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Egyptian Vote Brings Concerns About Sectarianism, Rise of Muslim Brotherhood

CNS News

Egypt’s controversial Muslim Brotherhood edged closer to a dominant role in the Arab world’s biggest country this week, with victory in a referendum on a package of constitutional reforms backed by the Islamist group, but opposed by Egypt’s emerging pro-democracy opposition.

Although the package includes some important reforms, such as limiting presidential powers and tenure, it also paves the way for a rapid move to presidential and legislative elections, a situation that benefits established groups like the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the former ruling National Democratic Party (NDP).

More than 77 percent of Egyptians who took part in the referendum voted in favor of the package, according to official results. Turnout exceeded 40 percent, much higher than the norm in Egyptian elections.

Anti-American propaganda is 'real news,' huh?

OneNewsNow

Speaking recently before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lauded the pro-Arab network Al-Jazeera while criticizing U.S. broadcasters.

While defending her department budget before a committee of lawmakers, Clinton said Al-Jazeera is gaining more stature in the U.S. because it offers -- what she called -- "real news." Speaking on C-SPAN, she said:

"In fact viewership of al-Jazeera is going up in the United States because it's real news. You may not agree with it, but you feel like you're getting real news around the clock instead of a million commercials and, you know, arguments between talking heads and the kind of stuff that we do on our news which, you know, is not particularly informative to us, let alone foreigners."

Dan Gainor is vice president of business and culture at the Media Research Center.

"She's frustrated that they're out there doing a better job of propaganda, apparently, than the United States is doing," he remarks. "[Did] you hear what she cites? She cites specifically 'state news networks' that propagandize against the United States. And so then she, of course, says Al-Jazeera, that's what people watch. Well, of course -- it's the pro-terrorist network and it's got a lot of attention around the globe."

U.N. Body Condemns Israel’s Treatment of Palestinian Women, but Ignores Plight of Women in Iran and Libya

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A U.N. policy-making body dedicated to “gender equality and the advancement of women” adopted a resolution accusing Israel of holding back the advancement of Palestinian women, but it took no action on the emergency in Libya or the legally enshrined discrimination faced by women in Iran.

The only country-specific resolution passed by the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at its recent session in New York was one condemning Israel over the Palestinian issue.

Libya is a member of the 45-country CSW, and Iran has just taken up a seat on the body for the next four years.

Muslims to rally for U.S. Islamic state

OneNewsNow

A bestselling author and critic of Islam doesn't think much can be done to prevent an extreme Muslim cleric from holding a rally in front of the White House to call for an Islamic revolution in the U.S.

Anjem Choudary, a British citizen, has been making the rounds on American television for what critics are calling a publicity stunt. He has already sparked anger by saying "the flag of Islam will fly over the White House" one day and that Americans "are the biggest criminals in the world today."

But now, he wants thousands of Muslims to rally the White House to establish an Islamic state in America. And Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch does not think that will violate the law that forbids calling for a violent overthrow of the U.S. government.

Powerful Cleric Joins Protest to Urge Islamic Rule in Yemen

New York Times

As thousands of demonstrators for and against President Ali Abdullah Saleh took to the streets on Tuesday, a cleric who is a former mentor of Osama bin Laden joined them to call for the replacement of the government with an Islamic state.

The cleric, Sheik Abdul Majid al-Zindani, has been on the United States Treasury Department’s list of “specially designated global terrorists” since 2004, suspected of fund-raising for Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. His call was a marked contrast to the message of the rebellions that brought down the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt and now threaten the rulers of Libya, Bahrain, Oman and, to this point, Yemen, where uprisings have been seen as secular and inspired by democratic goals. In the past, he has publicly opposed terrorism, if not jihad, or holy war, and his word as a spiritual leader carries considerable political and moral weight in Yemen.

Mr. Zindani’s appearance coincided with an unusual display of anti-American sentiment by Mr. Saleh, who accused Washington and Israel of fomenting unrest to destabilize the Arab world — an accusation that seemed more remarkable because the United States has been Mr. Saleh’s most powerful Western backer during his three decades in power.

‘Prepare to Invade Israel,’ Hezbollah Leader Tells Followers

Associated Press

Hezbollah's leader told his Shiite guerrilla group Wednesday to be prepared to invade northern Israel, a day after Israel's defense minister warned that the quiet along the tense border could erupt into violence.

The comments by the two sides illustrate the fragile situation along the frontier since they Israel and Hezbollah fought a bitter, six-week war in the summer of 2006. The war ended in a U.N.-brokered truce but officials on both sides of the border believe it is only a matter of time before hostilities resume.

