Yet another murderous wave is taking Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority by storm, leading to another exodus from their homes. Last week in al-Arish, Sinai, Islamic State affiliates killed a 65-year-old Christian man by shooting him in the head; they then abducted and tortured his 45-year-old son before burning him alive and dumping his charred remains […]
Islamic State on killing spree of Christians in Sinai
Sinai Christians have become a target for the Islamic State, which is now “waging an insurgency against the Egyptian government in Sinai” and “has turned to targeting Christian civilians after suffering setbacks in its confrontation with the army.” On February 19, ISIS released a video threatening attacks on Christians as a follow-up to its December bombing […]
Egypt: Islamic State jihadis storm home of Christian plumber, murder him in front of his wife and children
In a recent Islamic State video, “the narrator goes on to say that Christians were no longer ‘Dhimmis’ – a term used in Islam in reference to non-Muslims who enjoy a degree of state protection. Instead, the group describes Egyptian Christians as ‘infidels who are empowering the West against Muslim nations.’” This is Islamic law: […]
Egypt: Thousands screaming “Allahu akbar” mourn Blind Sheikh, mastermind of 1993 WTC jihad bombing
Those who favor jihad and Sharia are just a tiny minority of extremists, right? “If he were a bad man, people from all over the country wouldn’t have came to attend his funeral.” Exactly so. “Thousands mourn ‘blind sheikh’ convicted in 1993 World Trade Center bombing,” by Amina Ismail and Arwa Gaballa, Reuters, February 22, […]
Islamic State vows to massacre Christians: “Allah gave orders to kill every infidel”
“The narrator goes on to say that Christians were no longer ‘Dhimmis’ – a term used in Islam in reference to non-Muslims who enjoy a degree of state protection. Instead, the group describes Egyptian Christians as ‘infidels who are empowering the West against Muslim nations.’” This is Islamic law: Christians and other “People of the […]
Egypt: Muslims shoot Christian teacher in the head as attacks on Christians escalate
The Economist reported in December that “a massacre of Coptic Christians” in Egypt is underway, and identified “disgruntled Islamists” who are out to revenge Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s crackdown of the Muslim Brotherhood. Coptic Christians strongly supported el-Sisi’s ouster of his MB predecessor, Mohammed Morsi. Former Unit 777 (an Egyptian military counter-terrorism and special operations unit) chief-of-staff […]
Egypt: Sisi calls for restrictions on verbal divorce, al-Azhar says no
In Islamic law, all a man need do in order to divorce his wife is say to her, “Taaleq,” that is “(You are) divorced.” If he says it once or twice, he can take her back simply if he decides to do so. But if he says it three times, he cannot take her back […]
Muhammad’s Sexual Fantasies of the Virgin Mary
At a time when Western people are constantly warned to speak respectfully of Muhammad, or else offended Muslims might respond with violence — to the shame and blame of those who exercise their freedom of expression — consider what Muslims regularly say about the things non-Muslims hold dear. Recently during his televised Arabic-language program, Dr. […]
Trump affirms support for Egypt’s fight against terror in phone call with Sisi
Sisi’s regime isn’t perfect. Muslims are still brutalizing Christians in Egypt, and the government has done little to protect this despised and defenseless minority. At the same time, Sisi is a bulwark against political Islam in the Middle East. With Turkey rapidly re-Islamizing and the Islamic State still in the picture, that is important. So […]
Egypt: Four Christians slaughtered over the course of 10 days
That the Coptic Christian Church continues to voice its support for President Sisi should not be interpreted to mean that the situation of Egypt’s Christian minority has improved. One need only look to the substratum of news for confirmation. The current month of January alone has already witnessed three separate instances over the course of […]