“The subject peoples … are forbidden to build new churches.” (Reliance of the Traveller, o11.5). Islamic law also forbids Christians to repair existing churches.
“Muslim Mob in Egypt Attacks Christian Homes after Rumors of Church Construction,” International Christian Concern, June 20, 2016 (thanks to Maurice):
06/20/2016 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Muslim mob looted and torched Christian property and homes in Al-Beida village, Egypt on June 17, after rumors spread of a Christian-owned building being turned into a local church. More than 80 Christian families were affected by the attack last Friday, leaving hundreds afraid and without a place to conduct their Christian worship.
“On Friday afternoon, following Friday noon prayer, a great deal of fanatic Muslims gathered in the front of the new house of my cousin, Naim Aziz, during its construction because of a rumor spread in the village that this building would be turned into a church,” explained Christian resident, Mousa Zarif. “They were chanting slogans against us. Among these slogans were. ‘By no means shall there be a church here.’”
Christian residents of Al-Beida do not have a local church. In fact, they are forced to worship at the Holy Virgin and the Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church which is seven kilometers away. The presumed church construction of Naim Aziz’s property was actually the construction of Aziz’s personal home.
The angry mob attacked the building and destroyed all of the construction materials. They then attacked Naim and his brother, Mousa, leaving both men injured. After this, the mob turned their wrath on the Christian homes adjacent to the building, hurling rocks, looting houses and setting fire to any Christian property in their wake. The damages are estimated to be around 500,000 Egyptian pounds.
“They also intercepted the car of Fr. Karas Naser, the priest of Holy Virgin and the Archangel Michael Coptic Church when he arrived at the village,” Zarif continued. “They attacked him but some moderate Muslims intervened, rescuing him from their hands and getting him out of the car.”
When police arrived on the scene they were unable to protect the Christians from the ongoing assaults. The Muslim mob continued to set homes and cars on fire in the presence of the police, unabated. The mob terrorized residents by gathering outside of Christian doors to perform their afternoon prayers on loudspeakers aimed at the houses, all in the presence of the security forces.
In the end, police arrested six Muslim men, all of whom were released by that evening, and six Christian men, who were released on bail the following day. The police station in Amirya charged the Christian men with erecting a building without permit and holding prayers without permission….

PRCS says
Why, those uppity Christians! Just who do they think they are challenging the right of Muslims to treat them like dirt. C’mon–don’t they know what Big Al has commanded and the status HE has prescribed for them?
What is the world coming to?
biff says
Churches are nothing more than rallying points for the start of the next crusades.
Think how much peace not having Churches brings?
If there were churches, then people might APOSTATE.
Then they would have to be killed.
HUH! IDIOT!
Not having churches SAVES LIVES.
Otherwise all the people that go there would have to be killed.
DUH!!!!!!!!!!
a fool says
They will all be in Hell not too long a time from now! God is watching! He never fails those who trust in HIM! Eternity is a very, very long time ~~ it has no end! It is forever and ever…… Pity them. pray for them! The Judgement Time is not too far off as they say.
berserker says
Meanwhile, a German architect wants to demolish churches in Hamburg and build mosques in their place to facilitate integration.
Will Doohan says
Another demonstration of Islamic tolerance . Imam Obama did say that Islam is tolerant, didn’t he?
Sam says
The information you entered is inaccurate with what happened in regards to how many families were injured or displaced and over exaggerated. Nothing happened but only the police prevented the two brothers from entering there home to be used as a church no one was injured which is a breech of human rights of course. Dont twist facts and information of incidents for you own benefit.
Tkmg says
I agree with Sam the information about this situation is not accurate it is to over board with what happened as Sam said. Only two brothers were arrested on suspicion of turning there home into a church and prevented from entering there home. This information is wrong.
Idania says
Sam if people exaggerate is because the regular media do not talk about this issues and the knowledge of them don’t come straight. Since the media decided to cover for those savages, we the people are mostly in the dark about Islamist crimes and expansionism. If one day the truth about Islam is public domain then may be thing will be different.
Ciudadano says
The mythical peaceful and tolerant Muslim majority from a “moderate” Muslim country once more in action. But Islam must be a peaceful religion because most Muslims are peaceful, right?
