The Egyptian Election: Why the Western Media Continues to Be “Surprised” by the Inevitable

BY KYLE SCHIDELER, EMET— The outcome of last week’s Egyptian presidential elections was about as preordained as it gets when it comes to predicting foreign events, yet somehow most of the major media outlets seemed to miss it. The Telegraph, on May 25th after the first round of Presidential voting, described the Muslim Brotherhood candidate…

Christians should "convert, pay tribute, or leave," says Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood candidate?

BY RAYMOND IBRAHIM— According to the popular Egyptian website, El Bashayer, Muhammad Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate, just declared that he will “achieve the Islamic conquest (fath) of Egypt for the second time, and make all Christians convert to Islam, or else pay the jizya,” the additional Islamic tax, or financial tribute, required of…