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The following is research published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch Series and the MEMRI TV Project.
*Special Dispatch Series
Special Dispatch No. 3844—Egypt/Minorities in the Middle East/Lantos Archives on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial/Conspiracy Theories/Koran and Hadith-Based Antisemitic Myths/U.S. and the Arab & Muslim World
Article in Egyptian Daily: The Jews Are behind the Clashes between Egypt's Muslims and Copts
Clashes this past Saturday (May 7, 2011) between Muslims and Copts outside the St. Mina Church in the Imbaba neighborhood, in Cairo's Al-Giza Governorate, left 12 dead and dozens wounded. The violence broke out when Muslims gathered outside the Coptic church demanding the release of Abir Tala't Fakhri, a young woman whose Muslim husband claimed she was being held there against her will after converting from Christianity to Islam. In an online interview, Fakhri admitted that she had converted to Islam and married a Muslim man after leaving her abusive Copt husband. She added that following her conversion she had been kidnapped by relatives and held in various churches, and was only released when she pretended to have converted back to Christianity. Fakhri's attorney reported that, fearing for her safety, she had subsequently turned herself over to the Supreme Council of the Egyptian Armed Forces, which is currently governing the country.
In an article in the Egyptian government daily Al-Gumhouriyya, journalist Safaa Saleh wrote that the Jews had orchestrated the clashes between the Muslims and the Copts in order to keep Egypt's youth from marching through Sinai toward Gaza to help spark a third Palestinian intifada.
To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5292.htm
*From the MEMRI TV Project
MEMRI TV Clip No. 2932 - Mahmoud Al-Khodheiri, Former Deputy Head of Egypt's Court of Appeals, Salutes Terrorists Who Bombed the Egypt-Israel Gas Pipeline
Following are excerpts from an interview with Judge Mahmoud Al-Khodheiri, former deputy head of Egyptian Court of Appeals, which aired on Al-Jazeera Network on May 13, 2011:
Mahmoud Al-Khodheiri: "We should stop exporting natural gas to Israel. This gas is our blood. It is the future livelihood of our children. Today, we are trying to gain the world's sympathy, in order to receive $10 million worth of aid, yet we lose $13 million a day by exporting gas to Israel.
"For what?! I consider the exportation of gas to Israel an act of treason, and we should stop it. I salute the people who bombed the gas pipe, because this is my blood that is being transferred to my enemy." […]
To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2932.htm.
MEMRI TV Clip No. 2915 - Kuwaiti TV Host Sa'oud Al-Wara Weeps and Bewails Mubarak's Fate: If He Dies, the Egyptians Will Be the Ones Who Killed Him
Following are excerpts from a statement by Kuwaiti TV host Sa'oud Al-Wara, which aired on Scope TV and posted on the Internet on April 29, 2011:
Sa'oud Al-Wara (weeping): "[The Egyptians] suffer from uncertainty and insecurity. Egypt has no security. Hosni Mubarak is there, but he is imprisoned. You threw him into prison!
"Oh Egyptians, you good people, we love you… I used to live among you. I was educated among you. Why did you have to act this way towards him? His children are in jail, people are cursing his wife. He was a president and a symbol, and all of a sudden, he was sent from his throne to prison." […]
To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2915.htm .
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