Tag: Islamist

Egypt: Cartoonist Islam Gaweesh arrested for criticizing regime

February 1, 2016

Egyptian popular cartoonist Islam Gaweesh has been arrested Sunday for publishing cartoons deemed critical of the regime. According to his lawyer Mahmoud Othman, the cartoonist ... Read More

Egypt: IS Jihadist group blows up gas pipeline to Jordan in Sinai

January 8, 2016

IS-link group in Sinai Province Thursday claimed it destroyed gas pipeline supplying Jordan amid Egyptian forces’ claims they have killed dozens of militants recently. "By ... Read More

Egypt: Militant attack kills nine family members

November 12, 2015

Unknown militants raided a house in the city of Arish Wednesday, killing nine family members including a three-year old child and severely wounding one person, ... Read More

Morocco: First beer festival banned

October 6, 2015

Casablanca local authorities Monday cancelled what could have been Morocco’s first beer festival following calls for ban by religious movements. The one month event which ... Read More

Algeria: Former Islamist fighter announces debut into politics

September 23, 2015

Ex-notorious Algerian Islamist fighter of the 1990s revealed he will start a career into politics causing stirs into Algerian society still reminiscent of the 1990s ... Read More

Libya to ease situation with Tunisian, Egyptian electricity, Tripoli Government

August 6, 2015

Electricity has been a major challenge in Libya in the past few years because fighting in the country destroyed some of the infrastructures while foreign ... Read More

Al Qaeda Strikes Algerian Army

July 20, 2015

It seems that the jihadist terror groups have carried out their threats launched against Algerian authorities when the Islamist militants attacked lately Algerian army, killing ... Read More

Mauritania: Introduce Sharia and religious police force, Mufti Wald Habib tells the President

July 20, 2015

Ahmed Wald Habib al-Rahman, considered to be the Mufti of Mauritania, told President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and other high officials that the country needs ... Read More

Tel Aviv gives leeway to Egyptian army to crackdown on Jihadists in military banned northern Sinai

July 3, 2015

Israel has not only offered condolences to Egypt after the deadly coordinated Islamist attacks in the Sinai Peninsula but also gave a free hand to ... Read More

Egypt: No place for terrorism in Egypt, the government takes a strong stance by adopting new law

July 2, 2015

The Egyptian cabinet stepped up its strong crackdown policy on terrorism and terrorism groups after it adopted on Wednesday a draft of drastic laws that ... Read More