
Christians as monkeys (cf. Qur’an 5:59-60, 7:166)
Not long ago I told you about barsomyat.com, where Muslims posted personal information about Christians along with inscriptions such as “Oh Allah, grant me the privilege of slitting his throat.” On that site also, Muslims cheered the murders of the Armanious family.
That site was quickly taken down after a New York Sun article by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, along with a report here and at Internet Haganah. But that has not stopped those with murderous intent; they continue to stalk Coptic Christians at another website, barsoom.coolfreepage.com (thanks to Salah and Internet Haganah).
On it, Copts are denoted by monkey cartoons, in line with the traditional application by Muslims of Qur’anic verses such as 7:166 to Christians: “When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibitions, We said to them: “Be ye apes, despised and rejected!” This is common usage among jihadists today.
The site lists personal information about the targeted Christians. Internet Haganah gives a few examples:
– one is a Taxi driver who used to live in Egypt but he left the country
– another is believed to be a dentist, likes to argue with Hamas sympathizers
– one lives in America and he is “worse than the Americans themselves…”
– two others are “Christians from Syria”
It is exceedingly ironic that while the Hudson County Prosecutor says flatly that “the FBI does not think that, based on the information gleaned from the scene,” the murder of the Armanious family was “based on religious extremism,” that this stalking of Christians who — like Hossam Armanious — argue with Muslims on discussion sites still goes on.
I hope to have more information on this site soon. Stay tuned also at Internet Haganah and the Counterterrorism blog.
UPDATE: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross at the Counterterrorism blog has more, including this:
Another page on Barsoom features rulings on those who curse God’s prophet. Although many of these religious rulings are directed at Muslims rather than non-Muslims (e.g. stating that joking about God and religion is considered disbelief for the Muslim), it appears that the clear intention behind the page — since it comes in the context of a broader discussion excoriating the Copts — is to demonstrate that the Christian debaters on PalTalk are worthy of punishment. For example, the page of religious rulings states that “the one who curses God deserves death.” Another ruling states, “The one who curses God, his Prophet and [the Prophet’s] companions or successors has denied the Qur’an and should be killed. Also anyone who defames Aisha, the Mother of the Believers. And they should have their heads cut off.”
Watch for more updates here this afternoon.