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Egyptian government closes 50 Christian churches for being “security threats”

Feb 23, 2016 6:57 am By Raymond Ibrahim

Tharwat

On February 1, Tharwat Bukhit, a Coptic Christian member of Egypt’s parliament, said that “there are approximately 50 churches in Egypt that are closed for reasons of security.” In 2011—when the “Arab Spring” began—the nation’s Christians had compiled a list of 43 churches that were shut down by local authorities over the years.  This list was given to the then prime minister of Egypt, Dr. Essam Sharaf, who said the churches would be opened as soon as possible. Yet according to the Coptic MP, “Today, the number of closed churches has grown to almost 50.”

Why are Christian churches being “closed for reasons of security”? Whenever Christians attempt to repair, renovate, or build a church—all of which contradict Islamic law[1]—the same events follow: local Muslims riot and rampage and local (Muslim) officials conclude that the only way to prevent “angry youth” from acts of violence is to ban the church, which is then seen and treated as a “threat” to security.

These sequences of events have occurred repeatedly throughout Egypt—most famously when Egyptian President Sisi agreed for a memorial church to be built in Al-Our village, where 13 of the 21 Christians who were beheaded by the Islamic State in Libya were from and where their families still live.  In response, Muslim mobs from Al-Our village rose in violence after Islamic prayers on Friday, April 3, 2015.  They yelled that they would never allow a church to be built, that “Egypt is Islamic!”  Molotov cocktails and stones were thrown at another Coptic church, cars were set ablaze—including one belonging to a relative of one of the those Christians decapitated by the Islamic State—and several people were injured.

In Sohag City, a similar chain of events took place. After waiting 44 years, the Christians of Nag Shenouda were issued the necessary permits to build a church. According to a 2015 report, local Muslims rioted and burned down the temporary worship tent. When a Christian tried to hold a religious service in his home, a Muslim mob attacked it. Denied a place to worship, the Christians of Nag Shenouda celebrated Easter 2015 in the street… Keep reading

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  1. Michael Copeland says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 7:08 am

    But but but …..
    “Islam is the religion of peace, fraternity, tolerance, mutual respect and patriotism”.
    So say the dutifully lying muslim scholars in India:
    http://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/02/islam-is-the-religion-of-peace-fraternity-tolerance-mutual-respect-and-patriotism

    • Huck Folder says

      Feb 24, 2016 at 6:17 pm

      “scholars”? – SCUM!

  2. Angemon says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 7:40 am

    Why are Christian churches being “closed for reasons of security”? Whenever Christians attempt to repair, renovate, or build a church—all of which contradict Islamic law[1]—the same events follow: local Muslims riot and rampage and local (Muslim) officials conclude that the only way to prevent “angry youth” from acts of violence is to ban the church, which is then seen and treated as a “threat” to security.

    So basically, for the same reason Mr. Spencer and Mrs. Geller were barred from entering the UK – it’s not that the churches, Mr. Spencer or Mrs. Geller preach sedition and exhort to violence like any average imam on any average mosque, it’s to prevent muslims from pulling a Parisian (riots on the streets, burning cars, etc.).

    • Michael Copeland says

      Feb 23, 2016 at 7:54 am

      Thuggery

      • Huck Folder says

        Feb 24, 2016 at 7:08 pm

        Well said:

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee

        “Thuggee or tuggee (Hindi: Nepali ठग्गी ṭhagī; refers to the acts of Thugs, an organised gang of professional robbers and murderers.” [mohammed, anyone?]

        “The Thugs travelled in groups across South Asia for six hundred years. Although the Thugs traced their origin to **seven Muslim tribes**, Hindus appear to have been associated with them at an early period.

        “…a large number of the Thuggees captured and convicted by the British were **Muslims**.”

        “The term Thuggee is derived from the Hindi word ठग, or ṭhag, which means “deceiver”.”
        “Deceiver”? Sounds like allah?

        “The initiative of suppression was due largely to the efforts of the civil servant William Sleeman, who captured “Feringhea” (also called Syeed Amir Ali,)… [A mohammedan!]

        “Feringhea”? Source of those obuMBoy-look-alikes, the Ferenghi on Star Trek?

  3. mortimer says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 9:20 am

    A security threat? But who or what is the SOURCE of the security threat? And whose security is being threatened?

