen übertroffen. » | Helmar Dumbs | Die Presse | Freitag, 16. August 2013 (Print-Ausgabe)

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Répression sanglante: La police égyptienne autorisée à ouvrir le feu

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: La police égyptienne a reçu l'autorisation de tirer à balles réelles sur les manifestants attaquant des biens publics ou les forces de l’ordre.

Des violences ont repris jeudi en Egypte, au lendemain de l’assaut sanglant lancé par la police et l’armée contre les partisans de Mohamed Morsi, qui a fait au moins 525 tués.

Parmi les nombreuses condamnations, le président américain Barack Obama a annulé des manoeuvres militaires avec le Caire.

Le ministère de l’Intérieur égyptien a annoncé jeudi que la police était désormais autorisée à tirer à balles réelles sur les manifestants attaquant des biens publics ou les forces de l’ordre.

Cette annonce intervient peu après que des manifestants islamistes ont mis le feu au siège de l’administration d’une province au Caire, au lendemain de la dispersion dans le sang des partisans du président déchu Mohamed Morsi par la police et l’armée.

Mercredi, le pays des pharaons déserté depuis longtemps par les touristes a été le théâtre d'un bain de sang sans précédent. La dispersion au Caire par la force de deux rassemblements des pro-Morsi, qui ont répliqué parfois au fusil d'assaut et aux cocktails Molotov, ainsi que les violences qui se sont propagées dans tout le pays ont fait officiellement 525 morts dont 482 civils mais le bilan pourrait être plus lourd dans la réalité. » | afp/Newsnet | jeudi 15 août 2013

Tunisie: La Femen Amina publie une nouvelle photo choc

TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: La féministe tunisienne a publié une photo d'elle torse nu, un cocktail molotov à la main, quinze jours après sa libération.

Amina refuse d'être réduite au silence. Cette Femen tunisienne a été libérée il y a 15 jours et en attendant son nouveau procès, elle lance un message clair: elle n'a pas peur et joue la carte de la provocation. » | Par Anne-Elisabeth Celton | jeudi 15 août 2013

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Londres : une mosquée gay-friendly avec des femmes imams

SAPHIR NEWS: A Londres, un espace de prière musulman d'un nouveau genre est ouvert depuis plusieurs mois. Hommes et femmes prient côte à côte et les femmes peuvent diriger la prière dans une assemblée mixte où les personnes homosexuelles sont bienvenues.

Ce projet, nommé « Initiative de mosquée inclusive » (IMI), a été créé fin 2012 par Tamsila Tauqir, une trentenaire qui se dit avoir été « frustrée » par les pratiques patriarcales dans les mosquées, rapporte L'Orient le Jour, un journal libanais francophone. « Il n'y a rien dans le Coran qui dise que les femmes et les hommes ne peuvent pas prier ensemble et que les femmes ne peuvent pas conduire la prière », se justifie-t-elle.

Aujourd'hui, son groupe compte 500 personnes. Ceux qui le souhaitent se retrouvent pour prier deux à trois fois par mois, le plus souvent dans des pièces en sous-sol d'un restaurant, louées dans les différents quartiers de Londres. Le groupe cherche des fonds pour construire sa propre mosquée. » | Rédigée par La Rédaction | mercredi 14 août 2013

Nahostexperte Gysling warnt vor Bürgerkrieg

Erich Gysling rechnet mit dem Schlimmsten. Er hat «den dringenden Verdacht, dass die Muslimbruderschaft durch Al-Kaida-nahe Islamisten infiltriert wird.»

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Nach blutigen Protesten: Ägypten droht Bürgerkrieg

Nach der Eskalation der Gewalt in Ägypten ist für Kairo und andere große Städte eine nächtliche Ausgangssperre verhängt worden. Zuvor wurde bereits für einen Monat der Notstand im Land ausgerufen.

Wahlkampf: Merkel startet Redenmarathon

Große Sorgen muss sich Merkel nicht um ihren Posten als Bundeskanzlerin machen. Im Wahlkampf, bei ihrer ersten Kundgebung in Hessen, betont sie ihre Erfolge der Vergangenheit. Die Zukunft? Bleibt so.

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Britain has summoned the Egyptian ambassador for a meeting as the death toll from Wednesday's attack on pro-Morsi supporters rose to 525.

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Manning Speaks: 'I Believed I Was Going to Help People, Not Hurt People'

Bradley Manning personally delivered a statement as his trial, which could see him convicted for up to 90 years in prison, nears its end. He defended leaking 700,000 US diplomatic cables as an act of conscience and apologized for the damage he caused.

Mass Anti-government Protests Shake Bahrain on Independence Day

Police in Bahrain have fired tear gas and birdshot at protesters. This, however, could be just the start, as the Gulf nation's authorities prepare for a major crackdown on dissent. Wednesday marks the country's 42-nd anniversary of independence from Britain and exactly two and a half years since the current wave of unrest began.

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Egypt is locked in a state of emergency after nationwide street battles which saw tear gas, gunfire and nearly 300 deaths. Security forces swept through two protest camps full of supporters of the ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Authorities are now enforcing a curfew in Cairo and several other provinces across the country.

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