From al-Arabiya:
After the lightning advance of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants this summer, Egyptian experts say that the extremist group - which aims to redraw the map of the Middle East - may have its eyes on Egypt.
“There is definitely a threat from ISIS to Egypt,” Mohammed Badr, a professor of political science at the University of Germany told Al Arabiya News, adding that the group has the country in its “line of sight.”
“All extremist groups represent a danger for Egypt,” Badr said, adding that “ISIS, the Muslim Brotherhood, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis [an Islamist militant group] are all dangerous for Egypt but the level of their threat is different.”
In recent weeks, the Islamist group started showing notable signs that it might be interested in expanding its influence in Egypt. One alleged ISIS militant took to social media to warn Egypt that it should be expecting a “surprise” soon.
“Except a surprise in Egypt within days,” alleged ISIS member Abu Siyaf al-Masry wrote on his personal Twitter account, according to the Cairo-based daily al-Masry al-Youm.
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You do not take news coming out of the Arab world with a grain of salt,you buy a hundred pound bag of it before you open the paper.
University of Germany? There is no such bloody thing. The problem with Arab names is that there is no such thing as family or surname and Christian names, Mohammed Badr means Mohammed son of Badr, both his father and his son will have -from a Western perspective - different surnames. Another problem s that there is a paucity of names in Arabic, I was once trying to look up something for a Pakistani General Mohammed, it turned out there were about 200 living ones.Anyway, more to the point, there is no Professor of political science Mohammed Badr at any University in Germany.
There is however the German University of Cairo which isn't really German but it is in Cairo. He may be there, their website is such a dog's breakfast it was difficult to find their street address, let alone who taught there but that alone explains the article.
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