    Answer: the security of Christians is being threatened whenever they attend a church meeting or service anywhere in Egypt…Christians are threatened by 1) members of the religion of peace 2) members of the religion of intolerance 3) members of the religion of bigotry 4) members of the religion of taqiyya 5) members of the religion of vigilantism 6) members of the religion of supremacism 7) members of the religion of theocratic fascism.

    There are so many threats now, the Egyptian government hasn’t enough police to protect everyone. Many police are Sharia goons who will ignore or even help the persecutors. The Egyptian government’s shutting of churches is an admission that they cannot control the country.

  4. somehistory says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 9:33 am

    When the devil is given the wheel, he decides where to go.

    Mobs are tolerated, their actions go without punishment. Mobs riot and burn and their victims are punished.
    This is much like moslims raping a woman and then stoning her for being raped.

    In the past, it was my experience to see parents hit their kids, the kids cry and the parent hits the kids for crying while yelling, “I’ll give you a reason to cry.” And yelling at them to stop crying after being hit.

    Governments are punishing those not committing crimes and rewarding the moslims for their bad behavior and the breaking of laws.The Copts have no places to worship. When they attempt to build or repair their places to worship, they are hit by the brutal moslims and then by the government that is supposed to protect them from being hit.

    The devil is behind the steering wheel.

    (Revelation)

  5. Westman says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 9:43 am

    It is unfair that Christians should appear happy and be successful when one is submitting his life from early youth to prayer 5 times a day, giving and having zakat taken, and generally having his personal dreams chipped away by the requirements of arbitrary fatwas and slavish obedience, into nothingness; while being told he is the best of all peoples.

    “Anger is cruel, and wrath is like a flood, but jealousy is even more dangerous.” Proverbs 27:4

    How dare those uppity Christians celebrate, drink, dance, sing, love, and enjoy life while not submitting to Allah’s only religion? Their happiness and success makes Allah’s declaration of supremacy appear dishonest. They must be subdued and they must show their inferiority. Ihre Arbeit macht mich frei. We must erase any indication that we are on the less successful path.

    • H says

      Feb 23, 2016 at 1:00 pm

      This is true. Our freedom in Christ is indeed far better than the slavery they live under in islam. Jealousy leads to hatred and hatred leads to murder.

  6. rara says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 9:43 am

    Then it’s easy to understand why Muslim Albanians in Kosovo would make “tear gas protests” in “kosovo Parliament” to prevent the official establishment of Christian Serb minority’s region there.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kosovo-parliament-teargas_us_56c77fcfe4b041136f16f641

    Not to mention the destructions of churches, some of which were 700 years old:

    http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2015&mm=11&dd=05&nav_id=95958

  7. Richie says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 10:18 am

    Muslims seem to forget Egypt was Christian LONG before it was ever Muslim- Notice how Muslims lie, and claim non Muslim countries they invade were always Muslim? The end goal here is to expel all Christians from Egypt. Meanwhile leftist Europe sits and does nothing

  8. Jay Boo says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 10:23 am

    Muslims never pray; they only — DISPLAY.
    Vanity is the soil foundation at Islam’s base.

    On top of that grows weeds of HATE.

  9. duh_swami says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 10:27 am

    churches are multi purpose buildings…They are used for prayer, religious study, residence for terrorists in hiding, terrorist training,, weapons storage,, religious court, torture and execution chambers, a fort, and a base from which to launch attacks, especially on Friday nights after the prayer and sermon services let out……Resist church building,,,’If you build it they will come’, and they will keep coming until another church is needed, then another…Soon your area will be flooded with the dreaded ‘practitioners’, sometimes known as the ”pious’..Any similarities of church and mosque is purely intentional…But I bet you already knew that…

  10. Dan Jones says

    Feb 23, 2016 at 2:17 pm

    The only threat is that the followers of the pedophile will take your head… funny, the religion of peace truly isn’t so peaceful… thanks mo-ham-is-mad….

    More End Time News At:
    http://www.shininginthedark.com/?page_id=4526

  11. Champ says

    Feb 24, 2016 at 3:39 am

    closes 50 Christian churches for being “security threats”

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    islam: religion of peace? …or death cult of hate!

    crazy that I have to ASK.

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