An Egyptian teacher of Arabic language whipped a 10-year-old Coptic Christian boy with 40 lashes using an electric wire last week in a Cairo school. The doctors who later examined the boy’s wounds “could not believe that a teacher could do this,” said the child’s father. The incident occurred on October 21, during the Coptic […]
Coptic blasphemy case sheds light on Muslim views of Islamic State
On October 22, a court postponed to December 3 the case concerning four Coptic Christian students accused of blasphemy. They did this after the Copts’ lawyer, Maher Naguib, convinced the court to bring the exhibits of the case, including the video made by the Copts which is responsible for the blasphemy charge. The four Coptic students were arrested […]
‘Lambs among Wolves’: Documentary about the Muslim Brotherhood’s burning of Coptic churches
This looks promising: an English-language documentary on the Muslim Brotherhood’s planned, systematic burning of over 70 Coptic churches in Egypt, August 2013, just weeks following the popular overthrow of the ruthless, sharia-based government of Mohamed Morsi. Will it discuss the Obama administration’s unwavering support of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood? Or Koranic and hadith support for […]
Egyptian journalist: Sermon on Mount should be taught in Egyptian schools
Ibrahim Eissa, an Egyptian television personality, recently made some remarks that were as objective as they were startling to many in Egypt. After pointing out that it is good to teach Coptic Christians the Koran in public schools, simply because knowledge of the Koran goes a long way in improving knowledge of the Arabic language—which […]
Egypt: Appeals court upholds 5-year blasphemy sentence for TV anchor
In the enlightened West, we do not yet imprison people for blaspheming Islam. We are far too broad-minded for that. Instead, we just excoriate opponents of jihad mass murder as racist, bigoted “Islamophobes,” intent on “poking Muslims in the eye,” and we ostracize them and shun them in all polite circles. “5-year blasphemy sentence upheld […]
Muslim Soldiers Killing Christian Soldiers in Egypt
On Sunday, August 23, a Coptic Christian soldier was killed in his army unit in Egypt. Baha Saeed Karam, 22, was found shot dead with four bullet wounds at the headquarters of his battalion in Marsa Matruh. Although transferred to a hospital in Alexandria, he was pronounced dead upon arrival. According to Baha’s brother, Cyril, […]
Egypt: Islamic State beheads and crucifies man it accused of cooperating with police
“Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this […]
Al Azhar Grand Imam: Islam religion of peace, cooperation, and mercy
Before you break out the champagne, declare the jihad over and start singing John Lennon songs, remember that El Tayyeb when he said this was probably keeping his fingers crossed behind his back. He has shown himself over the years to be anything but a preacher of peace, cooperation and mercy: he has justified anti-Semitism […]
Egypt: “You’re a Christian? Then I will kill you!”
The shop of a Coptic Christian located in Qena, Egypt, was bombed earlier this week and severely damaged. The first, failed attempt was caught by the shop’s security camera. In it, a bearded Salafi looking man comes into the shop holding two bags. He purchases nothing but surreptitiously leaves one of the bags behind in the […]
How the Islamic World was Forged: An Exercise in Common Sense
What made non-Muslims convert to Islam, leading to the creation of the Islamic world? Early historical sources—both Muslim and non-Muslim—make clear that the Islamic empire was forged by the sword; that people embraced Islam, not so much out of sincere faith, but for a myriad of reasons—from converting in order to enjoy the boons […]