Christians are expected to be subservient and submissive. This is an assumption Ali Abu-Souad derived from Islam, which teaches that non-Muslims in the Islamic state must “pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued” (Qur’an 9:29), and that they are the “most vile of created beings” (Qur’an 98:6) while Muslims are “the best […]
Egypt: Muslim stabs Christian to death, al-Azhar Grand Sheikh warns that such acts ‘might instigate religious wars’
It looks as if that war is already being fought, at least on one side. Now aside from issuing condemnations, what is the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar doing to ensure that Muslims don’t continue to commit acts that “might instigate religious wars”? Has he established programs in every mosque in Egypt teaching that Muslims should […]
Egypt: Muslim screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ stabs his Christian neighbor seven times
There are innumerable examples of Muslims turning on their non-Muslim friends and/or neighbors (in this case, the Muslim attacker doesn’t seem to have ever been friendly with his Christian neighbors). The New York Times on June 19, 2013 carried a photo with this caption: “Ibtisam Ali Aboud (with her son Jafar) says that her husband, a Syrian […]
Egypt: Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ brutally murder three Christians, dance as they mutilate their bodies
This was supposedly revenge for a crime committed in 1952. “And we prescribed for them in it, Life for life, and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and retaliation for injuries. But whoever forgoes it, this will be expiation for him.” (Qur’an 5:45) This way of […]
Egypt: Teachers and students beat up Coptic Christian children for wearing crosses
The question does not get asked often enough: why is it that certain barbaric behaviors are accepted when they come from one group, but not from others? In no Western country, nor in Israel, would it be acceptable for a teacher and students to beat up students who were of a different religion, and elementary-age […]
Egypt: Two Muslim brothers murder Christian shopkeeper
In mid-October, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi “committed Egypt to a five-year program of human rights reform.” He shocked the country when he stated: “If someone tells me they are neither Muslim nor Christian nor a Jew or that he or she does not believe in religion, I will tell them, ‘You are free to […]
Coptic Pope Tawadros praises Egypt’s gift of $500,000,000 to Hamas ‘in the humanitarian ordeal they are undergoing’
Gaza is not actually suffering through a “humanitarian ordeal.” Hamas has plenty of money, and spent it on rockets to fire at Israeli civilians. If any citizens of Gaza are going hungry, it’s because that was what Hamas chose to do with the aid money that is showered on Gaza. Pope Tawadros is applauding this […]
Egypt: Money ISIS demanded for kidnapped Christian was not ransom, but jizya from Christians in his village
“Fight against those do not believe in Allah or the last day, and do not forbid what Allah and his messenger have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of truth, even if they are among the people of the book, until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.” (Qur’an 9:29) […]
Egypt: Islamic State video shows its murder of 62-year-old Christian man who built the only church in his area
“Before his execution, ISIS forced Nabil Habashi to record a video in which he said his name and that the Church was cooperating with the army against the Islamic State.” The goal is to intimidate the Christians into fearing to oppose the Islamic State in any effective way. There are Islamic groups in the West […]
Egypt: Muslim murders Coptic Christian woman and her six-year-old son
“Egyptian state-run media has warned society not to conclude that this incident is because of Maryam’s Coptic Christian identity, and that it was a robbery attempt which escalated into murder. However, the Egyptian authorities have an established record of silencing Christians and forcing them to not speak about the religious freedom components of their experiences.” […]