The U.S. is said to be “furious” at Israel after mobs in Libya flew into a frenzy over a two-hour meeting a few days ago, at a summit in Rome, between Libyan Foreign Minister Najia Mangoush and her Israeli counterpart, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. The short meeting was intended to discuss improving ties between the […]
Libyan Hysteria Leads to Dismissal of Foreign Minister Who Met Israeli Counterpart in Rome
A final thought: someone I respect took me to task for being unduly harsh in my verdict on Cohen. I agree in one respect: I called for his resignation, which upon reflection I think was unwarranted. But I still think he ought to have been more circumspect, rather than have rushed to make public news […]
‘Libyan Christians are particularly vulnerable to persecution, especially those from a Muslim background’
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]
Libya: Christians arrested for leaving Islam and preaching to Muslims face death penalty
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]
Libya: Christians arrested for preaching to Muslims and apostasy from Islam
The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause of Allah. But if they turn away, then seize them and kill them […]
Libyan Muslim accused in 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people to appear in US court
William Barr noted that “the Lockerbie bombing remains the deadliest single terrorist attack in the history of the United Kingdom, and the second deadliest terrorist attack in American history” after 9/11. And jihad wasn’t even on anyone’s radar at that time. “Libyan accused in Lockerbie bombing to appear in US court,” by Eric Tucker, Associated […]
India: Engineer converts from Christianity to Islam, is killed waging jihad for ISIS in Libya
Yet another convert to Islam somehow gets the idea that his new religion commands him to do violence against unbelievers. Who taught Al Hindi about Islam? Where did he go to mosque? Why isn’t this being investigated? “Kerala engineer ‘Abu Bakr’ who was killed fighting for Islamic State in Libya, appears in IS magazine, security […]
Conservative Judges Throw Book at Benghazi Terrorist After Obama Judge’s Leniency
Yes, a decade later this case is still stuck in our legal system. But at least there’s some progress on the justice front. A U.S. appeals court decided Tuesday that a Libyan man’s 22-year sentence for his role in the 2012 Benghazi attack wasn’t enough. Ahmed Abu Khatallah, 51, was originally convicted in 2018 on several counts […]
Erdoğan to Macron: Turkey won’t attend Libya conference if Greece, Cyprus and Israel are invited
“Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Turkey will not travel to Paris to attend a meeting on Libya if Libya were also invited.” But then he brazenly went on to add Greece, Cyprus and Israel. The summit was organized by the “United Nations, Germany and Italy in Paris for […]
Libya joins Turkey in ‘Islamophobia’: detains 5000 migrants in ongoing crackdown
As the West contributes to its own demise in dhimmitude via unvetted immigration policies, Islamic countries take quite a different approach to Muslim migrants. This crackdown against Muslim migrants isn’t unique to Libya. Turkey was harsh too in its deportation of hundreds of Muslim migrants from Afghanistan. The UN has also reported that “a migrant […]