The Gülen movement, led by US-based liberal Islamic thinker Fethullah Gülen, has borne the brunt of the massive crackdown by the Erdoğan government. And the tourism industry, above all, will naturally be decimated by any terrorist attack. Search . by Mohammed Nosseir, 1 January 2019 Another attack in Egypt, and no policy rethink in sight ↑ The Luxor Temple. Browse our archives of magazine articles, interviews, and in-depth essays from experts in Egypt. Preliminary data showed that the economy contracted in Q2, as the pandemic and associated lockdown measures impaired activity. In April, a parliamentary spokesperson announced that municipal elections would likely occur during the first half of 2019, after a draft local administration law is passed. Karaman described IAMS as an organization that endeavors to liberate Muslims in Islamic countries from oppressive dictators who seized power and are servants of the enemies of Islam. The cleric is among those who promote Erdoğan as the leader of all Muslims, or caliph, and he has pushed the idea of absolute obedience to the Erdoğan regime for Muslims as many followers of the Turkish president have been led to believe that Erdoğan is the expected savior and the only Muslim leader who can stand up to the West, crusaders and Israel. Erdogan’s chief cleric declared Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to be the Devil’s Triangle and added Bahrain to a list of enemies of Islam. Egypt poll: Israel, Denmark, US - enemies 92 percent of Egyptians see Israel as an enemy nation, over 50 percent view Denmark, US in same light. Cart Sign in Subscribe. Nordic Monitor is a news portal that reports about developments on extremism, terrorism, crime, foreign policy, security and military matters. Site developed by Copyright © Yedioth Internet. Islamist groups won nearly three-quarters of the eligible votes in the only fair and free election in modern Egyptian political history, the 2011 parliamentary election – a fact we need to keep in mind. Writing for the pro-Iran Yeni Şafak daily on May 5, 2019, Karaman lashed out at all three countries as well as Bahrain for designating the Muslim Brotherhood’s International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS) as a terrorist entity. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt comprise the “Devil’s Triangle,” said Hayrettin Karaman, chief fatwa (religious edict) giver for Turkish President Recep Tayyip and a leading ideologue for the Turkish Muslim Brotherhood. cc Rüdiger Stehn. To the west of the river and near the delta apex one can see the three large pyramids and sphinx at Giza. Another attack in Egypt, and no policy rethink in sight, Mohammed Nosseir is an Egyptian liberal politician, living in Cairo and advocating for political participation, liberal values and economic freedom. Fighting terrorism is exclusively the mission of the Egyptian security apparatus since the belief is that terrorists can only be got rid of by expanding security measures. T he latest terrorist attack in Egypt that targeted a Vietnamese tourist bus, killing three tourists and the Egyptian tour guide and injuring a dozen tourists, may cast doubt on Egypt’s counterterrorism strategy. Meanwhile, the absence of justice is worsening by the day. September 8, 2020. Meanwhile the Muslim Brotherhood, which has been in power once (and only for 365 days) during its 90-year existence, won’t give up politics easily. Since the ouster of then-President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in July 2013, Egyptian authorities have led a crackdown on the Islamist group. 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Skip to main content Current Issue September/October 2020. In a previous article he wrote on May 3, 2019, Karaman accused Egypt, Saudi Arabia and some Gulf States of helping realize the plans of Israel and the United States for the Islamic world including handing over Palestine to the Jewish state and assassinating those who oppose their plans. The capital city of Cairo lies at the apex of the delta in the lower left. Karaman, an anti-Western cleric, drew criticism when he advocated the view that the Erdoğan government must acquire weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) including nuclear weapons to deter the West and have them manufactured in Turkey. Karaman is an ardent supporter of Erdoğan’s repressive Islamist regime in Turkey, where over half a million innocent members of the government-critical Gülen movement including tens of thousands of women and hundreds of children have been jailed in the last three years. Karaman wrote a number of columns that claimed Gülen followers had betrayed the authorities and therefore the abusive treatment inflicted on them by the government was justice and not persecution. Egypt Economic Outlook. Signing peace accord at Camp David - 1978. See all