Coptic leaders have been unsuccessful in efforts to get an audience with Obama. Perhaps he fears that to meet with them would be “Islamophobic.” “Coptic Christians Voicing Frustration With White House As Persecution Widens in Egypt,” by Youssef Ibrahim for the New York Sun, May 22 (thanks to George): The leaders of Coptic Christians, whose […]
“We refuse to be Muslims by force”
No Compulsion In Religion Alert from Egypt: “‘We Refuse to Be Muslims By Force’ Say Egyptian Christian Twin-Boys After Losing Court Case,” by Mary Abdelmassih for the Assyrian International News Agency, April 26 (thanks to Benedict): (AINA) — On March 30 an administrative judicial court in Egypt dismissed a lawsuit filed by Mrs. Camilia Lutfi, […]
Egypt: Muslims attack with acid girl who converted to Christianity — after fatwas call for spilling of her father’s blood
Dina el-Gowhary’s father, Peter Athanasius, is a convert also. Our religious freedom bus ads in Miami, pictured above, were pulled by Miami-Dade Transit for being “offensive to Islam.” CAIR’s Muhammed Malik said: “Islam guarantees freedom to and freedom from religion.” Will he then issue a public statement in support of Dina el-Gowhary and Peter Athanasius? […]
FGM: ‘traditional practice’ in 32 countries, of which 29 are OIC States — 3 million girls mutilated worldwide each year, 95% of Egyptians
Comments by David G. Littman, NGO Representative at the UN in Geneva: Association for World Education and World Union for Progressive Judaism Oral statement (from UN webcast above) reproduced verbatim below We decided to speak out again on a “traditional practice”, whose religious links are vociferously denied, despite irrefutable UNICEF facts and figures. FGM (Female […]
Egyptian cops arrest 13 Copts — the victims of attack by Islamic supremacists
The local imam incited the Islamic supremacists to attack the Christians. So yet another imam is exposed as a Misunderstander of the Religion of Peaceâ„¢. Why didn’t his Qur’anic study tell him to respect the People of the Book, and not to wage jihad against or expect them to assume dhimmi status? Aren’t Islamic apologists […]
Fitzgerald: That Synagogue In Cairo
The restoration of this one synagogue connected to Maimonides, once court physician to the Fatimids, was not prompted by some sudden deep realization of the need, culturally and politically, to recognize, at least by allowing this one synagogue to be rebuilt, that for thousands of years Egypt had had Jews living in the land, that […]
Egypt scraps synagogue ceremony after Jews provoke “the feelings of millions of Muslims in Egypt and across the world”
How did they do that? By allegedly dancing and drinking alcohol inside the synagogue — which sounds as if it could have been an ordinary and reasonable celebration under the circumstances. But Egyptian officials preferred to portray it as the dhimmis getting out of line. After all, how would it look to be rededicating a […]
Egypt: Copts ask, “is the State Security there to protect all citizens or just the Muslims?”
Note the prominence of the Orwellian-sounding “reconciliation” proceedings, where, as described in this report, “Coptic victims give up all criminal and civil charges against the perpetrators.” “Muslim Teacher Sexually Abuses Christian Children In An Upper Egyptian School,” by Mary Abdelmassih for the Pakistan Christian Post, March 14: Cairo: March 14, 2010. (By Mary Abdelmassih for […]
Egypt: Crowd of 3000 Muslims attacks Coptic Christian community
“[Their] fury, encouraged by the imam, was sparked by the rumor that the Christians have begun to build a new place of worship.” Apologists often insist that no one pays attention to stipulations on unbelievers such as those which appear in the Pact of Umar. Really? Here are about 3000 people in Egypt who missed […]
Egyptian court acquits Muslims who beheaded a Christian
“The majority of Copts believe the reason for the acquittal of Muslims is that although Egypt claims to be a secular state, in reality it applies the Sharia law which dictates that a Muslim who kills a non-Muslim must not be killed, because it is not reasonable to equate a Muslim with a ‘polytheist’ (a […]