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: Muslims who attacked church get no jail time, Christian fined $20,383 for unlicensed church
Islamic law forbids Christians to build new churches: “The subject peoples … are forbidden to build new churches.” (Reliance of the Traveller, o11.5). Islamic law also forbids Christians to repair old ones. And so in this case, the Muslims who attacked the church get off scot-free, while the Christian who set up the unlicensed church […]
Egypt: Muslims murder nine people in gun attack on church near Cairo
“According to our correspondent, the explosives belt discovered on the dead assailant suggested an even more deadly attack was planned.” Of course. It’s never enough. “Kill them wherever you find them” has neither limit nor expiration date. “Egypt attack: Nine dead in gun attack on church near Cairo,” BBC, December 29, 2017: Nine people died […]
Islamic State threatens Egyptian Christians with “a river of blood”
The Islamic State “has warned Christians living in Egypt that they will pay for their faith with ‘a river of blood.’” It is appalling that while Christians continue to be persecuted by jihadists, far too many Westerners are concerned instead about the victimization of Muslims in the West, which is bogus. “God gave orders to […]
Egypt: Hundreds of Muslims storm church, destroy its contents, assault Christians inside it
Islamic law forbids Christians to build new churches or repair old ones. The international establishment media will take little notice of this. But imagine the international outcry if non-Muslims anywhere stormed a mosque. From the ubiquitous “Islamophobia” propaganda, one might get the impression that such things happen all the time. In reality, they never do. […]
Egypt: 16-year-old Christian girl kidnapped to be converted to Islam is freed
“Her kidnapping was part of a series of disappearances in which Coptic girls were targeted by Islamist networks, who kidnap and force them to convert to Islam and then either marry them off or sell them for large amounts of money.” Will the Islamophobia never end? “Coptic girl, 16, rescued 92 days after Islamists kidnapped […]
Egypt: Christians serve Ramadan meals to Muslims despite jihad persecution
“They invited me and my kids, and I was surprised. They laid the table out on the street with no difference between sheikhs, Christians or Muslims – they pulled everyone to the table to break their fast,” said Tarek Ali, a Muslim resident. Christians in Egypt are organizing daily Ramadan meals at sunset for their […]
Egypt: Muslim who committed jihad massacre in church left note: “I will meet you in Paradise”
“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” — Qur’an 9:111 “Last words from church suicide bomber: Thanks for the hospitality. See you in Heaven!,” Al-Bawaba, May 22, 2017: Cairo – A […]
Cairo: Muslims invoked Allah’s wrath on Christians over loudspeakers before Palm Sunday church jihad attacks
Coptic Christians in Egypt, who’ve been targeted in a number of recent terror attacks, have said that for years Muslim imams were allowed to preach hatred and violence against Christians to the public over loudspeakers. It is all too common for imams to preach hatred and violence against Christians. Even on Western soil, the jihad doctrine […]
US embassy in Cairo warns its citizens to avoid “identifiable places of worship”
Grow a spine, US embassy in Cairo. American citizens have no need to avoid mosques in Cairo. No one is going to set off a bomb in any of them. The threat is to churches, and to Egypt’s Christians, and you know that full well, but don’t dare to state it clearly, for fear of […]
Islamic State claims responsibility for the two church bombings in Egypt
The Express reported on February 21 that “Islamic State militants in Egypt have threatened to increase attacks against Christians in the country, vowing to ‘liberate’ Cairo, in a chilling new video. In the 20-minute clip, the group singles out prominent Christian Egyptians, identifying the Coptic Pope and a number of wealthy businessmen as the group’s […]
Egypt: Muslims bomb church north of Cairo on Palm Sunday, murdering at least 21 and injuring 38
One wonders if the international media and the UN will pause from their discussions of “Islamophobia” long enough to take any notice of this. “Church bombing north of Egypt’s capital kills 21,” Associated Press, April 9, 2017: CAIRO (AP) — A bomb exploded in a church north of Cairo that was packed with Palm Sunday […]
Islamic State on killing spree of Christians in Sinai
Sinai Christians have become a target for the Islamic State, which is now “waging an insurgency against the Egyptian government in Sinai” and “has turned to targeting Christian civilians after suffering setbacks in its confrontation with the army.” On February 19, ISIS released a video threatening attacks on Christians as a follow-up to its December bombing […]
Egypt strengthens ties with Hamas
The decision to “strengthen ties with Hamas” bears troubling implications despite the “anti-Islamic State campaign” excuse, particularly regarding Egypt’s relations with Israel. Egypt’s strengthening of relations with Hamas suggests that Egypt is heading in a direction opposite to the one that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi indicated when he called for Islamic reform. It is also […]
Islamic State claims responsibility for church bombing, Egypt says bomber was Muslim Brotherhood supporter
The bomber could have been both a Muslim Brotherhood supporter and a supporter of the Islamic State. Although rivals, the two have the same outlook and goals, and the bomber was from one or the other, as I explained here. “Islamic State claims responsibility for Egypt church bombing that killed 25,” Associated Press, December 13, […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Muslims Bomb Cairo Coptic Cathedral
“What have they done to deserve this?” They were Christians. My latest in FrontPage: As the Divine Liturgy was ending Sunday morning at St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, there was, in the words of one man who was there, a “shattering explosion like nothing I had ever heard before.” The latest reports indicate […]
Jihad bombing near Pyramids, 6 Egyptian police killed
Back in June, the Islamic State threatened to destroy the Pyramids. And in July 2015, the Islamic State’s caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said that destroying the monuments was a “religious duty.” “Cairo blast near pyramids kills 6 Egyptian police,” Associated Press, December 9, 2016: CAIRO — An explosion on a main Cairo thoroughfare killed six […]
“Hitler” clothing store causes stir in Cairo
Hitler is popular in Egypt. Mein Kampf is a perennial bestseller. What is odd, and good news, is that “a number of Egyptians visiting the area have openly rebuked him and spit at the store in protest. At least one tried to forcibly remove the Hitler sign.” “‘Hitler’ Clothing Store Causes Stir in Cairo,” Israel […]
Ramadan in Egypt: Islamic jihadists murder one, injure nine in car bomb blast at Italian Consulate
“Italy is not intimidated,” said Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni. But Italy is under siege from Islamic jihadists who hold the same beliefs as those who bombed the consulate; they’re entering Europe with the flood of “refugees” from Libya. If Italy is not intimidated, it needs to act quickly. “1 dead, 9 hurt in […]
Egypt: Groom fractures bride’s skull at his mother’s request
“Men are the managers of the affairs of women for that God has preferred in bounty one of them over another, and for that they have expended of their property. Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God’s guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and […]