“Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah and your enemies…” (Qur’an 8:60) “Egyptians return to Sinai homes to find Islamic State booby traps,” Middle East Eye, October 24, 2020: Residents of Egypt’s restive North Sinai […]
Egypt: Jihad terrorists in Sinai Peninsula step up their attacks during Ramadan
“The month of Ramadan is a month of holy war and death for Allah. It is a month for fighting the enemies of Allah and God’s messenger, the Jews and their American facilitators.” — Qaedat al-Jihad “Terrorists in Sinai increase attacks during Ramadan,” Al-Monitor, May 7, 2020 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): CAIRO — […]
Egypt: Muslims kidnap Christian man traveling in taxi in Sinai peninsula
This is sanctioned in Islamic law. Now the kidnapped man will be killed, enslaved, exchanged for ransom, or released outright. Here is a salient passage on this issue from a Shafi’i manual of Islamic law: When an adult male is taken captive, the caliph considers the interests … (of Islam and the Muslims) and decides […]
Egypt: Muslim gunmen shoot and kill Christian in Sinai
Either al-Sisi cannot stop this ongoing Muslim persecution of Christians, or he will not. If he cannot, then he is a weak and ineffective ruler. If he will not, it may be that he is practicing steam control, as did Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak before him. That is, despite his affirmations of support for the […]
Ancient Egyptian monastery closed and Christmas canceled
Local authorities decided to close down the Saint Catherine Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on January 5 and January 6, when Christmas church services are held according to the Coptic Orthodox calendar. The general directorate of tourist police further ordered all tourist companies not to lead tours to the historic monastery. Although […]
Egypt: Muslims who killed more than 300 people in attack on Sufi mosque carried Islamic State flag
The Islamic State considers Sufis to be heretics and thus deserving Islam’s death penalty for those who deviate from the faith. This attack took place in a Sufi mosque. “Prosecutor: Militant gunmen in Egypt mosque attack carried ‘Islamic State’ flag,” Reuters, November 25, 2017: CAIRO – Militant gunmen who killed more than 300 people in […]
Egypt: Islamic jihadis murder at least 155 in Sufi mosque
The Qur’an forbids Muslims to kill other Muslims (4:92), but if one group of Muslims thinks another is heretical, then it considers itself to have a duty before Allah to carry out the Sharia death penalty. “Attack on mosque in Egypt’s Sinai kills at least 155: state media,” AFP, November 24, 2017 (thanks to Ken): […]
Egypt: Muslims attack security forces near St. Catherine’s Monastery, killing at least one police officer
St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai is iconic; it is one of the oldest Christian monasteries in the world. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on a police checkpoint about 800 meters (yards) from the entrance to the monastery, one of the world’s most important Christian sites. Despite the useless state of emergency declared by Egyptian […]
Islamic State in Sinai beheads 2 for “sorcery,” boasts of imposing Sharia
“Thanks be to God who has allowed the Islamic State’s soldiers in Sinai in applying his law and instituting religion in spite of all the infidels, apostates and envious Jews.” Don’t they know that they have nothing to do with Islam? Theresa May needs to jet down to the Sinai forthwith and explain Islam to […]
Raymond Ibrahim: The Slow-Motion Genocide of Egypt’s Christians
Yet another murderous wave is taking Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority by storm, leading to another exodus from their homes. Last week in al-Arish, Sinai, Islamic State affiliates killed a 65-year-old Christian man by shooting him in the head; they then abducted and tortured his 45-year-old son before burning him alive and dumping his charred remains […]
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: Islamic State jihadis murder six police in Sinai
Nothing to be concerned about. Obama says they’re not Islamic and on the run. “Suspected IS gunmen kill 6 police in Egypt’s restless Sinai,” by Ashraf Sweilam, Associated Press, October 2, 2016: EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Suspected Islamic State militants in Egypt’s turbulent Sinai Peninsula ambushed a taxi in which off-duty policemen were traveling back […]
Ramadan in Egypt: Muslims kill Christian priest with hail of bullets outside church
Did Fr. Raphael provoke them in some way? Did he draw Muhammad? Did he opine that Islam was not a religion of peace? Or could his murder simply have been provoked by who he was, as an Infidel, a Christian priest? Why are Church leaders in the West so uniformly silent about the Muslim persecution […]
Hamas jihadis fighting alongside the Islamic State in Sinai
Why not make common cause with those who share the same beliefs, ideology and goals? “IDF: Hamas Militants Fighting Alongside ISIS in Sinai,” The Tower, March 14, 2016: Militants from the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas are fighting alongside the Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula, while ISIS fighters are continuing to receive treatment in Gaza […]
Islamic State rocket attack sets Egyptian navy warship ablaze
The JV team continues its busy Ramadan. “ISIS-linked terrorist’s rocket attack sets navy warship ablaze in Mediterranean,” by Chris Hughes, Mirror, July 16, 2015: ISIS forces dramatically blew up a navy ship today in the first sea attack the extremists have launched. They fired a deadly rocket salvo at the Egyptian patrol boat which burst […]
Israel closes Egyptian border, on high alert following Islamic State attacks in Sinai
The recent wave of ISIS attacks against Egypt has been described as “full-fledged war.” Fox News is now reporting that the Islamic State affiliate in Egypt claims it has fired rockets into Israel as it escalates its operations. This report by Breitbart concludes with, “ISIS in Syria released a video this week threatening to destroy […]
Islamic State blows up natural gas pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (Champions of Jerusalem) pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in November 2014. “Militants blow up natural gas pipeline in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, security officials say,” Associated Press, May 31, 2015: EL-ARISH, Egypt – Security officials in Egypt say suspected Islamic militants have blown up a natural gas pipeline outside el-Arish, the provincial […]
‘Whoever Disbelieves, Strike Off His Head’: Muslim Persecution of Christians, February 2015
Gatestone Institute All throughout February, Copts, the largest Christian minority in the Middle East, were slaughtered. Around mid-February, the Islamic State released a video depicting 21 Coptic Christians being decapitated. The executions took place in Libya, another nation along with Syria and Iraq where the Islamic State has carved a niche for itself. While holding […]
Egypt’s Islamic State branch claims Sinai jihad attack that killed 18
The “Sinai Province” of the caliphate, which now has allied groups in the Philippines, Nigeria, and elsewhere. “Egypt’s Islamic State Branch Claims Deadly Sinai Attack,” Associated Press, April 3, 2015 (thanks to John): The Islamic State’s branch in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a wave of deadly attacks that killed 15 Egyptian soldiers and three […]