Islamic law forbids the construction of new churches. Christians are “forbidden to ring church bells or display crosses, recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals and feastdays, and are forbidden to build new churches” – Reliance of the Traveller o.11.5 (6,7) “Updates on the Persecuted Church – October 17, […]
Egypt: ‘Extremist’ Muslim tries to kill Christian woman by cutting her neck with a sickle
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) “An attempt to slaughter a Coptic in the village of Sharona in Minya,” translated from “محاولة ذبح قبطية في قرية شارونة بالمنيا,” Coptic Solidarity, June 15, 2022: A Coptic woman called Mona Wafdi Marzouk, 35, in the village of Sharona, Maghagha district, Minya governorate, was […]
Egypt: Muslim mob sets church on fire, attacks Christian homes and shops with stones and Molotov cocktails
Will the Islamophobia never end? The mob in this case is enraged over a Christian’s alleged “blasphemy” on Facebook. Authorities do nothing to stop the mob because all too often they are more sympathetic to the rioters than to their victims. An update on this story. “Egypt: Hundreds of Muslim villagers attack Christians after alleged […]
Egypt: Muslim mob screaming “Allahu akbar” attacks Christians, forces closure of church
“The subject peoples … are forbidden to build new churches.” (Reliance of the Traveller, o11.5). Islamic law also forbids Christians to repair existing churches. “Koum al-Raheb church closed, Copts attacked,” by Nader Shukry, Watani International, December 10, 2018: The police has caught an unspecified number of Copts and Muslims in the village of Koum al-Raheb […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Egypt: Christians pelted with rocks, four churches closed as government treats prayer “as a crime”
According to the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of Minya, in describing the worsening state of persecution against the Copts in Egypt: What happened within two weeks, hasn’t happen over years; churches are closed, the Coptic Christians are being attacked and their property destroyed, and there is no deterrent The walls have been closing in for the […]
Egypt: Muslim ex-kidnapper admits “they get paid for every Christian girl they bring in”
“If all goes to plan, the girls are also forced into marriage with a strict Muslim. Their husbands don’t love them, they just marry her to make her a Muslim. She will be hit and humiliated. And if she tries to escape, or convert back to her original religion, she will be killed.” Will the […]
Survivor of Islamic State massacre says jihadis told Christians to renounce faith, killed them when they refused
After every murder, they screamed “Allahu akbar.” Not that this has anything to do with Islam. A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war…When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these you […]