Saudi king backs Egypt's military

sister herb

sister herb

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17 Aug 2013 03:13

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called on Arabs to stand together against "attempts to destabilise" Egypt.

"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, its people and government stood and stands by today with its brothers in Egypt against terrorism," he said in a statement read on state TV on Friday, backing Egypt's military leadership.

"I call on the honest men of Egypt and the Arab and Muslim nations ... to stand as one man and with one heart in the face of attempts to destabilise a country that is at the forefront of Arab and Muslim history," he added.

He also said that they are confident that Egypt will recover.

Saudi Arabia was a close ally of former president Hosni Mubarak and has historically had a difficult relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood.

It pledged $5 billion in aid to Egypt after Mohamed Morsi of the Brotherhood was ousted from the presidency last month.

Saudi Arabia "has stood and stands with its Egyptian brothers against terrorism, deviance and sedition, and against those who try to interfere in Egypt's internal affairs... and its legitimate rights in deterring those tampering with and misleading" its people, he said.

International condemnation

As he made his remarks, with fresh violence erupting across Egypt, the Cairo regime said it was confronting a "malicious terror plot" by the Muslim Brotherhood.


Egypt has faced international condemnation since nearly 600 people were killed in clashes on Wednesday when police broke up protest camps of supporters of Morsi, in Egypt's bloodiest day in decades.

The kingdom's regional arch foe Iran had condemned what it called Wednesday's "massacre" in Egypt.

But Arab states of the Gulf - the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain - have separately voiced support for the deadly assault on Morsi's supporters, saying it was the state's duty to restore order.
They, along with Kuwait, also welcomed the July 3 army coup that ousted Morsi, Egypt's first elected leader since an popular uprising in 2011 toppled Mubarak.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381615196784361.html
 
M

mezeren

Junior Member
Assalamu alaykum,

Well, that is the NEWS, sister.

Pathetic "king" is affraid of his own future. What is islamic about a kingdom anyway? He has all the pleasures of this world. And, what did he do to deserve it? Being someone's elder son is his qualification.

When you love this world more than the eternal one, you make such mistakes. Calling innocent, unarmed man,woman and children who demands their rights peacefully as terrorrists is where you end up. Shame on him.
 
ilyas_eh

ilyas_eh

Used to be active here!
It is a wake up call for the Muslims who insist on supporting the kingdom no matter what they do.

I'm afraid it is just the beginning. Wait and watch how they plot and change your mind before you could even realise. I ask Allah to guide us and support those who are in the straight path. May Allah give victory to the Muslims.
 
sister herb

sister herb

Official TTI Chef
More news:

UN calls for 'maximum restraint' in Egypt

16 Aug 2013 01:57

The UN Security Council has called on the Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood to exercise "maximum restraint", after an emergency meeting.

Thursday's announcement comes a day after at least 578 people were killed when security forces broke up protest camps allied to the Muslim Brotherhood.

The protesters had been demanding the reinstatement of President Mohamed Morsi, overthrown by the army on July 3.

"The view of council members is that it is important to end violence in Egypt, and that the parties exercise maximum restraint," Argentine UN Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval told reporters after the 15-member council met on the situation.

The council was briefed on the situation in Egypt behind closed doors by UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson.

The meeting was jointly requested by council members France, Britain and Australia.
Cairo's military-backed rulers ordered the storming of pro-Morsi protest camps after dawn on Wednesday, six weeks after the army overthrew him.

"The members first of all expressed their sympathy to the victims and regretted the loss of lives," said Perceval, who is council president for August.

"There was a common desire on the need to stop violence and to advance national reconciliation."

'Not based on facts'

Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey, reporting from New York, said nothing significant was agreed upon.

"They hastily cobbled together this meeting. It means they are concerned about the level of violence, but they did not agree on anything significant," our correspondent said.

"But just the fact that they held the meeting is significant."

Meanwhile, Egypt's presidency said US President Barack Obama's condemnation of the crackdown was "not based on facts".

"We deplore violence against civilians, " said Obama, adding that joint military exercises with the Egyptian army were being cancelled in light of the armed forces' bloody crackdown.

