Showing posts with label Cairo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cairo. Show all posts

Friday, August 16, 2013

'Day of rage' explodes after Friday prayers


 
A bold contradictory headline caught my attention this morning:  

'Day of rage' explodes after Friday prayers

 (The purported religion of peace is providing us a pattern of violence, especially after the Friday Prayers.)

Yahoo!


A supporter of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi shouts during clashes with Egyptian security forces in Cairo's Nasr City district, Egypt, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP)

'Day of rage' explodes after Friday prayers

Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood supporters pour out of mosques in Cairo in defiance of the military. State of emergency »

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Remains Defiant After Crackdown

Hundreds of people were killed in Egypt Wednesday when armed forces cleared protest camps set up by backers of ousted President Morsi. David Greene talks to Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the situation in Egypt.


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Thursday, July 04, 2013

Cairo the scene of the latest Coup d'etat

Cairo
القاهرة
al-Qāhirah
Top left: Downtown Cairo; top right: Ibn Tulun Mosque; middle:Cairo Citadel; bottom left: Nile Felucca; bottom middle: Cairo Tower; bottom right: Muizz Street

Its official name is القاهرة al-Qāhirah , means literally "the Vanquisher" or "the Conqueror"; Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [elqɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ], sometimes it is informally also referred to as كايرو Kayro [ˈkæjɾo].[5]



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