Coptic Christians continue to suffer and to be terrorized by jihadis who are determined to destroy their lives solely as punishment for their being Christian. Jihadists injured at least 20 people and killed 7 when they ambushed Christians who were on a return trip from a monastery on the outskirts of Cairo. In the words […]
Egypt considers banning the burqa as part of its crackdown on Islamic “extremism”
A government bill prohibiting the veil is being pitched as an effort to fight terrorism. Egypt is discussing a new draft law that would prevent women from wearing a burqa (nikab) in public spaces as part of a government campaign against extremist interpretations of Islam…..Ahmad Sharbini, an Egyptian political analyst, told The Media Line that […]
Egypt: Muslims open fire on bus full of Christians on way to monastery, at least seven murdered
Christians in Egypt have endured discrimination, harassment, and sometimes open persecution for fourteen centuries. When Arab armies invaded Egypt, it was 99% Christian, but over the centuries, the institutionalized second-class status of dhimmitude that the Muslim rulers imposed upon the Christian population reduced the Christians to a small minority in their native land. This kind […]
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar: Terrorism cannot be a result of Islam, jihad terror results from “unjust policies”
This is the kind of lie that has captured many on the left who are too self-absorbed to pay attention to history: Terrorism results from international unjust policies that lost all compassion toward the weak and the poor, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed el-Tayyeb said during his speech in the Sixth Congress of Leaders of […]
Egypt: After Muslim mobs demonstrate, Christians jailed for worshipping in unlicensed house
All too often, Christians can’t get licenses to build churches, and then are punished for not having them. Islamic law forbids Christians to build new churches. “Christians in Egypt Jailed for Worshipping in Unlicensed House,” Morning Star News, September 6, 2018: (Morning Star News) – Authorities yesterday ordered 15 more days of jail for Christians […]
Egypt: Muslim with “extremist ideas” tries to bomb US Embassy, New York Times says motive unknown
Yeah, it’s a real mystery. “U.S. Embassy Bombing Attempt in Cairo Misfires,” by David D. Kirkpatrick and Mohamed Ezz, New York Times, September 4, 2018: LONDON — An apparent attempt to bomb the American Embassy in Cairo failed on Tuesday when an explosive detonated prematurely in the backpack of a would-be attacker, the Egyptian government […]
Egyptian media: John McCain was the “Godfather,” “leader,” and “real Supreme Guide” of the Muslim Brotherhood
McCain has already been canonized by an establishment media desperate to destroy President Trump in any way it can, but in Egypt they’re not so worshipful. McCain “was the main supporter for the terrorist Brotherhood. Senator McCain was the one who opened up the Congress to the Brotherhood. He was the one arranging the meetings […]
Egypt: Muslim mob attacks Christian homes, injuring three people
The persecution of Christians in Egypt is ongoing. But the United Nations and other alleged global enforcers of human rights are too busy issuing condemnations of Israel and hunting for incidents of “Islamophobia” to take any significant notice. “Coptic diocese says group attacked Christian homes in Egypt,” Daily Journal, September 1, 2018: CAIRO — A […]
Egypt: Muslim mobs force closure of 8 Christian churches seeking official recognition
“We haven’t heard that a mosque was closed down or the prayer was stopped in it because it was unlicensed. Is that justice? Where is the equality? Where is the religious freedom? Where is the law? Where are the state’ institutions?” Good questions. “Egypt: Muslim mobs force closure of 8 Coptic churches seeking ‘official’ recognition,” […]
Egypt sponsors dialogue between Hamas and Islamic Jihad for ceasefire agreement with Israel
The Egyptian-sponsored internal Palestinian dialogue over reaching a cease-fire agreement with Israel are [sic] to be resumed in Cairo this week. Worldwide hope in this charade persists, as jihadist leaders continue to buy time, fool the world and continue to pursue their goal of conquest and destruction of Israel. Before the festival of Eid al-Adha, […]
Egypt: Muslim attempts jihad suicide bombing at church, blows himself up when guards approach
Egypt was conquered by Arab armies in 642. Its Islamization was accomplished, as I detail in my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, by placing the humiliating and discriminatory regulations of dhimmitude upon the native Christian population. Those regulations had their intended effect: Egypt was 99% Christian at the time of the […]
Egypt: Bishop found murdered in monastery
This murder could have been perpetrated by someone within the monastery, but it is more likely to be more of the Muslim persecution of the Coptic Christians that has been ongoing for fourteen centuries, and has stepped up in virulence since 2013, when the Muslim Brotherhood government was toppled and the Brotherhood blamed the nation’s […]
Cairo conference to address “impartial critics of Islam in the West” and present Islam as “religion of love”
The attacks are from all sides: the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Muslim Brotherhood, and needless to say, groups such as al-Qaeda. What do they continue to insist in unison? That the freedom of speech insults Islam. Why? Because Islam is supremacist in nature, and Islamic law stipulates that it must not be criticized or […]
Egypt: Muslim mob screaming “Allahu akbar” encouraged by police in attack on church
Islamic law is clear: “The subject peoples … are forbidden to build new churches.” (Reliance of the Traveller, o11.5). That’s why these Muslims riot at the prospect of a new church being built, and why the police aid the rioters instead of the victims. The police agree with the rioters. “Egypt: Mob attack encouraged by […]
Coptic Pope: Egypt has been model for coexistence between Christians and Muslims for 14 centuries
The Coptic Christians are under tremendous pressure in Egypt, and in that light it is understandable why Pope Tawadros would say this, as preposterous as it is: to state the truth might make the situation even more difficult for Egyptian Christians. In reality, they have been oppressed for centuries, and when that oppression was relaxed, […]
Egypt: Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” throw bricks at Christian homes over Facebook post showing “contempt to Islam”
The Muslims also chanted: “We will displace you and the priest from our village, oh kaffir [infidels], oh the worshipers of the cross, oh defiled people.’” One Copt recounted: “We lived very terrible moments while the mob were attacking our homes. Our children were screaming. All of us have stayed in our homes. We are […]
Ramadan in Egypt: Muslims screaming “Allahu akbar” pelt Christians with bricks and stones, loot their properties
Ramadan is the month in which Muslims strive ever harder to fulfill Allah’s commands. And Allah commands: “O you who have believed, fight those disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find in you harshness.” (Qur’an 9:123) “Copts’ homes attacked after they protest Muslim men swimming naked in front of them,” World Watch […]
Egypt: Top court orders one-month ban of YouTube over video criticizing Muhammad
This ruling is purely symbolic, as YouTube will still be YouTube after the one-month ban has expired. But note that YouTube, as well as the other social media giants, are busy anyway, closing off their platforms to everything and everyone that is considered critical of Islam. Egypt is demanding this today, and tomorrow it will […]
Egypt: Atheist blogger arrested for criticizing Islam
In the West, we don’t arrest people for criticizing Islam. We just excoriate them as “far-right,” “bigoted” “Islamophobes,” and blacken their names to the extent that all decent people shun them. We are much more enlightened in the U.S. than they are in Egypt. “Atheist blogger arrested in Egypt for anti-Islam criticism,” The New Arab, […]
Al-Azhar on French call to reform Qur’an: “Go to hell!” Violent verses are “in reality verses of peace”
“No to freezing a single letter from the Koran, and those calling for this can go to hell.” Peaceful guy! Shuman also said: “What those who issued this call think are verses calling for their killing are in reality verses of peace,” claiming that the Qur’an only calls for fighting in self-defense. He seems to […]