The following is research published today from MEMRI’s Special Dispatch Series and TV Project.
Special Dispatch No. 4142—Egypt/Iran/Inter-Arab Relations/Proliferation of WMDs Retired Egyptian General Abd Al-Hamid Umran Calls for an Egyptian Nuclear Program: We Should Follow the Iranian Model and Deceive the International CommunityFollowing are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian Gen. (ret.) Abd Al-Hamid Umran, which aired on ON TV on August 21, 2011: To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3098.htm.
Abd Al-Hamid Umran: "The Camp David Accord is like a treaty of surrender in the civil sense, when one party holds all the power, and the other party wants to resolve the problem in any possible way. The outcome was the Camp David Accord. Back then, this is what our political and military capabilities enabled us to achieve. President Sadat wanted to get them out of Sinai in any way possible." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5653.htm.
Special Dispatch No. 4141—Egypt Egyptian Filmmaker Magdi Ahmad: The Salafis Want to Gain Power through a Revolution or by Democratic Means and Then Abolish DemocracyFollowing are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian filmmaker Magdi Ahmad, which aired on ON TV on August 16, 2011. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3104.htm.
Magdi Ahmad: "I don't think that the Salafis played any role in the revolution. They are merely hijacking the revolution. We have a very short memory. They staged demonstrations demanding to stop the revolution, claiming that the ruler must be obeyed. They deem democracy to be heresy to begin with." […] To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5652.htm.
Special Dispatch No. 4140—Egypt/Minorities in the Middle East Egyptian Cleric Wagdi Ghoneim: Democracy Is Founded on Principles of Heresy; Don't Tell Me Christians in Egypt Should Have Equal RightsFollowing are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian cleric Wagdi Ghoneim, which aired on Al-Jazeera on August 5, 2011. To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3115.htm.
Wagdi Ghoneim: "I do not acknowledge all these terms: secular, liberal, whatever… One thing I know: A Muslim loves and exalts his religion, and he wants to be ruled by Islam, because he is a Muslim. Let's look at a simple example. Doesn't a soccer fan love his team and want it to win the league, as well as the cup, the European Cup, the World Cup, and the African Cup? I have yet to see someone who hates his own religion." To read the full report, visit http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5651.htm.
MEMRI TV Clip No. 3102 - Egyptian Presidential Candidate Ayman Nour: The New President Will Not Agree to Be Treated as a Servant, Slave, or Employee of the U.S.
Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian presidential candidate Ayman Nour, which aired on Al-Nas TV on August 7, 2011. Interviewer: "How do you view Egypt's relations with Israel?" To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3102.htm.
MEMRI TV Clip No. 3101 - Egyptian Cleric Mazen Al-Sirsawi: 'If Allah Had Not Created the Shi'ites as Human Beings, They Would Have Been Donkeys'
Following are excerpts from an interview with Egyptian cleric Mazen Al-Sirsawi, which aired on Al-Hekma TV on August 7, 2011: Mazen Al-Sirsawi: "What characterizes the Shi'ites, as observed by Imam Al-Shaf'i and others, is that they are liars." To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3101.htm. | |
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