"I tell the holy warriors of the Islamic Resistance to be ready for a day when, if war is imposed on us, your command might ask you to control the Galilee area," Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech Wednesday. The Galilee refers to land in northern Israel.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood to Launch Political Party

VOA News

Now that President Hosni Mubarak is gone, the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's largest opposition group, says it will register as a legitimate political party once party restrictions are lifted. The group was banned under Mr. Mubarak's rule.

The Muslim Brotherhood said Tuesday that it will form a political party to assert its role in Egypt's nascent democracy. But it said it would not field a candidate in the next presidential election.

The Brotherhood has a representative on an eight-member panel of experts tasked with drawing up amendments to Egypt's constitution. The military chose a diverse group of legal experts, including a prominent Christian judge. Their amendments are due in 10 days, and the public will get to vote on them in two months.

Ahmadinejad: Egyptian protests herald new Mideast

Associated Press

Iran's president said Friday that Egypt's popular uprising shows a new Islamic Middle East is emerging, one that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims will have no signs of Israel and U.S. "interference."

The Iranian leader spoke as the country marked the 32nd anniversary of its 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the pro-U.S. shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and brought hardline clerics to power.

Ahmadinejad's remarks came hours after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he is transferring authority to his deputy but refused to step down, angering hundreds of thousands of Egyptians who have been demanding he relinquish his three-decade grip on power.

After his address, Ahmadinejad carried a placard reading, "Death to Israel."

Egypt protesters fear revenge if Mubarak holds on

Associated Press

The trappings of a determined protest movement - chanting, flags and raised fists - fill Tahrir Square, the hard-won enclave of those who seek a new Egypt. But some there fear an enemy in their midst.

After the initial euphoria over their defiance of a state once thought impregnable, protesters are increasingly uneasy that President Hosni Mubarak or leaders he has chosen may hang on to power.

If they do, there is a growing fear that the entrenched regime will try to exact revenge in the way it has done so many times before - mass arrests and abuse of detainees.

Many in Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the protests in Cairo, have noticed some in the crowds who look out of place. They hold mobile telephones aloft, recording video of the panorama. The protesters suspect these are undercover police documenting who is attending the protests and fear that if they don't win far-reaching concessions soon, an emboldened security establishment will identify and round them up, one by one.

Maginnis: Political correctness cost soldiers their lives

OneNewsNow

A senior Army strategist says political correctness blinded the decision-making process of those who could have prevented the November 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who had expressed radical Islamic views, is accused of murdering 13 people, and attempting to kill 32 others, more than a year ago at the sprawling Army post in central Texas. A Senate report released on Thursday says statements by Hasan expressing support for Osama bin Laden and charging that the U.S. was at war with Islam indicated his sympathy for extremists, and could have been sufficient grounds to discipline or discharge him -- but no action was taken and his evaluations were sanitized.

Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis (USA-Ret.) says unfortunately medical personnel are not always the best people to make such decisions.

Federal funding for religious group?

OneNewsNow

A New York City construction worker who witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attacks finds it reprehensible that the developers of the proposed Islamic mega-mosque at the Ground Zero site have obtained a grant to build their "victory mosque."

The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation recently authorized the developers of what is now being called the "Park51" project a grant of almost $6 million for "cultural and community enhancements." That money comes from the Community and Cultural Enhancement Program, which was set up to fund rebuilding the area surrounding the 9/11 attacks.

Andy Sullivan is a lifelong New York City construction worker and founder of the 911 Hard Hat Pledge, which is working to prevent the mosque's construction at the proposed location. He questions how a mosque project is eligible for federal funding.

"According to the IRS, they are a religious 501c3 charity, meaning they cannot have access to federal monies," Sullivan points out. "No religious institution has the right to have access to federal monies."

Egypt revolt is 'step towards Islamic Middle East'

Breitbart

Iran said on Tuesday the uprising in Egypt will help create an Islamic Middle East but accused US officials of interfering in the "freedom seeking" movement which has rocked the Arab nation.

"With the knowledge that I have of the great revolutionary and history making people of Egypt, I am sure they will play their role in creating an Islamic Middle East for all freedom, justice and independence seekers," Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying on state television's website.

Salehi, who was officially endorsed by the Iranian parliament on Sunday as foreign minister, said the uprising in Egypt "showed the need for a change in the region and the end of unpopular regimes."

Iranian Media Hail Egypt ‘Revolution’

CNS News

Media in the Arab world are generally reporting cautiously on the protests rocking Egypt following the shakeup in Tunisia, but those in Iran are giving the turmoil prominent, almost gleeful, coverage.

Sunni Egypt, viewed as the leader of the Arab world, and Shi’ite Iran are longstanding rivals.

