Egypt
Egypt – Salafi Front to join Friday’s pro-Sharia protest
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Ansar Jerusalem eulogizes Eilat attacker in new video
Today Ansar Jerusalem released a video to jihadist forums in which it eulogizes Ibrahim Oweidah Nasser Bereikat, who died on Aug. 26, and shows the interrogation of a “spy” involved in his assassination.
Egypt
Egypt – Constitution authors lean toward restricting gender equality, religious freedom
Egypt
In Egypt streets, Islamists throw weight around
Zawahiri says raids on diplomatic facilities were ‘defeats’ for US
In a message addressed to Shabaab, al Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia, Ayman al Zawahiri cites the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, as well as the assaults on US embassies in Cairo and Sanaa, as evidence of American weakness.
Egypt
Egypt: Bishop says police failed to protect church land from Salafi attack
Al Salafiyya Al Jihadiyya denies jihadists responsible for deaths of 3 Egyptian policemen
In a statement posted on jihadist forums on Monday, Al Salafiyya Al Jihadiyya denied that jihadists were responsible for the recent killing of the three Egyptian policemen in the city of el-Arish in the North Sinai governorate.
Jihadists suspected in deaths of 3 Egyptian policemen
Three Egyptian policemen were shot and killed in the city of el-Arish in the North Sinai governorate. Before fleeing the scene, the attackers reportedly “raised a black flag associated with jihadis and shouted ‘God is great.'”
Egypt
Salafists demonstrated in Cairo for greater use of sharia law in Egypt’s constitution. Salafists clashed with Liberal protesters who chanted slogans against President Mursi. Police arrested 12 suspects linked to al Qaeda; weapons and explosives were also seized.
Egypt
Egyptians protest for applying Islamic laws
Al Qaeda
Makeshift Islamic Courts Fill Void in the Sinai
Egypt arrests pro-al Qaeda jihadist tied to Benghazi suspect
Sheikh ‘Adel Shehato, a senior Egyptian jihadist who helped instigate the Sept. 11 protest in Cairo, has been arrested in Egypt. Authorities allege that he was the founder of the Nasr City terrorist cell. Members of the cell are reportedly connected to the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi.
Germany
German Jihadists Target Youth on the Internet, Study Finds
Old school Egyptian jihadists linked to 9/11 Cairo protest, Benghazi suspect
Muhammad Jamal al Kashef, who is suspected of playing a role in the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, has longstanding ties to a group of al Qaeda-linked jihadists who helped incite a protest in Cairo that same day.
Egypt
Revolution Brings Hard Times for Egypt’s Treasures
Egypt
Growing Influence of Religion Sparks Fears across Egypt
Egyptian security official dismisses reports of foiled terror plot in Sinai
An Egyptian security official has dismissed reports that suggested that jihadists were planning to carry out attacks at Sinai resorts.
Video reportedly shows key suspect from Benghazi attack
An Egyptian media organization has posted a video purportedly showing Muhammad Jamal al Kashef, who is one of the main suspects in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. Jamal has longstanding ties to Ayman al Zawahiri and his younger brother, Mohammed al Zawahiri.
Iran
Sudan, After Blast, Greets Iran Ships
Plot to attack tourist sites in Sinai reportedly thwarted
Last Friday, Egyptian authorities arrested five jihadists near the border with Gaza who were planning to carry out attacks against tourist sites in the Sinai Peninsula.
Egypt
Israel rattled by rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric from Egypt
Lebanon
Hizbollah debates dropping support for the regime of President Bashar al-Assad
Zawahiri notes death of Blind Sheikh’s son ‘on the pure soil of Khorasan’
Al Qaeda’s emir also lauded the imprisoned jihadist cleric and vowed to help free him from US custody.
Al Qaeda
Al-Qaida group urges jihad after Gaza leaders is part of jihad against Jews, threaten large-scale retaliation
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.
Israel
Sudan: a front for Israel’s proxy war on Sinai jihadis?
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.
Ennahda
Tunisia Jews: A tiny community hanging on – and cooking
Al Qaeda
Foreign fighters worry – and boost – Syrian rebels
Egypt
FRANCE 24 journalist assaulted in Cairo