According to Islamic law, Muslim man can marry a Christian woman without her having to convert to Islam, but her conversion is still desired, as it reinforces the growth of the Islamic community at the expense of the non-Muslim community, which is a core Islamic imperative (cf. Qur’an 8:39). “Pressured Conversions Bring Shame and Stigma […]
Egypt: Christian woman disappears after going to church, police unhelpful, suggest she was converting to Islam
Neveen Lamei and Mariam Nasser Kamal both disappeared “from an area of Cairo known for persecution incidents.” Police have been unhelpful most likely because, if these women were abducted by men who intend to force them to convert to Islam, they are more sympathetic to the abductors than to their victims. “2 Egyptian Christian Women […]
Egypt: Palestinian Islamic Jihad boycotts jihad groups’ reconciliation talks
There are divisions in the ranks of the Palestinian jihadi groups that aim to obliterate Israel “from the River to the Sea.” This spells good news for Israel. As Palestinians, and more broadly, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, seek to unite the ummah behind their cause and lead it to stand up for the Palestinian […]
Egypt: Muslim uses bulldozer to murder Christian, says ‘I hate Christians; I killed him because he is Christian’
Will the Islamophobia never end? “Young man in Egypt murdered by colleague using bulldozer ‘because he is Christian,’” Open Doors, July 12, 2023: A young man in Egypt was tragically murdered by a colleague who later told police, “I hate Christians; I killed him because he is Christian.” Fadi was an architect who had been […]
House Demolitions by Israel and by Egypt
When Israel demolishes Palestinian homes illegally built in east Jerusalem, and in Area C of the West Bank, Western reporters are out in force to report on those terrible Israelis who for no apparent reason are tearing down those homes as despairing innocent Palestinians look on, helpless to stop the destruction. No mention is made […]
In the Sinai, Israeli Experts Say Weapons Smuggling is the Biggest Threat
The Egyptian policeman, Mohamed Salah, who recently murdered three Israeli soldiers serving at the security fence between Egypt and Israel, apparently acted alone. He was not a member of any terror group. But he was prompted by what he read in the Qur’an that he carried with him: a deep hatred of Jews, and a […]
Muslim who murdered three Israeli border guards was carrying a Qur’an
The Jerusalem Post headline here is “Egyptian border terrorist was carrying Koran, likely motivated by extremism.” Yet the Qur’an is the holy book of Islam. All Muslims regard it as holy. So how is this jihadi’s possession of it “extremism”? Even when the Jerusalem Post is confronted with clear evidence of the mainstream character of […]
Egypt: Muslim kills his wife 48 hours after their wedding because she refused sex with him
A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “If a husband calls his wife to his bed [i.e. to have sexual relation] and she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will curse her till morning” (Bukhari 4.54.460). And: “By him in Whose Hand lies my life, a woman can not carry out the right […]
Egypt’s School Texts Still Present Israel As Illegitimate, But Remove Some Jihadist Content
General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi promised he would reform the Egyptian school texts and curriculum, and according to Marcus Sheff of the NGO IMPACT-se, he has kept his word. Over the past five years, since 2018, year by year he has systematically changed the textbooks and curriculum, one year at a time, beginning with Grade One, […]
Egyptian lawyer launches legal case against Netflix for ‘this crime’ of depicting Cleopatra as black
According to the History Channel, Cleopatra was Greek: While Cleopatra was born in Egypt, she traced her family origins to Macedonian Greece and Ptolemy I Soter, one of Alexander the Great’s generals. Ptolemy reigned Egypt after Alexander’s death in 323 B.C., and he launched a dynasty of Greek-speaking rulers that lasted for nearly three centuries. Oxford […]