Iranian outlets, especially those linked to the government and establishment, are using terms like “revolution” and “uprising” to describe the protests, painting the demonstrators as heroic and giving headline treatment to voices predicting the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak.

Hezbollah ‘Coup’ Poses New Challenges for U.S., U.N.

CNS News

Two months after Israel’s top military officer warned of a potential Hezbollah “coup” in Lebanon, the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shi’ite militia is poised to take de facto control of the government in Beirut, without having fired a shot.

Supporters of embattled Sunni caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri called for fresh protests on Tuesday, after Hezbollah secured the necessary parliamentary support to nominate its favored candidate, pro-Syrian business tycoon Najib Mikati, as Hariri’s successor.

Hezbollah, designated by the State Department as a foreign terrorist organization, brought down Hariri’s U.S.-backed “unity” government two weeks ago by withdrawing Hezbollah-aligned ministers from the cabinet.

Internal discord keeps NY mosque at a standstill

OneNewsNow

The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) is encouraged that developers of the "Ground Zero" mosque have admitted in court that "money issues" are preventing them from moving forward with demolition or construction on the site.

The New York Supreme Court recently rejected the ACLJ's motion for a temporary restraining order to prevent developers of the controversial mosque project from moving forward with any demolition or alteration of the site. (See earlier story) The conservative firm represents Tim Brown, a New York City firefighter and first responder who survived the collapse of the Twin Towers but lost nearly 100 of his friends on September 11, 2001.

Exempt info says more about mayor's support

OneNewsNow

A Christian attorney who has been front and center in the effort to stop the construction of the proposed "9/11 mega-mosque" in New York City says Mayor Bloomberg's office has refused to hand over important documents that reveal his inappropriate involvement with the mosque developers.

As previously reported on OneNewsNow, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office waited until two days before Christmas to respond to separate Freedom of Information Act requests from Judicial Watch and the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) for documents related to the mayor's communications involving the mosque project.

"What we learned from those documents, as we suspected, is that the mayor's office was very much involved in this process and that they were very much involved in helping the owners of this particular building shepherd through the political process," reports Brett Joshpe, the New York-based attorney handling the lawsuit filed by the ACLJ.

Supplication for suffering Somali Christians

OneNewsNow

Southern Somalia's largest and most comprehensive Christian library has been destroyed by Islamic militants who continue to threaten and persecute believers, so one organization is encouraging Americans to take prayerful action.

It is not uncommon for persecuted Somali Christians to literally bury their Bibles and other Christian materials in an attempt to avoid intense persecution from Islamists. And for a library that served as an underground Bible college in southern Somalia, al Shabaab's recent attack has inflicted what it calls "a blow to the misguided Somali Christians."

"The militants destroyed the library and brought Bibles, Christian books, audio and video materials to the city center and burned them after the Muslim noon prayer," reports Jonathan Rocha of International Christian Concern (ICC). "We have the information that the guardian of the library, who is a Christian man, fled the area hours after the library was found by the Islamists" because Christian converts from Islam face a likely death sentence. He has not surfaced since.

Five arrested over Danish cartoon terror plot

Breitbart

The Danish intelligence agency PET said Wednesday it had arrested four men suspected of preparing a massacre at a newspaper which published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.

A spokeswoman for Swedish intelligence agency Saepo said a fifth man had been arrested in Sweden in connection with the same plot against the Copenhagen-based Jyllands-Posten daily.

"These arrests have successfully stopped an imminent terror attack, where several of the suspects ... were going to force their way into the (building which houses the Jyllands-Posten) in Copenhagen and kill as many people as possible," PET head Jacob Scharf said in a statement.

Hezbollah TV Programs Prompt Call to Amend Broadcasting Rules in Australia

CNS News

Australia’s media regulator has recommended that the country’s broadcasting regulations be amended to block terror-supporting programming, after an investigation into Hezbollah’s al-Manar television station found material that breached national codes on racism and fairness.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) said the proposed changes should “prohibit content that is likely to advocate the doing of terrorist acts.”

Nigeria Roiled Again by Muslim-Christian Clashes

CNS News

The season of good will brought little to celebrate in a city straddling Nigeria’s religious fault line, where Muslim-Christian clashes continued Sunday following a series of deadly bombings on Christmas Eve.

Elsewhere in the country, police blamed a radical Islamic group nicknamed the “Nigerian Taliban” for attacks on two churches in the north which left six people dead, including a pastor.

The violence comes a year after Africa’s most populous country and the world’s eighth-largest oil exporter made international headlines over a failed attempt by a Nigerian student to bomb an aircraft approaching Detroit. Like that incident the latest flare-up again highlights the simmering conflict being fed by Islamist sentiment in the West African nation.

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