Democracy in Action? Egyptian Court Orders Newspaper Critical of Islamist Pres. Morsi Confiscated
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(The Blaze/AP) — An Egyptian court has ordered the Saturday editions of a newspaper confiscated over allegations that it insulted Islamist president Mohammed Morsi and instigated sectarian discord, Egypt’s official news agency said.
Editions of Al-Dustour, a privately owned daily, were seized after several individuals filed lawsuits accusing it of “fueling sedition” and “harming the president through phrases and wording punishable by law,” MENA reported.
It was not clear whether the paper was barred from publishing completely, but the Egyptian newspaper al-Masry al-Youm said authorities have removed al-Dustour from newsstands.
Owned by a Christian businessman, the paper has been fiercely critical of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood while showing strong support for the military council, which took power after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in last year’s uprising.
(Related: ‘If You Don’t Leave…You Will All Die’: Christians Flee Egyptian Town After Deadly Riot)
Saturday’s edition featured a lengthy front-page article warning of a Brotherhood “emirate” seizing Egypt while calling on Egyptians to join ranks with the military to confront Islamists.
An Egyptian man takes a copy of an Egyptian newspaper in Cairo. (Photo: AP File via Haaretz)
The lawsuits also accuse the paper of “inflammatory” coverage of recent sectarian violence.
Several days earlier, a TV network was ordered off the air over allegations that it suggested the killing of Morsi. The network, el-Faraeen, broadcasts populist talk show host Tawfiq Okasha, a former Mubarak loyalist who regularly expresses enmity toward the revolution and the Muslim Brotherhood on his show.
According to Egyptian news agencies, the channel could have its license revoked, will remain off air for at least one month, and both the channel’s owner and one of its anchors are under investigation by the country’s State Security prosecutors for “inciting violence.”
Several people were reportedly attacked while protesting the suspension of the program, including the editor-in-chief of another Egyptian daily newspaper. After the protest, the man accused the Muslim Brotherhood of assaulting him and attempting to smash his car.
“We welcome news that some journalists have filed reports about the incident,” the organization’s Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein replied, denying any responsibility.
He added: “We were surprised to hear we were even accused of involvement.”
However, the Muslim Brotherhood has reportedly moved to replace chief editors of Egypt’s state-run newspapers, the Associated Press related.
On Thursday, journalists staged small protests and columnists left their columns blank to protest the government’s efforts to control the media.
Regardless of whether their actions influence the Muslim Brotherhood, one thing is clear– a free press may not be welcome in the new “democratic” Egypt.
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Comments (94)
setoguro
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 6:14pmIt will get worse and Syria is next.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 7:28pmThe last Caliphate included Turkey & Syria and all the North Africa States… they are just redoing it!
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 8:19pmOh it included far more of the middle east than that, if I remember. Iran is next.
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:42pmIran isn’t next, it’s the force behind this movement, they are already in it.
Report Post »But don’t worry, unless there is a Mosque near where you live.
Leadthemtothelight
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 10:59pmWell done Chillary and Obama…you guy’s have done an amazing job helping to create I mean support a growing democracy. I am sure if you two had your way we would have a similar form of democracy here.
Report Post »DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 11:11pmOnce again, every liberal out there was wrong, won‘t admit being wrong and won’t learn from their mistake. Arab spring? Islam is totalitarian in all four seasons.
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 12:06am@lukerw
Report Post »I guess the thing that I remember most is obama has created all this to happen! From the first trip after he was elected to Egypt to using Facebook to bring about the movement! How long is it before, it happens to Saudi Arabia? I know mose people on here know and understand some, but I don’t believe they know what the korans states! Were in Serious trouble! I wonder what the German people thought when they realized what Hitler was doing. I’ve seen some Specials that stated, some Germans had know Idea about the Death Camps, Until the coalition of troops arrived and used them to help bury the Dead! I‘m starting to see that if the World doesn’t wake up soon, I forsee another Haulocost coming! And guess who’s leading that charge? I believe its obamanation of desolation thats orchestrating all of this! Now, go back and see what the koran says about the 12th imam/global caliphate bringing the muslim world together. This isn’t a fluke and the world is turning a blind eye to it!