Meanwhile, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navil Pillay called for an independent investigation into the heavy toll in the clashes.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/201381601747757990.html
 
sister herb

sister herb

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Envoys recalled amid Egypt-Turkey spat


Respective ambassadors called back for consultations as diplomatic row over military crackdown worsens.


Last Modified: 16 Aug 2013 17:24

Egypt has recalled its ambassador in Turkey for consultations, the state news agency reported, mirroring a step announced by Ankara after Turkish criticism of Cairo's crackdown.

Egypt's ambassador in Ankara, Abdel Rahman Salah left Turkey on Friday after he was recalled by Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy.

Turkey also has recalled its ambassador to Egypt for consultations, a foreign ministry official said, following harsh condemnation by Ankara of a bloody crackdown by Egyptian security forces on supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

Egypt and Turkey on Friday cancelled planned naval exercises, the latest escalation in a diplomatic row over the bloody crackdown on ousted president Mohamed Morsi's supporters.

Both countries claimed to have made the decision the scrap the joint drills scheduled for October, with Cairo saying it had pulled out to protest Turkey's "clear interference" in Egypt's domestic affairs - an accusation Ankara denied.

Turkey has emerged as one of the fiercest international critics of what it called was an "unacceptable coup" that saw President Morsi being ousted last month.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also demanded that those responsible for the August 14 massacre in Egypt be tried for "massacre," Turkish Anadolu news agency reported.

"Coup makers massacred those who wanted their votes to count in a democracy. The West never said that was a coup although they were confessing it was a coup in our private talks", Erdogan said.

"Those who resisted against the military coup in Egypt, did not resort to violence, did not use weapons ... The Egyptian people will gain their rights sooner or later," he was quoted as saying.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/08/2013816163421338342.html
 
Seeking Allah's Mercy

Seeking Allah's Mercy

Qul HuwaAllahu Ahud!
Like someone said: "Al Ameer Al munafiqeen" or something like that. How do people even tolerate this man as their king. I hope I live to see the day when he either repents or is destroyed. I pray it's the former case.

Every dark could has a silver line. From all this madness, at the very least we are able to see more clearly, which witch is which.
 
M

mezeren

Junior Member
Assalamu Alaykum,

i believe that Turkey took the best possible action against the latest events in Egypt.

it has to be stressed time and again that it is not Morsi or MB we support (not that we are against them), but it is the will power of the people of Egypt.
 
M

mezeren

Junior Member
sister herb said:
Salam alaykum

Do you wish revolution like Arab Spring to Saudi Arabia too?
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Alaykum salam,

No, sister, i wish the best for all muslims and non muslims who does no harm to others.

i wish that all the despotic regimes of muslim land realise that the status-quo can not be sustainable any more and make the naccessary changes themself.

Do i have any hope for that? No.

But, it is a fact that you can not pressure people all the time. There is a point when people say enough is enough. Oppression never last forever. There will come a day when there is no Saudi king or alike. Allah knows when.
 
John Smith

John Smith

Junior Member
I have to admit I'm very disappointed in the remarks/statement from the King of Saudi, maybe he knows the will of the people will see him also removed from the seat of power as it was with other Arab leaders.

Reading the news today that Pharaoh (Mubarak) is going to be released in 48hrs whilst Morsi a Hifz in Quran will continue in detention.

I now tend to agree with islamic parties that say democracy is not the way as you have two very good examples in Hamas & Muslim Brotherhood overthrown.

May Allah Swt protect the believers in Egypt from the tyrants who answer to western needs & not their people.
 
hopintobelucky

hopintobelucky

Junior Member
I feel so sad that these 2 parties were democratically elected by the people and now are being called 'islamists' and 'terrorist organisations' by the very media outlets that reported of their democratic elections. How could these media outlets be spewing these kinds of lies, do they not know what they once said?!
Another thing I'm interested in is why are American and EU politicians trying to have a dialogue with Mr Morsi (I mean he is not the type of person that they normally support(Hifz Al Quran), they would have better prospects with Sissy.
 
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