The U.S. Copts Association reports that “in yet another demonstration of the discriminate nature of the local governments of Egypt, local officials revoked a building license granted to the Brethren Church of Assiout. U.S. Copts Association received notification that after waiting for several years for permission to demolish and rebuild their church, the Church of […]
Islam and democracy: Saad Eddin Ibrahim and Ibn Khaldun
Saad Eddin Ibrahim Today’s Wall Street Journal contains a piece entitled “Reviving Mideastern Democracy: We Arabs need the West’s help to usher in a new Liberal Age.” It was written by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, chairman of the board of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies in Cairo. Ibrahim was jailed in 2000 and again […]
Christian Centre Attacked by Army
More harassment of the dhimmis in Egypt. According to the Barnabas Fund, “the Egyptian Army has once again carried out a totally unprovoked attack on the Patmos Christian Centre 30km to the east of Cairo. “Just after midnight in the early hours of Tuesday 18 November an army dump truck was driven repeatedly into the […]
Egypt frees radical Muslims
“While the U.S. and its allies are fighting Islamist ideology and terror,” Michael Meunier observes, “Egypt, a supposed Western ally, is drastically undermining their efforts. In an alleged attempt at ‘historic reconciliation,’ President Mubarak has recently released Egypt’s most notorious and dangerous Islamist leaders, along with over 1,000 of their cohorts.” This is bad news […]
30 Egyptians at Guantanamo
It seems that 30 of the prisoners at Guantanamo are Egyptians. According to Middle East Newsline, “the Egyptians were captured in the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001 and suspected of fighting for Al Qaida and the then-ruling Taliban movement.” Just another illustration of the global appeal of the call to jihad.
Dhimmitude in Italy — and Egypt
Not only has Italy banned the crucifix from a classroom — now they’ve thrown the Pope’s “Jubilee Cross” into the garbage. The classroom crucifix ban accedes to the wishes of “Muslim activist” Adel Smith, who was offended by the thought of his daughter having to gaze in class at a “miniature cadaver.” Smith pressed all […]