And “the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate Mohammed Mursi said voters would not accept anyone from ‘Mubarak’s corrupt regime.’” Sharia Or Blood in Egypt: “Queues Build As Voting Continues In Egypt,” from Sky News, May 24: Egyptians are voting for the second day in the country’s historic presidential election, 15 months after the ousting of Hosni Mubarak…. […]
Egypt’s Christians oppose Islamic supremacists: “I don’t want the Islamists. If they come to power and I oppose them, they will say I am criticising their religion and who knows what they’ll do to me?”
Egypt’s Christians on the brink. Don’t they know that Sharia is entirely benign and compatible with the values enshrined in the U.S. Constitution? Or have they been listening to greasy Islamophobes? “Egypt’s Christians Vote to Keep Out Islamists,” by Ines Bel Aiba for AFP, May 24: CAIRO (AFP) — Many Egyptian Christians felt marginalised under […]
Egypt: Muslims assault Christians, Muslims acquitted, Christians sentenced to life in prison
Sharia justice in Arab Spring Egypt. Islamo-Christian violence in Minya: life imprisonment for 12 Copts, eight Muslims acquitted,” from Asia News, May 22 (thanks to C. Cantoni): Cairo (AsiaNews/Agencies) – An Egyptian court has sentenced 12 Coptic Christians to life imprisonment and acquitted eight Muslims, in a trial heavily criticized by human rights activists and […]
Voting in Egypt as ‘Holy War’ to Empower Sharia
Over at Gatestone Institute (via RaymondIbrahim.com), I shed light on the recent fatwas, including from Yusuf al-Qaradawi and the authoritative Sharia Body for Rights and Reforms, which assert that it is “impermissible to vote for anyone not intending to apply Islamic Sharia, and it is obligatory to vote for those who do seek to implement […]
Egypt: Copts bracing for more persecution and restrictions on church-building if pro-Sharia candidate wins presidency
“The subject peoples … are forbidden to build new churches.” (‘Umdat al-Salik, o11.5). Islamic law also forbids Christians to repair old churches. Sharia Alert from Egypt: “Controversial Church-Building Law a Focal Point for Egypt’s Coptic Voters,” by Luiza Oleszczuk for the Christian Post, May 17: Egypt’s Coptic Christians fear they could face further persecution should […]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood preacher says electing secularist president un-Islamic — “We want a president who will free Palestine and Jerusalem to tell the world that the law of God has returned in Egypt”
Getting the true believers in line. “Pro-Brotherhood preacher: Electing liberal or secular president against religion,” from Al-Masry Al-Youm, May 18 (thanks to Wimpy): Muslim preacher Safwat Hegazy, who has been campaigning for the Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate, Mohamed Morsy, said it is against religion to elect a presidential candidate who wants to establish a state […]
Israel becomes a target in Egypt’s presidential vote
I tried to tell you. More Arab Spring Democracy On the March in Egypt: “Israel becomes a target in Egypt’s presidential vote,” by Edmund Blair for Reuters, May 17 (thanks to Voice of the Copts): (Reuters) – Israel has become a punchbag for politicians vying for votes in Egypt’s presidential race, playing on popular antipathy […]
Egypt: Parliament to Discuss Toys that ‘Humiliate Islam”
First there was a push to legalize “death-sex,” now there is a push to ban offensive children’s toys, including a toy gun that reportedly “when you shoot, it says “˜shoot Sayyida Aisha,’ wife of Islam’s prophet Muhammad.” Egypt’s new Islamist-dominated parliament continues exposing its priorities for the world to see. “Egypt parliament to discuss Chinese […]
Egypt: Leading presidential candidate calls Israel “racist state” and says treaty with Israel “a national security threat”
I tried to tell you. Arab Spring Democracy On the March in Egypt: “Leading Egypt candidate calls ‘racist’ Israel a threat,” from AFP, May 13 (thanks to Kenneth): A leading Islamist candidate in Egypt’s presidential election has branded Israel a “racist state” and said a shared 1979 peace treaty was “a national security threat” that […]
Egypt: MP advocates female genital mutilation, says it is part of prophetic Sunnah
“Circumcision is obligatory (O: for both men and women. For men it consists of removing the prepuce from the penis, and for women, removing the prepuce (Ar. bazr) of the clitoris (n: not the clitoris itself, as some mistakenly assert). (A: Hanbalis hold that circumcision of women is not obligatory but sunna, while Hanafis consider […]