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Egypt: Muslims demolish church, arrest Christians

Jun 8, 2020 4:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Islamic law forbids the construction of new churches. Christians are “forbidden to ring church bells or display crosses, recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals and feastdays, and are forbidden to build new churches” – Reliance of the Traveller o.11.5 (6,7)

“Christian church demolished in Egypt, Christians arrested,” Time24, May 30, 2020:

A Coptic Orthodox church was demolished and a Christian leader attacked in the village of Koum Al Farag, Egypt. The religious building was 15 years old and served for the worship of 3,000 Christians, as well as being a place for weddings, baptisms and funerals. The destruction of the church was a punishment for the “crime” of building rooms for Sunday school.

“We decided to build two more floors in the church hall for church activities, like Sunday school classes, which was cool for us,” explains member and deacon, Bishoy.

When the work began, some extremist Muslims began to attack Christians, but were restrained by moderate Muslims from the village. However, they did not give up, they started to build an illegal mosque on the land next to the church, suitable for agriculture.

“We believe that they built this in protest. Our village already has four mosques and another was not really needed. In addition, they built without a foundation, ”says Bishoy.

To solve the problem with the illegal mosque, the authorities decided to demolish both the Islamic and the Christian buildings.

“The church’s lawyer made an official appeal against this order, but the mayor ignored it – despite having been informed – and sent 200 police officers without warning,” says the deacon.

The decision was not welcomed by the Christians in the village, so they protested by appearing at the site in possession of the documents. However, the police and some radicals began to insult and assault Christians, including women and children. The church leader received so many punches in the face and chest that he passed out.

Police officers arrested 14 people and released them only the next day. One man, whose arm was broken, was among those detained by the authorities and did not have appropriate medical treatment. Even with the confusion, the other members witnessed the destruction of the community they frequented.

“The demolition of the church took six long hours. Then the tractor continued to the mosque – the illegal building – and knocked down just one wall, ”laments Bishoy.

The demolished church was the only one in the village, and the nearest one is 15 km away….

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  1. CogitoErgoSum says

    Jun 8, 2020 at 4:45 pm

    Yeah, this system of government is so much better than the one in the U.S. And the police there are acting just the way Ilahn Omar would want our police to act. The world is insane.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 8, 2020 at 9:16 pm

      Good point–the criticism of police is only in the West–Leftists and Muslims never say anything negative about these travesties.

  2. keith O says

    Jun 8, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    When I read things like this, all I can do is shake my head in disbelief.
    There will never be peace whilst this blight on humanity continues to pervert everything it touches.

  3. gravenimage says

    Jun 8, 2020 at 9:01 pm

    Egypt: Muslims demolish church, arrest Christians
    …………………….

    This happens all the time–Christians are victimized by the Muslim mob, then victimized again by the Muslim state.

    More:

    When the work began, some extremist Muslims began to attack Christians, but were restrained by moderate Muslims from the village. However, they did not give up, they started to build an illegal mosque on the land next to the church, suitable for agriculture.
    …………………….

    This is *very* common. Muslims regularly build Mosques right next to Christian Churches, ensuring that they are taller. This is an act not of piety, but of aggressive supremacy. You can see examples of this all over the world.

  4. Uduak Gideon Jackson says

    Jun 8, 2020 at 9:11 pm

    But is very bad for government to demolish a religion center, doing this you creating more problem to the entire nation, Christianity is legal and it remain the supreme among all religious, I keep saying this as a Christian.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 8, 2020 at 9:17 pm

      Muslims crush the practice of all non-Islamic faiths.

  5. Val says

    Jun 8, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    Track down the mayor. Let the people of the village find him hanging from a tree.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 8, 2020 at 10:30 pm

      What are you talking about? This was not just the action of the local mayor–*all* Muslims think this way. In fact, if a Christian were to harm a Muslim, then the whole village would likely be massacred by the Muslim mob.

      But the idea that Christians would be apt to murder the mayor is false to begin with.

  6. Iyaromi david says

    Jun 9, 2020 at 3:20 am

    Christians weapons are not canal so they should not fight but continue to pray to God. We are not of this world we are living this world one day, I pray the grace to endure the persecution may God grant them in Jesus name and may God touch the heart of the muslims for salvation in Jesus name.

