Christians are expected to be subservient and submissive. This is an assumption Ali Abu-Souad derived from Islam, which teaches that non-Muslims in the Islamic state must “pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued” (Qur’an 9:29), and that they are the “most vile of created beings” (Qur’an 98:6) while Muslims are “the best […]
Muslim cleric calls for ban on serving food to ‘infidels’ before the end of daily Ramadan fast
Islamic apologists in the West have frequently insisted that Sharia laws apply only to Muslims. Mohamed Saleh El-Munajjid, who has a worldwide following, disagrees. “‘No food for infidels before iftar’: fatwa published by Egyptian newspaper sparks outrage,” by Thaer Mansour, The New Arab, April 13, 2022: A controversial fatwa published by the privately-owned Egyptian newspaper, […]
Egypt: Muslim stabs Christian to death, al-Azhar Grand Sheikh warns that such acts ‘might instigate religious wars’
It looks as if that war is already being fought, at least on one side. Now aside from issuing condemnations, what is the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar doing to ensure that Muslims don’t continue to commit acts that “might instigate religious wars”? Has he established programs in every mosque in Egypt teaching that Muslims should […]
Egypt: Muslim screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ stabs his Christian neighbor seven times
There are innumerable examples of Muslims turning on their non-Muslim friends and/or neighbors (in this case, the Muslim attacker doesn’t seem to have ever been friendly with his Christian neighbors). The New York Times on June 19, 2013 carried a photo with this caption: “Ibtisam Ali Aboud (with her son Jafar) says that her husband, a Syrian […]
Egypt: Muslims screaming ‘Allahu akbar’ brutally murder three Christians, dance as they mutilate their bodies
This was supposedly revenge for a crime committed in 1952. “And we prescribed for them in it, Life for life, and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and retaliation for injuries. But whoever forgoes it, this will be expiation for him.” (Qur’an 5:45) This way of […]
Canada: Muslim groups ask feds to intervene on behalf of questionable Egyptian refugees in Vancouver
The Muslim Brotherhood is outlawed in Egypt. At the end of January, an Egyptian court “sentenced to death 10 members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group found guilty of violence against security officers in 2015.” Yet Muslim Brotherhood operatives are highly active in the West, particularly in America, thanks to Obama, and now in the […]
Egyptian Journalist Risks His Life By Denying Muhammad’s Night Journey
An Egyptian journalist, Ibrahim Issa, has put his life on the line to speak what he believes to be the truth about Muhammad’s Miraj, or “Night Journey.” He has publicly claimed that Muhammad never made that trip to Heaven on his fabulous wingèd steed Al-Buraq. Robert Spencer wrote about this here, and another report on this […]
Al-Azhar Islamic law prof: beating is ‘suitable for a rebellious wife, who oversteps boundaries set by Allah’
Women are abused in all cultures. However, only in Islam is the abuse of women given the sanction of the almighty, so that the perpetrators can go away feeling righteous. The Qur’an teaches that men are superior to women and should beat those from whom they “fear disobedience”: “Men have authority over women because Allah […]
Egypt: Journalist to be prosecuted for saying Muhammad didn’t fly to paradise on a winged horse
There is, of course, no historical evidence for Muhammad’s journey, and the story of it dates from the ninth century, two hundred years after he is supposed to have lived. However, because the story has Muhammad ascending to paradise from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem (although Jerusalem is not mentioned in the barebones, elliptical allusion […]
Egypt: Islamic reformers still face prison sentences
Here is yet more indication of why we don’t see more genuine Islamic reform. “Egyptian Islamic Reformers Still Face Prison Sentences,” by Hany Ghoraba, Algemeiner, January 27, 2022: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi promises to launch “a new republic” this year, led by a development boom and a new commitment to democracy and religious tolerance. But a […]