Watch for the stonings, the amputations, and the oppression of women and non-Muslims to come in glorious democratic “Arab Spring” Egypt. “Egypt protesters call for Islamic rule,” from AFP, November 9 (thanks to Anne Crockett): CAIRO “” Thousands of radical Islamists demonstrated in Cairo on Friday to demand that sharia, or Islamic law, be the […]
Muslim Brotherhood: Now Obama must accept “the will of the Arab people”
“In the absence of direct American influence, Egypt can affect and lead the process of building a democratic and constitutional regime that will become a dream for African and the southern hemisphere.” I.e., a Sharia state that is a stepping stone to a restored caliphate. And I am sure Obama will be just fine with […]
“Arab Spring” Egypt: Muslims seize Church land in Cairo to hit back at new Pope’s anti-Sharia remarks
Pope Tawadros need not be concerned. Imam Rauf and so many others assure us that Sharia is benign and tolerant, and completely compatible with Western values. He must be some kind of greasy Islamophobe. “Salafists seize Church land in Cairo to hit back at new patriarch,” from AsiaNews, November 7: Cairo (AsiaNews) – “By seizing […]
The Jihad on Egypt’s Pharaonic Antiquities
While Islamic hate for idols is a well documented phenomenon””permeating both the whole of Islamic doctrine and history””the “Arab Spring” has given greater rise to this hate, as it has to all uniquely Islamic phenomena. Soon after Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Morsi became president of Egypt, calls to demolish the Great Pyramids“”long seen as the […]
Egypt arrests five Misunderstanders of Islam planning jihad mass murder of British tourists
Islamic supremacism: always a boon to the tourist trade. “British tourists targeted in ‘massacre plot’ at Egypt beach resort – but police swoop on al-Qaeda terror suspects just in time,” by Alex Ward for the Daily Mail, November 2 (thanks to Benedict): Five terrorists have been caught apparently plotting an attack on British tourists in […]
Egypt: Islamic supremacists hold pro-Sharia protest, chant “The people want Allah’s rule implemented”
“Ultraconservatives.” “Conservative Muslims.” In AP’s world, you’re a conservative if you support Sharia in Muslim countries, and a conservative if you oppose Sharia in the West. Egyptian Islamists hold pro-Shariah protest,” from the Associated Press, November 2 (thanks to all who sent this in): CAIRO (AP) — Hundreds of ultraconservative Egyptian Islamists have held a […]
Egypt: “The real problem is that a cynical government that used anti-Semitism as a tool may have been replaced by an ideological government in which anti-Semitism is deep and serious”
I tried to tell you — back in January 2011. “Anti-Semitism Virulent in Egypt,” by Adam Kredo for the Washington Free Beacon, November 1 (thanks to Jonah): A rising tide of anti-Semitism in Egypt has stoked concerns among Americans and Israelis that extremism will guide Cairo’s foreign policy under the Muslim Brotherhood-backed President Mohamed Morsi. […]
Egypt: “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Authority” orders man’s tongue cut off for “cursing Islam”
More evidence of Egypt’s rapid slide toward Sharia. “Off with their “¦ tongues? Salafis in Egypt punish man for “˜cursing” Islam,” from Al Arabiya, November 1 (thanks to all who sent this in): The “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Authority” group , in Egypt’s eastern city of Suez has attacked a man for […]
Egypt: Muslims assault Christians after Sunday Mass, five Christians hospitalized
More Islamic tolerance in democratic, pluralist “Arab Spring” Egypt. Islamic law forbids Christians to build new churches or repair old ones, and this was the response in the village of Tala when Christians tried to get around those restrictions. “Muslims Attack Coptic Christians in Egypt After Mass,” by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, October 30: (AINA) […]
Robert Spencer: The New Sharia Egypt
In FrontPage this morning I discuss Egypt’s race toward Sharia: The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt announced Wednesday, according to the Associated Press, that it was “committed to enshrining Islamic Shariah law as the main source of a new constitution, seeking to mollify ultraconservative Islamists who accuse the group of not advocating strongly enough for Islamic […]