Egypt’s top Islamist expects assassination of liberal figures

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Nageh Ibrahim, the ideologue of the Gamaa al-Islamiya, said his expectation “was based on an analysis of the political situation not on information.”

Egypt’s top Islamist expects assassination of liberal figures​

By Al Arabiya
11/26/12

A senior member of Egypt’s former militant Islamist group al-Gamaa al-Islamiya has warned that liberal politicians and intellectuals who oppose President Mohammed Mursi’s latest constitutional declaration could face a campaign of targeted assassinations starting from December.

Nageh Ibrahim, the ideologue of the Gamaa al-Islamiya, which took up arms against ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime in the 1980s, told Al Arabiya that his expectation “was based on an analysis of the political situation not on information.”

He said recent escalation of violence in different parts of the country, including successive attacks on security forces in Sinai, attacks on Muslim Brotherhood offices and on mosques, point to a possible bloody reaction against liberals.

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Morsi doesn't want democracy - he wants an Islamic republic...

White House: Egypt's democracy on 'difficult path'
Jan 28,`13 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Egypt is on a "difficult path" to a peaceful democracy, the White House said Monday as months of lukewarm political support for the conservative Islamic government was in danger of backfiring after deadly weekend riots pushed Cairo to crack down on civil rights.

It was the latest strain on the stretched-thin detente between the Obama administration and Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood following - a fault line that already has delayed $1 billion in U.S. aid to Cairo. Billions of additional dollars in international loans also have been shelved because of Egypt's instability. Washington has worried since June - when Egyptian voters overthrew dictator Hosni Mubarak and picked Morsi as its first democratically elected leader - that the Brotherhood ultimately would default to its anti-American and anti-Israel roots instead of taking a more moderate stance towards peace.

A spate of recent steps - from Brotherhood-led attacks on protesters, to vague protestations of women's freedoms in the nation's new constitution, to revelations of old comments by Morsi referring to Jews as "bloodsuckers" and "pigs" - have raised alarm among senior U.S. officials. Political unrest in Egypt peaked this weekend with clashes that left more than 50 people dead and forced Morsi to deploy military forces and impose a curfew as part of a month-long state of emergency in three Suez Canal provinces. "We have engaged directly with the Egyptian government as they move forward on the difficult path towards greater democracy and rule of law, and we will continue to do so," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday. "There needs to be a lasting solution to the conflict that we see in Egypt and it has to be a solution that adheres to the rights of all Egyptians. "Obviously, this is not a lasting solution," Carney said.

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo closed hours early on Monday, fearing that protests against Morsi and the Brotherhood could turn violent and endanger American diplomats who work a few miles from Tahrir Square, the base of Egypt's revolution in 2001. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said U.S. officials are "obviously watching how this moves forward," and urged Morsi's secular and liberal political opponents to agree to a national dialogue with the president to settle the burgeoning crisis. "There are a lot of different views about how to take the country forward," Nuland said.

Egypt is the birthplace of the Muslim Brotherhood, but its influence and affiliates have spread across the Mideast and into North Africa - where two recent terrorist attacks and a French assault on Islamist militants in Mali have presented Obama with a new front in the war against extremism for his second term.

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Egyptian police are accused of another case of brutality...

Egypt police beating: The strange case of Hamada Saber
4 February 2013 - When video emerged of police beating a naked man in the street close to protests on Friday night, it looked like another case of brutality likely to provoke further anger against the security forces.

But the case of Hamada Saber has many strange twists and turns. In the footage, Mr Saber, a middle-aged, working-class man, can be seen lying on the tarmac with his trousers around his ankles close to the presidential palace. He is surrounded by a group of half a dozen officers clad in black riot gear and wielding batons. They hit him, remove his clothes, and drag him into an armoured vehicle. The images were shown repeatedly on Egyptian and international media and went viral on social media.

While official sources initially suggested that Mr Saber was carrying petrol bombs or firing a gun, the interior ministry promised an investigation. On Saturday, its spokesman told the state news agency the incident was "regrettable and unacceptable". "The ministry is keen to admit its mistakes, an approach that confirms a change in its strategy," he said. Meanwhile, the president's office said it was "pained by the shocking footage of some policemen treating a protester in a manner that does not accord with human dignity and human rights". Yet it also insisted this was "an isolated act".

'Mistaken for policeman'

The story then got more complicated as Mr Saber appeared on state television from a police hospital where he was being treated for buckshot wounds. He described how he had been drinking a soda and watching the scenes when protesters surrounded him. He suggested they shot him after mistaking him for a riot police officer because of his dark clothes, adding: "They didn't leave me any money and took my clothes." Mr Saber admitted he was "afraid" when he saw the security forces chasing him but says: "When I fell, they caught me and said: 'You gave us a hard time.'" The next twist came when his relatives gave a series of interviews contradicting this version of events.

A younger generation of relatives sought to explain away his strange and sometimes illogical statements. "He's afraid, he's in hospital and everyone around him tells him what to say," Mr Saber's daughter, Ranya, told private Egyptian channel CBC. "They [the police] hit him, you saw what happened." "He's a coward," added her angry cousin, Ashraf. In the most surreal exchange, speaking to the Egyptian television host Amr Adeeb, Ranya and her father argued over the telephone about their different accounts. Mr Saber accused his daughter of lying and called her "daughter of a shoe", a colourful Egyptian insult.

Yet by Sunday, Mr Saber seemed desperate to rescue his reputation. After being moved to a public hospital he gave a live telephone interview to the satellite channel al-Hayat, in which he changed his story. "Police are the ones who beat me," he told presenter, Sharif Amr. "By the time I reached the armoured car, they had undressed me [including] my trousers and were still dragging me." He swore when asked whether he had accepted any form of payment for interviews.

'Test case'

 

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Well yea. Muslim extremists are "conservatives". By their very nature, dangerous. Many are vile. Just like, well, you know....

 

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Nageh Ibrahim, the ideologue of the Gamaa al-Islamiya, said his expectation “was based on an analysis of the political situation not on information.”

Egypt’s top Islamist expects assassination of liberal figures​

By Al Arabiya
11/26/12

A senior member of Egypt’s former militant Islamist group al-Gamaa al-Islamiya has warned that liberal politicians and intellectuals who oppose President Mohammed Mursi’s latest constitutional declaration could face a campaign of targeted assassinations starting from December.

Nageh Ibrahim, the ideologue of the Gamaa al-Islamiya, which took up arms against ousted president Hosni Mubarak's regime in the 1980s, told Al Arabiya that his expectation “was based on an analysis of the political situation not on information.”

He said recent escalation of violence in different parts of the country, including successive attacks on security forces in Sinai, attacks on Muslim Brotherhood offices and on mosques, point to a possible bloody reaction against liberals.

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That's like predicting the sun will come up.

Of course they are going to kill each other off, with the winner being the one that was most brutal.

 

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Well yea. Muslim extremists are "conservatives". By their very nature, dangerous. Many are vile. Just like, well, you know....

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