Cairo University, Class of 1978 Cairo University, Class of 2004 One point I touch on frequently in talks I’ve given over the years, especially when people ask me if Western influence will ultimately overwhelm the Islamic supremacist imperative in Muslim lands and extinguish the jihad, is that in the last 100 years the movement has […]
Christian in Egypt: “They try to kill us”
“They are constantly under threat, always on the run because they converted to Christianity in a largely Muslim country.” But…but…I thought it was only greasy Islamophobes who believed that Islam mandated death for apostates! Michael Kruse, call your office! Meredith “Hijab” Heagney, get plane reservations for Cairo! M. Cherif Bassiouni, book a lecture tour! Misunderstanders […]
Egypt’s Mubarak promises to crush jihad groups
Mubarak and his two predecessors have for decades practiced steam control. They give jihadists — particularly the Muslim Brotherhood — as much leeway as they can to satisfy them, but rein them in when they get too close actually to taking power. And so the pendulum swings again. “Egypt to quash Islamic militant groups – […]
Copts demonstration against Muslim persecution at UN and Egyptian consulate
The demonstration was Tuesday. Pamela H. of “the ‘silent’ majority no more!” was there, and took these pictures, among many others. Be sure to go here and here to see many more pictures.
Copts rallying in Seattle against Muslim persecution of Christians
A message from Coptic activist Andrew Girgis: As most of you know on January 6th 2010, seven of our brothers were brutally massacred at the church of the Virgin Mary in Nag Hamadi in Egypt while leaving Christmas Eve mass. Three cars armed with automatic rifles drove by and opened fire targeting Christians as they […]
Egypt’s soccer team: No Infidels need apply
But remember: those who report on stories such as this are the haters, not people like Hassan Shehata. Islamic Tolerance Alert from Egypt: “Egypt’s soccer boss says piety key to making team,” by Hamza Hendawi for the Associated Press, January 14 (thanks to Block Ness): CAIRO — The coach of Egypt’s national soccer team says […]
Egypt State Security intensifies intimidation of Coptic Christians, arresting over 100 without charge
“Arrests of Copts after every sedition is the usual scenario as a pressure card in the hands of State Security to force the church and Copts to accept ‘reconciliation’, in which Coptic victims give up all criminal and civil charges against the perpetrators.” “Over 100 Coptic Christian Teenagers Arrested in Egypt,” by Mary Abdelmassih for […]
Soldiers fire on apartheid wall protesters, injure 20 Palestinians!
Those Zionists! Will they never tire of oppressing the Palestinians? What’s that? It wasn’t the Israelis? It was the Egyptians? Well, then, the United Nations will surely condemn Egypt’s building of this “apartheid wall,” and denounce the soldiers’ firing upon the innocent and oppressed Palestinians. Won’t it? Won’t it? “Mid East: Tension On Egyptian Border, […]
“It is all religious now. This is a religious war about how they can finish off the Christians in Egypt”
An update on this story. “At Least 7 Killed After Coptic Christmas Mass In Egypt,” from the Associated Press, January 6 (thanks to Sashland): Three men in a car sprayed automatic gunfire into a crowd of churchgoers in southern Egyptian as they left a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas, killing at least seven people in […]
Egypt: At least 6 Christians killed in shooting outside church
A deliberately timed massacre, though the ongoing persecution of Christians in Egypt by Muslims is only vaguely alluded to at the end of the article. “Gunmen kill 6 at Egypt church after Christmas Mass,” by Sarah El-Deeb for the Associated Press, January 6: CAIRO – Egyptian security and hospital officials say gunmen have killed at […]