The website purports to “identify and name all of the Coptics throughout the world who hope to defame Islam,” by doing things like proselytizing. “Canadian-Arab Christians targeted on website,” from The Canadian Press, December 21 (thanks to Fr. E.): More than 100 Canadian-Arab Christians are listed on an al-Qaeda affiliated website, apparently targeted because of […]
“They want the Christians to evacuate from the Middle East and leave. And this is what is happening every day.”
An Egyptian priest dares to speak the truth about the Islamic supremacist agenda for Christians in the Middle East. “Priest says Muslim extremists want to rid Middle East of Christians,” from CNA, December 19 (thanks to all who sent this in): Cairo, Egypt, Dec 19, 2010 / 06:02 pm (CNA).- An Egyptian priest has explained […]
New book manifests wishful thinking about Muslim Brotherhood’s power in Egypt
In a review of Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution by John R. Bradley in the Fall 2010 edition of Middle East Quarterly, Raymond Ibrahim identifies a chief error that analysts of the Middle East and Islam make all too often: assuming that people in Muslim countries want […]
Egypt: Ex-Muslim hounded by State Security Intelligence agency, charged with “defaming” Islam
Note how persecution becomes a labor-saving device in this story, as it is in the broader treatment of apostasy in Islam, where punishments can include the death penalty by Muhammad’s own decree. When clerics could not convince Thabet to recant, they called in state security. It is much easier to dispose of such cases in […]
Egypt arrests, charges 22 “overwhelmed and terrified” Christian teens in church attack incident
Blaming the victim, and the victim’s children. “Egyptian Christian Teens Arrested and Charged in Church Incident,” by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, December 3: (AINA) — In what is viewed as a precedent by right groups, Egyptian state security forces opened fire on November 24 on Christian Copts, killing four, wounding 78, detaining hundreds and charging […]
Egyptian security uses live ammo on unarmed Christian protesters, killing four
“We’re not talking about social violence occasioned by the construction of a church, but rather security forces opening fire on protesters demanding their constitutional right to worship without arbitrary interference or discrimination.” “Egyptian Security Used Live Ammunition on Christian Coptic Protesters, 4 Killed,” for AINA, November 30: (AINA) — Christian Copts worldwide were shocked and […]
Al-Azhar asks Coptic Church to denounce U.S. report saying Copts face discrimination
Historically, if dhimmis complained about their treatment, their contract of “protection” was revoked and their lives were forfeit. Even today, that idea remains as a cultural hangover in the Islamic world: non-Muslims who are persecuted know they better keep silent about that persecution, or things will get even worse. “Al-Azhar asks Coptic Church to denounce […]
Muslims burn crosses in Egypt
“The Muslims reportedly set several crucifixes alight and threw stones at the Copts…” Islamic supremacists in Egypt are very different from the KKK, but as they burned crosses in their recent clashes with Copts, their motive is the same as that of the KKK: to intimidate, to frighten. They want to “strike terror into the […]
Egypt charges 156 Christians for clashes over the building of a church
The controversy started when Egyptian authorities halted the construction of a church. Traditional Islamic law, which is not fully implemented in Egypt, forbids non-Muslims to build new houses of worship or repair old ones. “Egypt: 156 detained over Christian riots,” from AP, November 25 (thanks to all who sent this in): CAIRO – Egypt’s prosecutor […]
Misunderstanders of Islam torch Christian homes in southern Egypt
Rioting over rumors is getting to be rather commonplace in the Islamic world — cf. the riots over the Qur’an-burning that never happened. In any case, this story also shows that the old laws of dhimmitude are still very much a cultural hangover in the ostensibly secular “Arab Republic” — not “Islamic Republic” — of […]