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Egypt: Muslim who hacked priest to death had been looking for “any priest” to kill

Dec 2, 2017 11:39 am By Robert Spencer

“Another day in Egypt with another Coptic Christian murdered. Why should a priest not be able to walk safely down a street?”

Because to do so is “Islamophobic.” Behold the future of the U.S. and Western Europe:

“Priest ‘hacked to death’ in Egypt ambush – ‘Can we not walk down a street anymore?,'” by Joey Millar, Express, December 2, 2017 (thanks to Milad):

CHRISTIANS are desperately appealing for help after a priest was “hacked to death” in an ambush in Egypt.

A Coptic Orthodox priest was slaughtered in the street in the Egyptian capital last month, horrifying Christians in the country.

This week the priest’s killer, 19-year-old Ahmad Saeed Ibrahim al-Sonbati, was sentenced to death for the horrific attack, which also left another priest injured.

Open Doors, a Christian persecution watchdog, said priest Samaan Shehata was “attacked with a cleaver” when he was visiting Cairo for a conference.

The group, quoting local press, said the killer had been looking for “any priest” to kill when he stumbled across Mr Shehata.

He noted Mr Shehata’s attire and chose him as a target, blocking his car before hacking him to death.

Open Doors said: “al-Sonbati had decided to kill any Coptic priest, purchased a dagger and lay in wait for one to pass by in a street leading to the local church.

“He reportedly blocked Shehata’s vehicle when it passed by and forced him to get out.”

The death sentence verdict has been forwarded to the Grand Mufti, Egypt’s highest judicial official, who must give his approval.

The killing sparked a shocked response across the Christian world.

Coptic Bishop Angaelos of the United Kingdom said: “Another day in Egypt with another Coptic Christian murdered. Why should a priest not be able to walk safely down a street?”

He said it followed a string of other violent attacks on Coptics in Egypt over the past months.

Bishop Angaelos said: “Coptic Christians who have endured injustice, persecution, and loss of life for centuries without retaliation, repeatedly forgiving unconditionally, deserve to live with respect and dignity in their indigenous homeland.”

2017 has been a bloody year for Coptics in Egypt. In February Islamic State vowed to “wipe them out”. They killed eight in a series of attacks, sharing the videos online and forcing hundreds of Coptics to flee their homes….

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Filed Under: Coptic Christians, Egypt, Featured, Muslim persecution of Christians Tagged With: Ahmad Saeed Ibrahim al-Sonbati, Samaan Shehata


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  1. Edgar Allan says

    Dec 2, 2017 at 12:16 pm

    OCT 30, 2017 – “YOU INFIDEL! YOU PIG!” MUSLIM ATTACKS PRIEST IN GERMAN SUPERMARKET
    PEOPLE DO NOTHING. POLICE REFUSE TO INTERVENE. (=SOCIETY OF COWARDS.)

    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/10/you-infidel-you-pig-muslim-attacks-priest-in-german-supermarket

    WHY DID THE MUSLIM NOT GET WORRIED ABOUT PUNISHMENT, BEING DEPORTED? BECAUSE GERMANY, AND MOST OTHER EUROPEAN SUBMISSIVE COUNTRIES HAVE SHOWN THEM BY THEIR ACTIONS THAT THEY ARE TOO COWARDLY TO “OFFEND” MUSLIMS, OR EVEN APPLY THE LAWS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS AGAINST MUSLIMS.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 2, 2017 at 6:58 pm

      Yes–an appalling story.

  2. Vyx says

    Dec 2, 2017 at 12:29 pm

    How long before governments advise priests and nuns not to go out in public?

    How long before the media starts blaming priests and nuns for “triggering” muslims simply because they are priests and nuns?

    How long before the justice system decides that a mulsim who attacks/ kills a priest or nun cannot be held responsible because that is their “culture” and “we must respect their values?”

  3. Jack Holan says

    Dec 2, 2017 at 1:40 pm

    If this were Obama’s Muslim Brotherhood Egypt this murderer would be given a parade. Europe, Canada Wake Up

  4. elee says

    Dec 2, 2017 at 2:05 pm

    Hey Pope, pay attention to this! The true colors of Islam….

  5. Mark A says

    Dec 2, 2017 at 3:28 pm

    Note that the article says the death sentence was forwarded to the Grand Mufti for final decision. The Grand Mufti is Egypt’s highest Muslim religious figure but I wasn’t aware the Grand Mufti was also given final say in death sentences in Egypt.

    I’m very curious to hear what the Grand Mufti rules regarding the death sentence. Robert, please keep your readers informed on that. A Raymond Ibrahim article on that topic, whatever the Grand Mufti rules, would be very informative.

  6. gravenimage says

    Dec 2, 2017 at 6:32 pm

    Egypt: Muslim who hacked priest to death had been looking for “any priest” to kill
    ……………………..

