Copts celebrate Christmas on January 7. “Pope Shenouda mulls canceling Christmas celebrations,” by Essam Fadl for Daily News Egypt, January 3 (thanks to Twostellas): CAIRO: Pope Shenouda ended his spiritual mediation at St. Bishoy Monastery in Wadi Notroun to go back to the Cathedral’s headquarters in Abbasiya on Sunday, meanwhile mulling whether or not to […]
Spencer: Denying the jihad against Christians
In the featured article at FrontPage this morning, I discuss the general refusal to face up to what really happened in Alexandria, Egypt on New Year’s Eve: An Islamic jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murdered twenty-two people and wounded eighty more at the Coptic Christian Church of the Saints in Alexandria, Egypt on New Year’s Eve. Predictably […]
Lebanese Shi’ite leader on Egypt church bombing: “This terrorist act bears the fingerprints of Zionists who… are working to…sow discord between Muslims and Christians”
Are you starting to notice a pattern? “Pope leads condemnation of Egypt church attack,” from Agence France-Presse, January 1 (thanks to all who sent this in): […] The Islamist Palestinian movement Hamas also condemned the attack, saying it was “certain it was the work of elements acting against the interests of Egypt and looking to […]
Imam of Al-Azhar criticizes Pope’s “interference” after Pope asks Egypt’s leaders to counter persecution of Christians
The dhimmi in Rome should learn not to stick his nose into matters above his station. “Egypt: Imam of Al Azhar Criticises Pope’s ‘Interference,’” from AGI, January 2 (thanks to Jos): (AGI) Cairo – The imam of Al-Azhar condemned the Alexandria attack but criticised the Pope’s “interference”. At a press conference, Ahmed al Tayeb condemned […]
Egyptian security guards withdrew an hour before jihad bombing at church
Support for jihad in high places. “Egyptian Security Guards Withdrew One Hour Before Church Blast, Say Eyewitnesses,” by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, January 2: (AINA) — The car explosion that went off in front of Saints Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria killed 21 and injured 96 parishioners who were attending a New Year’s Eve Mass. […]
Obama condemns Egypt church attack without naming perpetrators, says Muslims were injured also
“The perpetrators of this attack” — who were they, Mr. President? Christian extremists? Tea party types? “The attack on a church in Alexandria, Egypt caused 21 reported deaths and dozens of injured from both the Christian and Muslim communities.” Yet he admits that “the perpetrators of this attack were clearly targeting Christian worshipers,” so why […]
“I accuse the millions of supposedly moderate Muslims among us; those who’ve been growing more and more prejudiced, inclusive and narrow minded with every passing year”
Common sense, articulated courageously. “J’accuse,” by Hani Shukrallah in AhramOnline, January 1 (thanks to Rafael): […] I accuse a government that seems to think that by outbidding the Islamists it will also outflank them. I accuse the host of MPs and government officials who cannot help but take their own personal bigotries along to the […]
Al-Azhar condemns Egypt church bombing: “Islam specifically prohibits any attacks on religious places”
Al-Azhar is the foremost authority in Sunni Islam, and a case can be made from the Qur’an for what they say: “For had it not been for Allah’s repelling some men by means of others, cloisters and churches and oratories and mosques, wherein the name of Allah is oft mentioned, would assuredly have been pulled […]
Egyptian President Mubarak on church bombing: “This blind terrorism does not differentiate between Copts and Muslims”
Oh, really? And when did these “blind” terrorists bomb a mosque? This statement by Mubarak is just more avoidance of the real problem. “Mubarak blames ‘foreign hand’ for church attack,” from AFP, January 1: Cairo: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused “foreign hands” of carrying out a deadly New Year’s day attack on a church early […]
Happy New Year, Infidel: Church bombing in Egypt kills 21
Meet the new year, same as the old year. “Car bomb hits church in Egypt, 21 killed,” by Yasmin Saleh and Marwa Awad for Reuters, January 1 (thanks to Zulu): CAIRO (Reuters) – A car bombing outside a church killed 21 people in Egypt’s northern city of Alexandria as worshippers gathered to mark the New […]