talkbacks "Egypt poll: Israel, Denmark, US - enemies". The authorities claim that Islamists have lost their popularity among Egyptians, a false rhetoric that won’t undermine their power on the ground. It's been 27 years since the Camp David accords were signed, but the vast majority of Egyptians still see Israel as an enemy state. The Egyptian Tour Guide Syndicate has denied and strongly condemned prime minister’s announcement, immediately after the latest attack, claiming that the tourist bus had changed its prearranged, secured route at the tour guide’s instigation. It is updated regularly with in-depth investigative pieces on various public interest issues with specific focus Turkey. Neither Karaman nor Qaradawi have uttered even a slight criticism of the massive rights violations including killings, torture and enforced disappearances in Turkey that have been well documented by human rights groups. This makes militant Islamists believe, quite wrongly, that if they weaken the state through use of violence, it will eventually make for a fairer society. Long known for its ancient civilisation, Egypt is the largest Arab country and has played a central role in Middle Eastern politics in modern times. A poll conducted by an Egyptian state institute determined that Israel and Denmark were not only the least poplar foreign countries among the Egyptian public, but that they were also considered enemy nations. The latest terrorist attack in Egypt that targeted a Vietnamese tourist bus, killing three tourists and the Egyptian tour guide and injuring a dozen tourists, may cast doubt on Egypt’s counterterrorism strategy. The column coincided with reports of international watchdogs including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch along with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture that confirmed the abuse and torture. He added that the West, including the US, accumulated wealth by exploiting the East, shedding blood and destroying Eastern values. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi thinks that Egypt belongs only to citizens who comply with his policies fully, blindly and explicitly; he positions his diverse adversaries (most of whom are marginalised, and their leaders in prison) as enemies of the state. The Nile Delta of Egypt, irrigated by the Nile River and its many distributaries, is some of the richest farm land in the world and home to over half of Egypt's population. In an article in Yeni Şafak, a pro-Erdoğan Islamist newspaper, on December 25, 2015, Karaman argued that “the presidential system is like the Islamic caliphate system in which the people elect the president [caliph/ruler], then all pledge allegiance [biyat] to him.” He claimed that defying Erdoğan is against Islam and that the Muslim faith requires believers to cast their votes for him in elections. Karaman, an 84-year-old professor who is called the Turkish version of Yusuf al-Qaradawi, was elected vice president of IAMS at a major convention held in Turkey in November 2018. How could the terrorists have learned about the alleged reroute at such short notice? And Egyptians are asking questions on social media. He tweets. These stances suggest that Egypt’s struggle with terrorism, which has turned us into a rigid, polarised society accustomed to the loss of many innocent lives, will continue for years to come. It covers religious, ideological and ethnic extremist movements and radical groups, with a special focus on Turkey. The state’s hold on the Egyptian economy has resulted in the shrinking of private enterprises that don’t foresee any positive indicators. Nordic Monitor is a news web site and tracking site that is run by the Stockholm-based Nordic Research and Monitoring Network. Opening political channels to Egyptians, listening to a range of voices that do not agree with the present policy, and strengthening the rule of law are some of the remedies that could save Egypt from this vicious circle of violence. This policy has in turn encouraged militants to expand their policy of violence to keep their organisations alive. Islamists not only have a strong presence in our society, they have managed to drag our security apparatus into a deadly battle, undercutting efforts to fight social crime. The Erdoğan regime has imprisoned 191 journalists, more than the rest of the world governments combined, and purged and/or jailed half the country’s generals and one-third of its diplomats, judges and prosecutors on fabricated terrorism charges. However the regime is unlikely to revisit this: it denies the existence of any connection between Egyptians’ current depoliticisation and the expansion of terrorism. 7 January 2019. “Some new enemies have replaced Israel on the minds of many Egyptians, including but not limited to Muslim Brothers,” he added.
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