  7. Chistopher Watson says

    Jun 9, 2020 at 5:33 am

    We are allowing moslems all over the middle-east and elsewhere to abuse Christianity, limit our ability to worship peacefully and tear down our churches. This is the result of our politicians and leaders trying to be nice to Islam. Our leaders are bowing to the Islamic world, much as Obama did to the King of Saudi Arabia. Do we have any pride left? We allow in millions of of moslem immigrants who build thousands of mosques in which to celebrate their superiority. We allow them to pray outside and disrupt traffic. We allow them even to pray in our churches. Do they allow our church leaders to pray and hold services in their mosques?
    They are winning. We are being defeated. Our civilisation is under threat. There are millions of moslems in the west. They have their mosques. In Britain they have a legal system which deals in Islamic family law. It will not stop there. They have a separate, parallel society.
    What can we do? We must re-take our societies. You may think that a strange statement but they are slowly taking control over our lives. Think of the changes in our laws in the past 2 or 3 decades. As an example, the new laws against our freedom of speech and how it affects our comedy. Most of our TV comedies of the 60s and 70s would no longer be allowed.
    But we must have a change of policy in the west concerning our Christian churches in the moslem world. Any church in the moslem which is destroyed will result in 10 mosques being bulldozed. All building of mosques will cease. All money, grants and gifts to moslem countries will cease. We should examine all anti-Christian laws in the moslem world and reciprocate. All Imams will be repatriated. Any moslem who cannot speak the language of his/her country of habitation after 3 years will be repatriated. Any member of the Saudi Arabian Embassy will not be allowed further than 100 yards outside the Embassy. All engineers, teachers and medical staff working in the moslem world will return to Europe or America. Turkey will be evicted from Nato and all American military personnel will return to their home bases. If a Christian is harmed in any moslem country then that countrie’s embassies will be closed in all western countries. Finally, oil from the middle-east will be allowed into Europe but WE will decide the price.

    • James Lincoln says

      Jun 9, 2020 at 9:10 am

      Chistopher Watson says,

      Do you think that a US network would dare make anything like this today?

      Also notice the reference to what are now called “no go zones”…

      • gravenimage says

        Jun 9, 2020 at 10:31 pm

        Archie Bunker was presented as a bigoted thug. That was the whole point of the show.

        • James Lincoln says

          Jun 10, 2020 at 4:48 pm

          Rightly so, gravenimage.

          But he was presented in a comical way – not meant to be taken seriously – just like George Jefferson.

          Tragically, and actual comedians have told me this, most college students have has lost the ability to laugh.

          Professional comedians like Jerry Seinfeld find college campuses to be so PC that they no longer perform in those venues.

        • gravenimage says

          Jun 10, 2020 at 11:36 pm

          Sadly true, James.

  8. ronyvo says

    Jun 9, 2020 at 6:50 am

    Destroying churches, killing Christians (Copts), raping Coptic women and children, in Egypt is the norm for over 1400 years. Christianity in the ME has suffered major decline. Countries which contained vast majority of Christians disappeared. Islam is gaining grounds all over the world, not because of any good merits or values, but by FORCE. EVERY thing in Islam is by force.
    Building mosques next or near churches even in the West is becoming very alarming. For instance, in Canada (Mississauga) a large church was built there was a vacant land next to it Muslims tried to buy the land, but the Copts hastened and bought the land even so they could not afford it, but just to save the youth from the satanic cult.
    To me it is utterly amazing that all that is happening in 21 century. The blame goes to the mainstream media. They are not ignorant of the fact that Islam is extremely violent system, they simply can not, because it is easy to establish such a fact read the satanic KORAN. The leaders in the West are bought or are ignorant of the real Islam.

    In my humble opinion, the media should be censored for enough time to get it realize the HUGE danger they are getting their countries into. I know, this is not going to happen, but a thought. And the people would KNOW and would rise to save the future of their countries.

    • gravenimage says

      Jun 9, 2020 at 10:32 pm

      I don’t think you achieve this by having government censoring the media–that is apt to make things even worse.

  9. OLD GUY says

    Jun 10, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    Thats the islamic plan in action, take over the world at the expense of everyone else.

  10. Tony Naim says

    Jun 14, 2020 at 4:50 pm

    This is an example of the legal practice of Dhimmitude that the west continues to ignore in Islamic countries. While Muslims who come to live here are treated with equality under the same law.
    HOW STUPID CAN THIS BE???
    AMERICAN MUSLIMS TOO LOOK AT OTHER CITIZENS AS DHIMMIS. Before you know it, Dhimmitude will become the law of the land in the northern hemisphere.
    Moreover, the order President Trump recently signed regarding freedom of religion in the ME, has one hurdle to overcome before it becomes a reality: the abolition of Dhimmitude, which is not only a religious issue but more so a political and legal issue.

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