Everything about obama not only refers back to the Bibles AntiChrist, but all the lies and deceitfulness links to the koran and what it says about the 12th imam/global caliphate! What are the chances or percentage that all these things line up! The koran states that the 12th imam/global caliphate will pull the muslim world together under Sharia Law. He comes in peacefully and deceives many! OMG people, please, start looking up the ties, why would obama go to Egypt? He went to talk to th
docgreen
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 12:32amMuslim Brotherhood has ties to obama and the Left! So obama wants them at his speech and then tells the US and the Western World they weren’t going to run for the Govt.? This is all being cordinated through him! Then it happens to Lybia? Both contries were moderate with sunniis in charge! The muslim brotherhood is Shiite, Radical Sharia beliefs and obama’s admin cordinated it! Is it so far fetched his admin doesn‘t understand what he’s up to? Avi Lipkins wife works in a posittion that hears things and reports things about the muslim world for Israel! She told Avi her husband, that she has heard that obama after the election will take care of Israel “the problem”! Just like when the Michrophone over heard him say “that it will be allot easier after the election to work with putin”! If we don’t vote him out of office, the US and the World will be over with what he’s about to do! Guns rights will be taken, our military will be downsized, Nuclaer Weapons are being reduced, he’s arming not only Cartels, he’s also arming the muslims! Why? Read what I Avi’s wife stated about taking care of Israel after the election! Henry Kissinger stated obama will lead us into the NWO! It all makes sense! His Army, is the muslim brotherhood, Cartels, Gangs, Prisoners, Terrorists! Ask this. Is it so far fetched, obama would give Egypt larges amounts of money? Did he not agree to sell them weapons? What if obama said you can keep all the spoils of War as long as you kill in
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 12:59amIs this not how they create child soldiers? At first they rape the kids “boys and girls” over and over till they convert? They do the same thing to women. Men they kill! They tell the boys; they have to fight for islam and kill! Therefor they create “child soldiers”! As long as they kill, they can have all the spoils including girls, boys, women, money, and anything else! That leads me back to obama’s army; & arming Terrorists, Terrorist Groups, Cartels, Gangs, Prisoners, Occupiers, People on drugs, and anyone else that would fight for his Army! WND Stated obama is going to dismantel our military, and turn them into peace keepers, with NO weapons! Kind of like the UN now! obamanation of desolation is being directed by his real father Satan and the Spirit of Satan! He’s Evil! Its not long, before the Truth about obama comes out! God help US & Gid Speed!
Report Post »XScramblerX
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 1:41amComing to a town near you!
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 6:17amGet ready – If Sweet Old Barack is reelected this will be occuring right here in the land of the free.
Sweet Old Barack is so thin skinned and his retinue has him convinced that he is perfect, first he closes all the news media that dares to critisize him them he rescinds the 2nd amendment then he declares himself President for Life and Kingf of the USA. He will try to rule like one of his heroes Hugo Chavez.
Watch the other hand.
OMG Nov 6, 2012
Report Post »1947
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 10:52amSounds like Hilter is back but in Egypt this time
Report Post »boomboom
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 2:38pmGood little Fascists…No wonder our regime and theirs get along sooo well…Hume Abadein Weiner…
Report Post »Nahash
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 2:55pmIf any paper in America suggested killing the American president, it would be branded whole bunch of names, closed, and some people would be in jail.
