My Human Events column today chronicles an unmerry Christmas in Iraq and other Muslim countries: Christians in the Iraqi city have opted not to celebrate Christmas this year, since Ashura, a major Shi’ite day of mourning, falls on the same day. So out of “respect” for the local Shi’ites, Chaldean Catholic Bishop Imad Al Banna […]
Coptic Pope Shenouda III in 1976: “There is a practice to convert Coptic girls to embrace Islam and marry them under terror to Muslim husbands.”
Nothing has changed, except for the new generation of victims. Note also the state’s adherence in practice to Sharia guidelines rather than civil law, and al Azhar University’s affirmation of Aisha’s age at marriage as a precedent — something apologists adamantly deny to Western audiences. “Forced Islamization of Christian Girls Supported By Egyptian State,” by […]
Egyptian court upholds 4-year sentence for blogger for criticizing Islam
These are the kinds of laws that the Organization of the Islamic Conference is working to bring to the West. “Egypt court upholds 4-year sentence for blogger,” from Reuters, December 22: CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian court confirmed the four-year jail sentence imposed on an Egyptian student blogger for posting writings critical of Islam and […]
Survey: 35% of Egyptian, Saudi respondents consider it a “religious duty” to support jihad financially
Tiny Minority of Extremists Alert. And this, too, is rooted in the core texts of Islam. Qur’an 2:195 says: Spend your wealth for the cause of Allah, and be not cast by your own hands to ruin; and do good. Lo! Allah loveth the beneficent. And just to drive the point home: Narrated Abu Wail: […]
Egyptian Christian women forced to marry, convert to Islam
This is an ongoing story. We have chronicled many instances of the persecution of the Copts here. Note that it is “facilitated by the Egyptian government.” “Egyptian Christian women forced to marry, convert to Islam, reports say,” by Cindy Ortiz for the Baptist Press, December 14 (thanks to Alexandre): WASHINGTON (BP)–Coptic Christian women in Egypt […]
Muslims in Egypt hit Swiss minaret ban, force Copts to hide in fear for their lives
These two actions are completely consistent from the standpoint of these Egyptian Muslims. The consistency is that the spread and dominance of Islam should never be impeded in any way — not by Infidels who (for the moment) have the upper hand in Switzerland, and not by Infidels in Egypt who have the temerity to […]
As human rights abuses rise in Muslim countries, Obama abandons support for reform initiatives
“The last spark of life in the initiatives was quashed once and for all with the arrival of a new US administration.” Yet another Which-Side-Is-Obama-On Alert. “Arab countries fail on human rights–report,” by Samer al-Atrush for Agence France-Presse, December 9 (thanks to Pamela): CAIRO, Egypt — Human rights deteriorated across the Arab world in 2009 […]
Fitzgerald: Ali Gomaa and that strange thing, the Golden Rule
Egypt’s Mufti Ali Gomaa on the Swiss minaret ban: “This proposal…is not considered just an attack on freedom of beliefs, but also an attempt to insult the feelings of the Muslim community in and outside Switzerland.” — From a story at JihadWatch here — convincingly and eloquently about the Golden Rule, a simple code for […]
Egypt: Christians refuse to reopen stores after Muslims riot
They know the Muslims will just trash them again. However, true to form, the authorities are on the side of the jihadist thugs. “Egyptian Christians Refuse to Open Stores After Muslim Riot,” by Ethan Cole for the
Egypt’s “moderate” mufti says Swiss minaret ban insults Muslims
Ali Gomaa is the wife-beatin’, Muhammad’s-urine-drinkin’ Mufti of Egypt, who some time ago denied reports that he had rejected the traditional Islamic death sentence for apostates. The delirious