The Pact of Umar, referred to below, is not a lone document. 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).
“Muslim Mob Attacks Christians in Egypt,” International Christian Concern, July 14, 2022:
07/14/2022 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – After a church in Egypt, the Church of Michael the Archangel, received formal legal recognition last month, outraged Muslim mobs attacked the homes of many local Coptic Christians. The perpetrators, who targeted the Christian homes on June 23, amassed into large crowds and began hurling rocks through the windows of the homes. Buildings and vehicles sustained significant damage from the stones and from fires set by arsonists. Reportedly, local authorities assigned a security force to protect the church, but it was overwhelmed by the sheer scale of the mob.
The church which provoked the ire of this local Muslim community was originally built in 2003, and local Christians have awaited the church’s official legal approval for many years. Throughout the process, Muslims in the area have rejected the legitimacy of the new church, asserting that the construction or restoration of a church contradicts Islamic law. The Conditions of Omar, thought to have been written by Caliph Omar I, is one Islamic text that they refer to. The text dictates that no churches should ever be built or repaired, and that Christians must make do with preexisting churches only. The recent attack, reacting to the church’s official legalization via a decree signed by Egypt’s Prime Minister, is wholly predictable in this context of stubborn Muslim opposition.
In response to the recent attacks, local police increased their presence in the village, anticipating continual outrage among Muslims, many motivated by the encouragement of their imams. Unfortunately, the phenomenon of Muslim against Church constructions or repairs is common in Egypt. This conflict follows an oft repeated pattern: a church is developed and Muslims riot. Muslim protests are often also successful, and authorities bow to the pressure of the majority. As a result, Christian communities and churches are suppressed….
mortimer says
Robert Spencer correctly refers to ‘The Pact of Umar’ as the source of these riots.
Muslims normatively observe The Pact of Umar as Islalm’s ‘DEFAULT POSITION’ in the mistreatment of non-Mulims.
Sharia law is discriminatory and has always been used to remove the human rights and civil liberties of women and non-Muslims. Jihadic ‘fighting’ is the way to remove those rights.
Qur’an 9:29—Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth, from among the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves SUBDUED.
mortimer says
Sharia law has nothing good in it for the kafir.
Infidel says
They should have built that church w/ missiles on top of it – to rain on those raging mobs. A few days of that, and they’ll acquiesce
mortimer says
As a president, Al-Sisi is considered to be a great disappointment by Coptic Egyptians. They feel things were much better in the past before Islamism was revived by the mullahs of Iran.
A number of historians believe we are living in the Third Great Jihad.
Devasur says
They should escape to western countries.
mortimer says
The Copts are the indigenous people of Egypt.
Infidel says
Doesn’t matter: Egypt is lost forever, or at least until an age comes when all their people will be disgusted enough w/ islam to throw it off and re-embrace either Pasejet (the faith of the Pharaohs and the ancient Egyptians) or the Coptic Church
It’s like Bangladesh: Bangladeshi Hindus may be native to that country, but they are victims of an ongoing genocide. While many of them are emotionally attached to the land, their only hope is to hightail it out of there
Devasur says
Even if they are indigenous if they want to protect their culture they have no option but to escape.