The Cairo correspondent for the German publicly-funded radio station, Deutschlandfunk, one Cornelia Wegerhoff, in her broadcast on August 8 equated the human rights records of Israel and Egypt. This is what she said, clearly and unambiguously: “Human rights are equally disregarded in Israel and Egypt.” It’s important to note that only after the largest German […]
Jennifer Lopez boycotted in Cairo after refusing to cancel performance in Israel
When an entertainer steps outside the “progressive” fold, he or she is targeted, as Jennifer Lopez is being targeted now for ignoring calls to boycott Israel. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is a jihad-supporting initiative aimed at delegitimizing Israel by smearing it as a “racist” “apartheid” state. The ultimate goal of the BDS […]
Egypt: Muslims murder at least two in jihad suicide bombing, behead four others
“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties, for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed.” (Qur’an 9:111) “When you meet the unbelievers, strike necks…” (Qur’an 47:4) Not that this has anything to do with, uh, Islam… “Two killed in […]
Egyptian reformist: “Caliphates through the ages” were “terrorist caliphates, perpetrated the same things ISIS does”
Islam Behery says: “The caliphates throughout the ages, starting with Yazid Ibn Mu’awiya – let’s not get into an argument about all those who preceded him – and all the way to the end of the Ottoman state, had been terrorist caliphates. Terrorist states ruled the people and perpetrated all the same things ISIS does. […]
Egypt: Christian arrested, Muslims trash home over claim he insulted Islam on Facebook
Allegedly insulting Islam — including speaking the truth about its teachings that justify violence and oppression — already gets people vilified, ostracized, and marginalized in the U.S. and Europe. How long before it becomes a criminal offense? What has happened to Fady Yousef will be happening to Americans and Europeans before too long. “Coptic Christian […]
Sales of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion skyrocket in Egypt after antisemitic show
Sales of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion soared in Egypt after the presentation of an antisemitic TV show. The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is an anti-Semitic pamphlet published in Russia at the end of the 19th century. It purports to be the minutes of meetings held secretly by Jewish wise men plotting […]
Egypt: jihad attack on tourist bus injures 17
Although no group has claimed responsibility, “Egypt has battled Islamic terrorists for years in the Sinai Peninsula in an insurgency that has occasionally spilled over to the mainland, hitting minority Christians or tourists.” Despite this story and countless others, as Westerners are repeatedly told by Islamic leaders: violence has nothing to do with Islam. “Bomb […]
New Book Demolishes Arab Armies of Sand
“Arab armed forces consistently underperformed, and underperformed in the same ways time and again, regardless of who they fought or where, the state of their politics, or the relative state of economic development between them and their foe.” So concludes scholar Kenneth M. Pollack in his magisterial book on the cultural roots of disastrous post-1945 […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: El-Sisi On “60 Minutes” — Take Two
Abdulfattah El-Sisi some time ago gave an interview to Scott Pelley of CBS’s “60 Minutes.” Shortly after it was taped, Egypt’s ambassador to the United States requested that the interview not be aired. CBS refused the request. All reports suggest that El-Sisi had reconsidered the wisdom of having his remarks broadcast about close military collaboration […]
Egyptian YouTuber leaves Islam “because of racism and cruelty in people who are supposed to believe in God”
Shady Srour is going to have to continue to worry about that cruelty. The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law. It’s based on the Qur’an: “They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies until they emigrate for the cause […]