Lets see some facts about the mythical peaceful Muslim majority:
Almost 70% of Muslims live in countries with over 96% of Muslim population (http://www.pewforum.org/2009/10/07/mapping-the-global-muslim-population/).
Muslims countries with over 50% Muslim population rank on average 39% in International Human Rights Rank Indicator ranking (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Islamic_countries). Human rights violations in Islamic countries include, as expected, violations against gays rights, sex consented sex outside of marriage, individual freedom of speech and political opinion, women’s rights (FGM) and minorities rights.
This incident in Egypt is just one more in a long list of almost daily attacks against minorities in Islamic countries. The same happens on a daily basis in other “moderate” Islamic countries like Turkey or Pakistan.
In conclusion, the peaceful Muslim majority is a myth. Most Muslims are not killing infidels, because most Muslims already live in Muslim majority countries. In those countries infidels were killed, forcibly converted or displaced a long time ago. Remaining minorities in those countries constantly suffer human rights violations in the hands of Muslims mobs.
In countries with below 50% Muslim population like Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Mozambique and Philippines there are jihadist militias, killing, torturing and butchering non Muslims, forcing massive migrations or coerced conversions, intimidating and silencing criticism of Islam.
Finally there are the countries with minority Muslims population. In those countries there are Muslim ghettos, no go zones, raping of non Muslim women, intimidation and killing of journalists critical of Islam, terrorism, imposition of Islamic rules on non Muslims.
Probably the only really peaceful and tolerant Muslims are those westernized and secular Muslims who go light on Islam.
Sam says
These non-profit research centers are okay but can get some inaccurate information depending on there method of there research or the researchers are being biased.
Sam says
Since these research centers do a lot of research I am cautious on some of there research work and method and funding of some of there research topics. Keep in mind this is privately owned non profit.
Tilly says
They employ hundreds of people across the world to do research on behalf of them so keep in mind in certain regions in the world the researchers can have poor quality of method for there research or some researchers are being biased in certain topics across the world excluding domestic research in the United States. I would also expect small amounts of corruption among researchers if they were paid to mention or say things.
Idania says
My goodness, God Bless you for the way you denounce them.
Tmk says
Still there are a lot of errors in research centres by either being biased, degrading people, ruining countries reputation or the researchers are being corrupt by getting bribed on certain topics. https://uncertaintyblog.com/2015/02/12/check-the-original-source-how-so-many-writers-got-the-facts-wrong-after-the-maher-vs-affleck-islam-debate/
Sam says
All these privately owned charity organisations along with people like Walid Shoebat are all lies and fraudsters over exgerating incidents of what has happened to Christians in the developing world for self benefit by only falsely information to alarm people in order to get donations to go straight to there pocket or bank account without spending it on people. They also twist facts and information about the incidents such as how many were injured or how much money was lost in order to seek donations. All these so called privately owned persecuted Christian websites are over exaggerated in regards to the information and situation of what happened. People don’t be stupid there are many false reporters and fraudsters out there twisting facts and details of incidents for there own self benefit only in order to obtain donations or money from people that only go’s to there bank account and one of these fraudsters is Walid Shoebat along with the fake manipulative so called international Christian Corncern. Remember this people don’t be fooled so easly.
Ciudadano says
Can you provide any reference that supports your version of this incident?
I found the following references which are consistent with version of the incident reported in the article:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/682091/muslim-mob-torch-christian-homes-egypt
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/06/22/egyptian-mob-reportedly-burns-80-christian-homes-on-rumor-new-church.html
https://www.clarionproject.org/news/muslim-mob-goes-rampage-against-egyptian-christians#
http://wwrn.org/articles/46087/
http://www.persecution.org/2016/06/20/muslim-mob-in-egypt-attacks-christian-homes-after-rumors-of-church-construction/
http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/22/egyptians-torch-christians-homes-after-rumor-a-church-is-being-built/
https://www.clarionproject.org/news/muslim-mob-goes-rampage-against-egyptian-christians#
Another story, involving peaceful Muslim mobs in Egypt:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/26/muslim-mob-in-egypt-strips-elderly-christian-woman-in-violent-attack
citycat says
Islam attacking Christians is war.
The Christians do not realize that Islam is carrying out warfare as part of its religion. And after the Mosque meeting too like it says in The Art of War
“Consider your plans carefully in the temple and make your preparations.”
