What better day than when Christians are rejoicing? “And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know, whom Allah knows.” (Qur’an 8:60) An update on this […]
Egypt: Muslims who targeted Christians for jihad massacre planned to strike under cover of coronavirus curfew
What better time to strike than when people are taking steps to protect themselves? It maximizes the terror. “And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not […]
Egypt: Muslims build bombs, plot jihad massacre of security forces and Christians
“The terrorist elements were planning to carry out bomb attacks and were creating bombs in their hideout location in the al-Amireya in Cairo.” Will the Islamophobia never end? “Egyptian forces exchange fire with ‘terrorist’ group planning bomb attacks in Cairo,” by Ismaeel Naar, Al Arabiya, April 15, 2020: Egyptian special forces exchanged fire with “terrorist” […]
Egypt: Muslim tries to kill Christian, says he did not know the victim, but hated him for being Christian
“Indeed, they who disbelieved among the People of the Book and the polytheists will be in the fire of hell, abiding eternally therein. Those are the most vile of created beings.” (Qur’an 98:6) “Muhammad is the apostle of Allah. Those who follow him are ruthless to unbelievers, merciful to one another.” (Qur’an 48:29) “Man who […]
Egypt: Survey shows that women approve of female genital mutilation more than men do
The likely explanation for this is that female genital mutilation has justification in Islamic law. This story repeats the usual establishment media line: “People in countries where FGM is still common attempt to link it to religion, but the practice has nothing to do with any faith and predates both Christianity and Islam. It has […]
ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood fatwas forbid new churches, allow looting non-Muslim money and say women inferior to men
The Islamic State (ISIS) is universally regarded as “extremist,” but the Obama administration did all it could to support the short-lived Muslim Brotherhood regime in Egypt. “ISIS, Muslim Brotherhood Fatwas Call for Discrimination against Christians, Women,” Asharq Al-Awsat, March 22, 2020: Egypt’s Dar El-Ifta’s Global Fatwa Index (GFI) has registered a number of fatwas by […]
Al-Azhar Sheikh rejects idea that Islam needs reform: “War between heritage and modernity made up to hold us back”
I would have said that this hits hardest those professional moderates who have grown rich and laden with honors by telling Western audiences what they want to hear, that is, feeding them soothing half-truths and outright lies about how Islam will soon reform and is or soon will be completely compatible with Western secular governance, […]
Egypt: Popular music genre Mahraganat “more dangerous than coronavirus,” says parliament spokesman
“This type of music is based on promiscuous and immoral lyrics, which is completely prohibited, and as such the door is closed on it.” There may be more to this as well. Whenever I note that Islamic law forbids music (aside from nasheeds, a cappella songs encouraging jihad), I am excoriated as a greasy Islamophobe, […]
Egypt: Human rights group accuses Qatar and Turkey of funding Muslim Brotherhood
A human rights group in Egypt issued a report “stating that the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group is behind establishing 13 armed movements that carried out terrorist attacks in Egypt between 2013 and 2019.” The report “of the Forum for Development and Human Rights Dialogue, openly accused Qatar and Turkey of funding the Muslim Brotherhood group […]
Egypt: Muslims strip elderly Christian woman, burn Christian homes, force victims to recant their testimony
See how easy this was? Reconciliation achieved! All is well! “Islamophobia” was averted! “Coptic Christians Forced to Reconcile,” International Christian Concern, February 13, 2020: 02/13/2020 Egypt (International Christian Concern) – Last month, an Egyptian court sentenced to ten years in jail the individuals in Karm village responsible for stripping an elderly Coptic woman, Souad Thabet, […]