A few years ago, al-Sisi, in a speech before Muslim clerics from al-Azhar, said “we are in need of a religious revolution.” Nothing happened, but for years afterward I was asked about this in numerous interviews, as if it heralded genuine reform in Islam. This latest statement from al-Sisi likely won’t extinguish the fond hopes […]
Grand Imam of al-Azhar calls for international legislation criminalizing ‘acts of hate’ against Muslims
Europe, the U.S., and the world at large are eventually going to have to choose: freedom of speech, or submission to Sharia blasphemy laws? Which one they will choose is in doubt at the moment. Submission was galloping forward until Samuel Paty was beheaded. That seems to have galvanized the French government into acting to […]
Egypt: Islamic State driven out of Sinai villages, but murders 15 civilians with booby traps left in their homes
“Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah and your enemies…” (Qur’an 8:60) “Egyptians return to Sinai homes to find Islamic State booby traps,” Middle East Eye, October 24, 2020: Residents of Egypt’s restive North Sinai […]
Egypt’s Sisi: Erdogan ‘now openly uses the Islamic factor,’ warns of ‘wave of terrorists in Greece in the future’
The warning from the Egyptian President should put the EU on alert to not tolerate jihadist expansion by Turkey, which is aiming to revive the Ottoman Empire. Back in 2016, Foreign Policy Magazine warned that “Turkey’s new Maps” were “reclaiming the Ottoman Empire” and that Erdogan’s “aggressive nationalism” was “spilling over Turkey’s borders, grabbing land […]
Al-Azhar condemns Macron’s plan for fighting ‘Islamic separatism’ as an ‘explicit call for racism and hate’
Racism? Really? What race is “Islamist separatism” again? I keep forgetting. Anyway, we have seen this many, many times before. Any counterterror initiative, no matter how mild, no matter how carefully worded, no matter how many “moderate” profiteers it puts front and center, will be condemned as “racist” and “hateful.” The effect of this is […]
Al-Azhar grand imam denounces use of term ‘Islamic terrorism,’ says it’s offensive to Islam
Reality: Muhammad said: “I have been made victorious through terror” (Bukhari 4:52.220). The Qur’an says: “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah and your enemies…” (8:60) “When your Lord was revealing to the angels, ‘I […]
One-third of Egyptians see Turkey as the world’s leading Muslim country, many are willing to fight for it
As Turkey expands its footprint across the Arab world, using force more than diplomacy, many Muslims in Egypt — the country that gave birth to the Muslim Brotherhood — see Turkey as the leading Muslim country, and they are willing to fight for it. Undoubtedly Turkey has become today’s Islamic supremacist strongman, newly emboldened especially […]
Egypt: Man gets 15 years prison for claiming he had a new revelation from Allah and ‘new Qur’an’
“Muhammad is not the father of one of your men, but the messenger of Allah and last of the prophets. And ever is Allah, of all things, knowing.” (Qur’an 33:40) And what if you don’t believe that? That’s your business, but if you make a statement that contradicts the Islamic faith, you could face prison […]
Turkey’s Erdogan declares agreement between Egypt and Greece null and void
What authority does Turkey have to declare void an agreement to which it was not a party? None, of course. Erdogan is asserting authority as if he were the Ottoman caliph. “Erdogan: Egyptian-Greek agreement is null and void,” Libya Observer, August 8, 2020: …Erdogan stressed, in a speech on Friday, that the agreement signed by […]
Italy: Muslim migrant screaming “Allahu akbar” attacks police with nunchucks
Yet another incident that is being largely ignored by mainstream media: “Italian police arrested a 29-year-old Egyptian national after the migrant attacked the officers while armed with Japanese-style nunchucks and yelling ‘Allah hu Akbar,’” and “I will set the whole town on fire if I don’t get the papers.” Now that’s entitled supremacism. Europol has […]