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 3:26pmBlazers you need to read this!
http://www.debka.com/article/22268/Muslim-Brotherhood-anti-army-coup-in-Cairo-Tanks-move-up-to-Israel-border
Keep in mind, the border between Israel and Egypt is like Tiajuana and California! What if Mexico rolled tanks up to the California boarder? Would we sit back and wait or would we take them out? Then, for all who questioned my posts about obama’s ties to the muslim brotherhood better open your eyes! There is No way in H_ll that obama is cordinating this! Read my above posts and you’ll undertstand, obama is the 12th imam/global caliphate the muslims have been waited for! People should have understood this when he went to Cairo Egypt and wanted the muslim brotherhood to be there! It would compare to obama going to mexico and asking MS13 to be there for him! He specifficly went there to talk to them! Why? Because he’s pulling the muslim world together under Sharia Law! Do you think obama‘s admin understand what he’s really up to? No they don’t! A person could never do this and cordinate this without having demonic forces behind him! This is not a coincidence! Its all tied together! He’s destroying the US from within and Israel from the outside in! I read an article on Debka about
http://www.debka.com/article/22264/Clinton-Chemical-warfare-is-planned-for-Rebels-get-first-anti-air-
Stingers
Israel had 3 different ways to get to Iran! Syria now has stingers! Obama has given his approval for this! Israel now ha
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 3:30pmshould be there is No way in H_ll obama isn’t cordinating all this!
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 3:46pmhttp://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/08/12/egypt-president-cancels-amendments-that-gave-military-power-names-vice/
Report Post »myway
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 6:13pmWho does he think he is obama? I am sick of news from 3rd world contries we have an a–hole to remove from office then we can bomb the crap out of them.
Report Post »myway
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 6:12pmWho does he think he is obama?
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on August 12, 2012 at 7:24amOh just relax, willya. They’re just gonna start wiping themselves, after all this time. Better ink than stink.
Report Post »stealthman
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:54pmAs horrendous as this may sound, there is a bigger war brewing to the north/ northeast of Israel. It will make the 7th century buffoons in Egypt look like a sandbox with toddlers. This Syria business is looking mighty like a box of dry explosive powder. Let me see: Who might not like a NATO no fly zone over Syria? 1. Russia 2. China 3. Iran. Obamanation that makes desolate and Erdogan seem to not see what damage a flint rock and a steel rod will do in a room filled with dry gunpowder. The President besides being a narcissist on issues Islamic is an ignoramus (probably because he shares their same hatreds). Add to this the need for the Russians to have a port in the Mediterranean and the Persians need to suppress a Sunni state similar to the one in Egypt from developing in Syria. And the Chinese would sell their own daughters to keep their trade routes open. kaboom or Archduke Ferdinand where have you been for the last 98 years!!
Report Post »stealthman
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 6:31pmSorry I forgot a comma or two.
The President, besides being a narcissist, on issues Islamic is an ignoramus (probably because he shares their same hatreds).
Report Post »The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 8:20pmThe Blaze should hire you to watch this development
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:43pmWell since Demacracies are mob rules, is there any suprise that this would turn out this way?
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 9:45pmLearn the Muslim definition of a democracy. It is Sharia law. Not what your definition of democracy is. They filed their definition with the UN years ago.
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:43pmEgypt, another fine mess Obama got us into.
Report Post »ZAP
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 6:31pmObamaloney paid billions for this
Report Post »RANGER1965
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:27pmIt seems only yesterday that the wonderful media, and our wise leaders were telling us that the Muslim Brotherhood was a benign slightly religious organizations with no aspirations to power.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:36pmRanger : THE SAME lefty media which supported that young, handsome ” freedom fighter,” Fidel Castro, back in the 50′s. The media has been notoriously Left and notoriously STUPID for years !
Report Post »db321
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:40pmObama would never try to science the media that opposes him.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:51pmWell the media loves these guys. Didn’t you hear a senior level member of the CFR said it was wonderful that Al Queda was bombing police stations and killing people in Syria? They’re assets in destablizing all those that would stand in the way of their NWO.
Report Post »bikerdogred1
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:26pmI bet Mrs.Clinton,is really happy about this,because this is what the democrats want to happen here.Good work Mrs.Clinton,on a job well done.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:57pmBet she‘s Obama’s running mate . He is running on empty and desperate !