    Horrifying–but very common.

    So much for the idea that Jihad is “defensive”..

    • LeftisruiningCanada says

      Dec 2, 2017 at 7:56 pm

      Yes.

      He was defending the ummah against the existence of a kaffir.

      Therefore, it was defensive.

      Likely his death sentence, if carried out, will make him a ‘martyr’ to more than a few.

      What a mess of a religion.

  7. Flavius Claudius Iulianus says

    Dec 2, 2017 at 8:50 pm

    Update on Egyptian lawyer who called for rape of women in ripped jeans:

    https://www.rt.com/news/411752-egyptian-lawyer-jailed-fined-rape/

    Related to:

    https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/11/muslim-lawyer-it-is-a-national-duty-to-rape-girls-who-wear-revealing-clothes

  8. WPM says

    Dec 3, 2017 at 7:01 am

    It is common that men with education ,good jobs, voices of the main stream Islamic community ,say things and push violence against women in Islamic communities. The Western MSM and Western leaders down play this, all the news makes it look like uneducated lone wolves are raping women in Northern Europe rape gangs. The same goes for violence against priests , nuns, and Rabbis ,educations ,money , jobs do not change a man,s moral character .Islam followed as per Mohammed leads to a corrupt moral character regardless of a man,s education or economic status. A rapist , or a murder is still a murderer or rapist , even if he has a law degree and a good suit.

  9. John Forbes says

    Dec 3, 2017 at 7:30 am

    SEEMS IT IS YET MANY YEARS & MANY DEAD OFF BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENT IN THE WEST IS EVEN CLOSE TO ADMITTING THAT ISLAM & ITS TEACHINGS ARE TOXIC!

    IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW MANY DEAD THERE NEEDS TO BE ??

    COWARDICE SEEMS TO BE A VIRTUE IN OUR TIME IN SO-CALLED POST CHRISTIAN WESTERN DEMOCRACIES AS CRUELTY IS A VIRTUE IN ISLAMIC COUNTRIES FROM WHICH WE SEEM DETERMINED TO GET MIGRANTS.

    WE HAVE GIVEN UP AGGRESSION IT SEEMS IN THE WEST ALONG WITH BELIEF!

    THERE IS ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD MOVIE THAT HAS PARALLELS TO WHAT WE FACE!

    IT IS A BRUCE BERESFORD MOVIE CALLED – BLACK ROBE – & OUTLINES NEW FRANCE JESUITS ATTEMPTS & FINAL SUCCESS IN BRINGING THE HURON INDIAN TRIBES TO CHRISTIANITY!

    THIS WAS DONE WHEN THE HURON CONTRACTED – SMALLPOX – & THE JESUITS CONNED THE HURON INTO BELIEVING THAT THEY COULD STOP THE PLAGUE – WHEN THEY KNEW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT IT HAD A GESTATION PERIOD & WOULD GO AWAY!

    THE HURON CONVERTED & STOPPED BEING THE WARRIORS THEY WERE!

    THE ENGLISH IN THE MEANTIME TO THE SOUTH WERE ALLIED TO THE 6 NATIONS IROQUOIS & THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO ATTEMPT TO CONVERT THESE WARRIORS!
    THE HURON EARLIER WERE ABLE TO MATCH THE IROQUOIS FOR FEROCITY & CRUELTY & SO SURVIVED NEXT TO THE IROQUOIS!

    HOWEVER ONCE CONVERTED THE HURON WERE VERY EASY MEAT FOR THE IROQUOIS & 12 YEARS LATER AFTER CONVERSION THE IROQUOIS WIPED OUT THE HURON!

    TO SURVIVE YOU MUST BE WILLING TO DEFEND YOURSELVES & THE WEST SEEMS TO BELIEVE WE CAN IGNORE THE LESSONS OF HISTORY! VERY MISTAKEN I AM AFRAID!!

    • mortimer says

      Dec 3, 2017 at 10:38 am

      John, those who held your ideology were tried and punished at Nuremberg. There is a Christian doctrine of warfare and it is largely what is enshrined in today’s Geneva Conventions, etc. Many notable Christian military personnel (including Hurons) have been effective warriors. Being ethical is the most effective way to win a war.

  10. Don Carlos says

    Dec 3, 2017 at 6:20 pm

    While “Black Robe” is one of my favorite movies, the “Huron” were never exterminated by the Haudonasaunee. However, they did relocate to what later became the state of Ohio and were known as Wyandots. Zane Gray did a literary treatment of the subject in his very first novel, “Betty Zane”. Her brother, Isaac Zane, was a “captive” of the Wyandots but married head man Tarhee’s (The Crane) daughter. The Wyandots were subjected to “the other trail of tears”, relocated first to Kansas and thence to Oklahoma. The last time I checked, a Zane was the head of the Wyandot Nation in Oklahoma. So much for the genocide of the “Hurons”.

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