Yet another Coptic Christian child was recently kidnapped in Egypt. Thirteen-year-old Cyril Rif”˜at Fayiz was abducted in the Minya district by “unknown persons” who later called the child’s parents demanding one million Egyptian pounds, nearly the equivalent of $150,000 USD. Kidnapping and holding Coptic children captive for large ransoms has become a regular feature of […]
Syria: Jihadi group bans women from sitting on chairs
Via RaymondIbrahim.com Last week I reported how the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Levant had, among other stipulations, issued a decree “banning” women from sitting on chairs. This information was derived from a Syrian news clip (link in original post). But no reason was given for this seemingly bizarre rule. However, digging around through […]
The Hound of Jihad
The relentlessness of Islamic jihadi enmity for non-Muslims appears to know no bounds””sometimes even pursuing “infidels” beyond the grave. While the West may hear of the more spectacular attacks on non-Muslims””bombed and burned churches and other places of worship, beheaded and slaughtered “infidels,” and wholesale massacres””lesser known is the fact that, far from receiving succor, […]
Sinai: Jihadis use and abuse women and children in confrontation against military
Egyptian authorities revealed yesterday that various terrorist (jihadi) organizations, particularly in the Sinai region””including the villages of Mahdiya, Ganoub Rifh, Sheikh Zawid, and al-Arish””are keeping the people in a state of terror and threatening to slaughter any that try to flee the region and/or expose them and their identities. Sources also say that the Egyptian […]
Armenian Christians Pressured to Convert to Islam
Arabic language websites reported earlier this week that the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant””which, throughout the course of the war against the Assad government has committed any number of atrocities, from decapitating “infidels” to burning churches””has successfully “forced” two Armenian Christian families to convert to Islam. A video accompanies some of these […]
Invisible Women – the Aftermath of Jihad
Massacres, beheadings, rapes and the rest often take place whenever and wherever Islamic jihadis take over. Lesser known but no less eye-opening, however, is the aftermath of occupation””the everyday “rules” and laws the jihadis enforce once they”re in charge. Consider the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL) recent occupation of Raqqah, a city […]
Syria: Jihadis firebomb new Christ statue and ancient monastery
[via RaymondIbrahim.com, where links appear] Earlier this month, the Islamist-led opposition in Syria broadcast a video clip of a militant threatening the nation’s Christian minority, with a focus on the Cherubim monastery and the large Jesus statue recently erected in the region of Saidnaya in Damascus. In the video, images of militants firing rockets at […]
Muslim man amputates hands ‘according to Sharia’
“Infidels,” or non-Muslims, or the wrong kinds of Muslims (Alawites and Shia for example) are often seen as the natural recipients of Islamic violence, or jihad, as prescribed by Islamic law, the Sharia. Few, however, are aware exactly how Sharia can cause individual Muslims to do violence upon themselves. Last week, December 5, Arabic news […]
Three American Teachers Slaughtered for Christian Faith in Muslim World
Why was Ronald Thomas Smith II, an American teaching at Benghazi’s International School, shot to death last Thursday in Libya, even as he “was looking forward to his first Christmas in the United States with his wife and toddler son”? Most Western media and analysts dismiss the killing as a random act of violence incited […]
Twenty-three million Coptic Christians in Egypt, says authority
Dr. Essam Abdullah, a professor of philosophy at Egypt’s Ain Shams University and a regular political commentator on Arabic media, including Al Jazeera, recently made some startling remarks on a televised program: that there are “more than 23 million Copts in Egypt,” out of a total population of nearly 90 million, with an additional 7 […]