And “U.S. government officials are operating on an initial theory that the plane was taken down by a bomb.” “EgyptAir Flight 804: Wreckage found, airline official says,” by Michael Pearson, Faith Karimi and Ian Lee, CNN, May 19, 2016: Cairo (CNN)Searchers scouring the heavily traveled waters of the Mediterranean Sea for EgyptAir Flight 804 on […]
EgyptAir jet crash a “brutal event” and “almost certainly a terror attack”
If it was “almost certainly a terror attack,” then it was almost certainly jihad. The IRA and the Tamil Tigers and American “right-wing extremists” aren’t taking down too many EgyptAir planes. “EgyptAir jet went into a ‘sharp spin’ and fell 22,000ft before vanishing from radar says Greek defence minister – as air safety chief says […]
The Jihad on Christian Church Tents
[Originally published by Gatestone Institute] A Christian church in Egypt was recently torched to the ground. According to a statement by the Coptic Christian diocese in Minya, Upper Egypt: “The Virgin Mary Church in Ismailiyah, which is about four miles north of Minya, was exposed to an attack by some extremists who set fire to and completely […]
Egypt’s Information Service chief blames rise of Islamic State on Tom and Jerry
Yes, the rise of the Islamic State must have come about because Muslim children are watching cartoons that millions of non-Muslim children have watched without becoming murderous death-loving psychopaths. It couldn’t possibly have anything to do with their reading a book that they think comes from the supreme being, and that exhorts them to “kill […]
Egypt: Christian official takes child to Muslim grandfather, orders her to “remove the cross”
Nabila Makram — the only Coptic Christian currently serving as a minister in the Egyptian government — may have unwittingly exposed how she reached that position during a televised interview. In the interview, she told the story of a young Egyptian girl named Kariman. Apparently her Muslim mother divorced her father and fled to Italy with […]
How Islam Erased Christianity from History
While Christianity continues to be physically erased from the Middle East, lesser known is that its historical role and presence is also being expunged from memory. Last month a video emerged showing Islamic State members tossing hundreds of Christian textbooks, many of them emblazoned with crosses, into a large bonfire. As one report put it, […]
Egypt: Muslim cleric calls Christians “criminal, aggressive, and oppressive”
Dr. Yassir al-Burhami, Egypt’s premiere Salafi, was once again videotaped inciting hate for and violence against the nation’s Christians, the Copts—including by decrying the notion of giving them their full human and civil rights: “When you cooperate with a criminal, aggressive, oppressive, infidel minority, you attack the rights of the majority [Muslims].” He went on […]
“Hitler” clothing store causes stir in Cairo
Hitler is popular in Egypt. Mein Kampf is a perennial bestseller. What is odd, and good news, is that “a number of Egyptians visiting the area have openly rebuked him and spit at the store in protest. At least one tried to forcibly remove the Hitler sign.” “‘Hitler’ Clothing Store Causes Stir in Cairo,” Israel […]
Hamas jihadis fighting alongside the Islamic State in Sinai
Why not make common cause with those who share the same beliefs, ideology and goals? “IDF: Hamas Militants Fighting Alongside ISIS in Sinai,” The Tower, March 14, 2016: Militants from the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas are fighting alongside the Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula, while ISIS fighters are continuing to receive treatment in Gaza […]
Academic stresses sociopolitical and psychological theory, ignores Sharia, regarding why Muslims ban churches
Note: Raymond Ibrahim reviews new book, Christian-Muslim Relations in Egypt: Politics, Society and Interfaith Encounters, by Henrik Lindberg Hansen Hansen has made a substantive contribution to our understanding of Egyptian society by focusing on relations between Christians and Muslims. His discussions on a number of topics are insightful: the patron-client relationship between the two groups, the complex […]