Because nothing — nothing! — says “Religion of Peace and Tolerance” quite like beating up on a bunch of monks! At issue here once again is the provision in Islamic law that forbids dhimmis, or non-Muslims subjugated under Islamic law’s holy protection racket, from repairing their houses of worship or building new ones, as notably […]
Egypt: Imam somehow misunderstands Islam, calls for attacks on Christians; his congregation willingly obliges
The mainstream media is making a big deal about the supposed “demonizing” of participants in the Ground Zero mosque project, and of the “backlash” that could result from supposedly dangerous talk, by which they mean criticism of the mosque, its backers, and of the agenda behind the whole affair that’s plowed into Lower Manhattan on […]
Egypt: Muslim cleric calls for jihad, Muslims attack Coptic Christians
Cleric misunderstands Islam, leads followers to misunderstand it as well. Happens every day. “Muslim Cleric Calls for Jihad, Coptic Christians Attacked in Egypt,” by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, August 14: (AINA) — On August 13 Sheikh Tobah, Imam of the village of Shimi 170 KM south of Giza, called during Muslim Friday prayers for Jihad […]
Spencer: Muslim Brotherhood Jockeys for Power in Egypt
In Human Events this morning, I discuss the looming succession crisis in Egypt: The Islamic supremacist group known as the Muslim Brotherhood, which is dedicated–according to a captured internal document–to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within,” has its best chance in years to take power in Egypt, with implications for the Middle East and […]
Egypt: Thousands of Copts protest “collusion by state security services” after disappearance of priest’s wife
It looks as if Islamic supremacists have abducted her, while law enforcement officials look the other way — a sadly recurring pattern. “Disappearance of Priest’s Wife Leads to Coptic Demonstrations in Egypt,” by Mary Abdelmassih in AINA, July 23: (AINA) — The unexplained disappearance of a Coptic priest’s wife in Upper Egypt has led today […]
Spencer: After Mubarak
In FrontPage this morning I discuss what could follow the end of Hosni Mubarak’s rule in Egypt, and how the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to take advantage of the situation: Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak has been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer, and is not expected to live beyond a year. After that, the uneasy equilibrium […]
“The purpose of kidnapping me was to force me to enter into Islam”
A Christian girl kidnapped in Egypt tells her story. The Arabic-language
Egyptian government now not only persecuting Copts, but meddling with Christian doctrine
It is not enough that the Egyptian government facilitates persecution of the Copts, Egypt’s indigenous Christian minority. Now the government is interfering directly with the church’s autonomy concerning doctrine. According to the Assyrian International News Agency: The head of the Coptic Church in Egypt has rejected a court ruling that orders the church to allow […]
Spirit of Camp David: Egypt to strip citizenship from Egyptian men married to Israelis — and their children
Egypt’s trampling of the Camp David Accords has proceeded apace for decades. And why not? No one seems to mind in Washington. “Egypt to strip men married to Israelis of citizenship,” by Jailan Zayan for AFP, June 5 (thanks to all who sent this in): CAIRO (AFP) – A Cairo court on Saturday upheld a […]
The dhimmis: guilty people
Why must Maher El-Gohary and his daughter live in hiding, under serious daily threat of death? What crime have they committed? Obviously they have apostatized from Islam, and despite the willful ignorance of the American mainstream media and the deceptions of American Muslim advocacy groups, leaving Islam really does warrant the death penalty according to […]