Report Post »SandyfromChesterfield
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:21pmObama can’t wait to sign an executive order taking over the US papers and internet.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 8:13pmDose not have to wait
Report Post »EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
barber2
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:13pmAnyone who expects “ democracy” to develop in a country under the sway of the Muslim Brotherhood is an IDIOT. Sorry Joe. Sorry Barack. Sorry Hillary. Sorry Democrats. Don’t mean to be rude, but sometimes it is difficult to express truth in a gentle manner !
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:07pmRemember that the Muslim Brotherhood filed a definition of Democracy with the UN? Well, this action fits well within that definition.
Report Post »Islam is a religion and a government system similar to Marxist beliefs.
We don’t even have to wait until Dear Leader becomes President for life, he’s ready to go right now.
kalli
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:06pmGee, this is exactly what the deceiver-in-chief does here in America. Now we know why he used our tax dollars and military to help morsi and his hood take over Egypt. This is absolutely and entirely a one world gov’t agenda under muslim control.
Report Post »65Mustang
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:03pmWith Obama as president, the USA will be next…put our boots to their throat (all media) except the LSM.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:09pm65: The international Left declared War on conservative Murdoch a year ago in London. They are still hoping to shut down his conservative media outlets. The issue ? A lawsuit over a TABLOID and allegations of phone hacking. It was the Mother / Inspiration for the Zimmerman Media Circus here ! And the New York Times, the Obama Leak Outlet, carried daily front page articles for MONTHS. Sham and a scam. Lefty media manipulation.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 5:02pmOWS must be so envious of the Egyptians, but there young having only been released from the gutter they were grown in.
Report Post »hayesstephen
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:51pmIslam is a religion of peace, Honesty considered a virtue no wait — I’ve never heard anyone ever say it was honest,honest!! Peace loving no I do not think so, generous to the poor, now that is a laugh,tolerant no wait I have never heard anyone say Islam is tolerant, non violent, wait no not that either, loves humanity, ah nope, free speech , hum nooo, forgiving I do not believe they know that word or concept, let and let live, I now use LOL for the first and last time, respectful of all human beings, ah wow lets skip over that one. Well this is what we will have if NoBama re-elected, bet on it. Sharia Law sponsored by NOBama in 2013. Liberals are gonna hate having their hand cut off, raped women being flogged, adultery will be a capital crime, stoning, no twenty year appeals, gays hung in public and lets not forget lesbians, blasphemers stoned, of the list just goes on. Hollywood is gonna dry up and blow away, stand up comedians will have their tongues cut out. Liberals are so stupid they are voting for the very people who are actively working to get Sharia Law in our country. Jews and Christian will either convert or die. I pray that I will opt for death and not be an apostate. Many will but Yeshua save me.
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:47pmDid Valleri Jerrett give him a call on how to control the people by gutting the media
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:42pmYep – obama tried his (Egypt) plan, and it worked! LOL.
Report Post »randy
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:40pmI’m sure Morsi got the idea to do this after his little secret meeting at the white house whit his Muslim Brother Obama.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:40pm…
Report Post »Obama has confiscated nearly all our money.
He’s not just after some newspapers.
AJAYW
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:38pmSounds like what the POS obama would like to do to fox news.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:36pm…
Report Post »We will have this type of Big Brother Government censorship, if Obama is re-elected.
With the lame-stream leftist, Obama butt-kissing media, it’s almost here now.
cookcountypatriot
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:33pmgee whiz…they have an obama too
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:28pmTime for stricter “shoe” control!
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:36pmThe Egypian’s did 1 good thing over there. They put the gays back in the closet. This is what Freedom looks like , get it gay liks ? do u idiots understand yet ?
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:28pmSounds like a tactic our Marxist POS fraud president would …………wait he doesn’t have to since they all support the destruction of capitalism just like the maggot Barry and his 65 IQ lap dog named Joe.
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 7:50pmare you sure 65,seems like a big #…..
Report Post »Sue Dohnim
Posted on August 11, 2012 at 4:25pmsocial justice in action…
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