Quick To Spread Fear

While it took what seemed an eternity to hear who won the Egyptian presidential elections Sunday (the people elected Mohamed Morsi), Dan Murphy of the CSM reported

Fox News put up a short unsigned blog headlined "Muslim Brotherhood Takes Egypt, Cleric Declares: 'Our Capital shall be Jerusalem, Allah Willing.'".

Read his “backchannels” report for more. 

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Wiki-image by Alessio Nastro Siniscalchi of flag of Egypt used by CC BY-SA 2.5 Italy.

Two Interviews of Worlds Apart

An outsider’s view of Christian life in Egypt illumines the complex reality of Christianity there. In a ZENIT interview an Italian priest, who has been ministering in Egypt for three years, offers his view.

Another ZENIT interview with the Japanese ambassador to Italy looks at Japan one year after its devastating tsunami.

Word on the Street in Egypt

Aljazeera blog posted a cartoon-commentary on the latest events in Tahrir. The post links to a

Facebook page called “Translating the Arab Revolutions” can help you gain insight into the latest debates and jokes.

Grouping Arab Spring

The Guardian prepared an interactive way to see demonstrations in Middle Eastern and North African countries. A time "slider" is at the top and names of countries are at the bottom.

The movement forward in time is like a wide pathway. Individual dates along the way link to stories about demonstrations and reactions to them.

From Stateside: "How To Follow #Egypt"

A Boston University [BU] online author recently began to follow event in Egypt electronically.

After her admission, Annie White added:

at the risk of wrongly accusing the rest of you, I’d bet that you don’t have the rapidly unfolding events totally within your grasp either. Lucky for you (and me), the Internet is here to save the day. Here are some of the news organizations, blogs, and people who seem to be telling it like it is. So go forth and educate yourself!

Read her entire post here.

Tweet About Egypt Looters

This tweet was 55 minutes old at this posting:

HRW confirmed today that some of the looters in #Egypt over the last few days are undercover police officers. #jan25

Source is Gregg Carlstrom [@glcarlstrom], an Al Jazeera jounalist posted in Doha, Qatar.

Human Rights Watch [HRW] has not yet posted it on its website.

Vatican Watching Egypt

Brief video

John Thavis, Rome Bureau of Catholic News Service [CNS], who spoke in the video, submitted this story. It focuses on concern of church leaders for peace to prevail in Egypt.