The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (33:59) The implication there is that if women do […]
Egypt: Christians pelted with rocks, four churches closed as government treats prayer “as a crime”
According to the Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of Minya, in describing the worsening state of persecution against the Copts in Egypt: What happened within two weeks, hasn’t happen over years; churches are closed, the Coptic Christians are being attacked and their property destroyed, and there is no deterrent The walls have been closing in for the […]
Graphic video from Egypt: Muslim chases, stabs Coptic bishop to death, authorities claim killer “mentally ill”
Yesterday Jihad Watch reported on the murder of Samaan Shehata, but the initial report was light on detail, and had some of the facts wrong. This account is much fuller. Warning: this video is graphic. A persecuted Christian from Egypt sent it to me with the note: “It is heartbreaking, not for the faint hearted.” […]
Egypt: Muslim blocks priest’s car and asks him to get out, then murders him
Daily life for Coptic Christians in Egypt is always precarious. Something like this can always happen, and often does. “Breaking: Coptic priest killed in stabbing incident in Cairo outskirts,” by Taha Sakr, Egypt Independent, October 12, 2017: A Coptic priest affiliated with a church in Upper Egypt’s governorate of Beni Suef was killed on Thursday […]
Egypt: 16-year-old Christian girl kidnapped to be converted to Islam is freed
“Her kidnapping was part of a series of disappearances in which Coptic girls were targeted by Islamist networks, who kidnap and force them to convert to Islam and then either marry them off or sell them for large amounts of money.” Will the Islamophobia never end? “Coptic girl, 16, rescued 92 days after Islamists kidnapped […]
Egypt: Muslim ex-kidnapper admits “they get paid for every Christian girl they bring in”
“If all goes to plan, the girls are also forced into marriage with a strict Muslim. Their husbands don’t love them, they just marry her to make her a Muslim. She will be hit and humiliated. And if she tries to escape, or convert back to her original religion, she will be killed.” Will the […]
Egypt: Muslim cleric says fathers can marry off their newborn daughters
Why? Because child marriage is Islamic. “Islam has no age barrier in marriage and Muslims have no apology for those who refuse to accept this” — Ishaq Akintola, professor of Islamic Eschatology and Director of Muslim Rights Concern, Nigeria “There is no minimum marriage age for either men or women in Islamic law. The law […]
Egyptian journalist gloats over Hurricane Irma, calls it “sign from Allah,” quotes Qur’an
“And He will show you His signs, and what signs of Allah will you deny?” is Qur’an 40:81. Again we see an Islamic supremacist assuming that those who are zealous in obeying Allah are spared natural disasters. “Egyptian Journalist Gloats Over Victims of Hurricane Irma, Deems it ‘Sign from God,’” by Chaima Lahsini, Morocco World […]
Egypt’s Grand Mufti: Even if someone is a member of ISIS, “this does not lead to his expulsion from the fold of Islam”
In the West, the intelligentsia takes it for granted that the Islamic State and al-Qaeda and the rest are not Muslims, and that anyone who thinks otherwise is a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.” Shawki Allam has a more accurate view. “Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Allam: We Do Not Have the Authority to Pronounce ISIS Unbelievers,” MEMRI, […]
Egypt: Muslim military officers beat soldier to death upon learning he was Christian
Imagine the outcry, the entirely justified international uproar, that would ensue if Christian officers had beat a Muslim soldier to death. But this incident will pass largely unnoticed. “Soldier Beaten to Death for His Christian Faith, Relatives Say,” Morning Star News, July 27, 2017 (thanks to the Geller Report): CAIRO (Morning Star News) – Egyptian […]