That’s what Islam does. It was an Imman that first told me that they plan evil in the Mosque, he had to go along with it or die.
Islam is war, until there are no infidel lands at all.
But there’s something not quite right with that idea of totally dominating Earth with Evil, Islam is not only anti-infidel, Islam is anti-Earth.
Bob says
Not a word of protest from the mighty, expensive, toothless UN, or the muslim-dominated Security Council, which seems, nowadays, to function only to give islamists the top posts!
Jay Boo says
Now, now Let’s be nice.
We must be fair to Muslims.
Muslims insist on JUSTICE.
We must offer Muslims the justice they crave, lest they resent us.
If we treat Muslims in the US according to the same standards that Muslims in Muslim majority countries apply to Christians they would have no choice but to thank us for acting like Muslims.
Perhaps Muslims wish us to loot and torche homes over rumors of mosque construction. Unless justice is not what they seek but submission to Islam.
alKidya says
Islam must be made superior, victorious: dominant. Its Mosques must be larger and more numerous than churches, as a sign of domination. Muslims are planting their flag, symbolically seizing territory. Is there some part of this you can’t comprehend?
Sergio says
“On Friday afternoon, following Friday noon prayer, a great deal of fanatic Muslims gathered in the front of the new house of my cousin…”. I am 100% sure that the Imam of the local mosque started this. Islam is rubbish.
Benedict says
Pope lost your voice? UN scared you will not receive money from Saudi Arabia, Obama what have you got to say? Nothing.
Idania says
My reply was for Ciudadano. Tully and Sam knows little history of the most bloody religion/political agenda that there is in the world.
Sam says
Idania I know my history very well and I am aware of bad Islamic teachings but what is really annoying is corruption in the globe from people. There is to a certain extent persecution of Christians in Egypt such underplaying or undermining the presence of Christians in Egypt. The Egyptian government especially former ones are nasty to all citizens they have an imperialist mentality they are careless of there society with the adoption of an Islamic doctorine. The majority of native Muslim Egyptians who are desendents of Coptic Christians do not terroise people and are tolerant. What is also annoying is people and private organisations taking advantage of incidents like this for there own self benefit by twisting information and making the situation look ever more worse than what has happened for there own self benefit in order to alarm people in order to seek donations which is not given to any one but for the people only working with in the organisation. I am aware of Islamic teachings yes it’s bad. But what’s even more bad is when people use minor incidents like these and make it look a hell lot worse when only the two brothers were arrested for trying convert a home into a church and were not allowed to enter the home after being released on bail for breaching the discriminative law of the Egyptian government. Keep in mind there is a hell lot of corruption and fraud everywhere even non profit organisations that claim so and so to be of high quality least biased which is a marketing propaganda for there self benefit can do research that can be biased to ruin peoples reputation and deter people from visiting places or countries along with being bribed to mention things to please others. Remember if the United Nations is being funded by Saudi Arabia and Sauidi Arabia is threatening to cut funds to the United Nations because of ruining Islams reputation because of war crimes by terrorist groups then I wouldn’t be surprised if non profit organisations are acting like puppets for Muslums by mentioning information to please Muslims or who ever is bribing them along with the fraudsters of claiming to be helping persecuted Christians such as the Persecuted Christian Org by falsifying information of incidents for there self benefit. People are not stupid anymore and know now all these tricks. Researchers Working for the pew research centre are not wasting there time and effort for free I can assure some are getting paid by rich people like Saudi Arabia for example funding United Nations to protect Islams reputation and to mention certain information to please certain people.
Nigel GFF says
“The majority of native Muslim Egyptians who are desendents of Coptic Christians…”
Descendants = convert or die, is that what you mean?
phemmy says
sincerely this Islamist are these same in their thinking orientation and attitude. This is exactly what the y do in the Northeastern part of Nigeria as part of their Boko Haram campign.
Once a church building earlier destroyed is being rebuilt the gang up against such, talk less of new project. And i wonder why the west is not applying the same technique on them. What they do and demand to do in both Britain and the US they do not allow Christians to do a 10th of same in most communities they dominate same for most Arab State. Sincerely the UN has to discuss this issue in an open and frank session/
This madness ust stop.