Another Coptic Christian soldier has been killed at his army unit under mysterious circumstances, according to MCN. On Sunday, August 23, Baha Saeed Karam, 22, was killed by four bullets at the headquarters of his battalion in Marsa Matruh. Although transferred to a hospital in Alexandria, he died upon arrival. According to Baha’s brother, Cyril, the […]
Egypt: Christian imprisoned for “blasphemy” for offering Bible to Muslim
“Rafaat said there is no such criminal charge as ‘evangelism’ under Egyptian law, and that handing out Bibles or even promoting Christianity does not constitute ‘defaming a revealed religion.’” But even though Sharia is not the law of the land in Egypt, its cultural influence remains, leading to incidents such as the persecution of Medhat […]
Egypt: Salafis call on government to enforce Islam’s apostasy law
The Salafi party in Egypt, the Islamic party that most tries to follow the literal example of Muhammad and his first companions, wants the Egyptian government to uphold Islam’s apostasy law and penalties — punishing any born Muslim from abandoning Islam or even criticizing it (which is tantamount to breaking from Islam in Salafi eyes). […]
Egypt: Christian pastor arrested for preaching Christ to Muslims
A Christian pastor was arrested in Egypt on the charge of preaching Christ to Muslims. On August 10, Arabic media reported that Islam Dayf, chief prosecutor in al-Minya governorate, ordered the imprisonment of Methat A., 37, who serves as a pastor of a church in the area. He is charged with preaching the Gospel and […]
The Islamic State’s Egypt affiliate says it has beheaded Croatian hostage
Kidnapping infidels and releasing them for ransom or enslaving them, as well as killing them if that option is deemed most advantageous for the Muslims, is fully sanctioned in Islamic law: “As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them […]
Kerry continues meeting with Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood
According to Dalia Ziyada, director of the Egyptian Center for the Study of Free Democracies, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry recently met with leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Kerry, said the human rights activist, covers up such meetings with controversial Egyptians who have political agendas by referring to them as members […]
Egypt: Three Christians arrested for showing “contempt for Islam”
“In Egypt there is no such crime as evangelism,” yes, but in all majority-Muslim countries, Sharia remains a cultural hangover, and in Sharia, proselytizing among Muslims is an offense punishable by death. In the enlightened West, meanwhile, we do not arrest those who show “contempt for Islam,” or who oppose jihad terror. We just excoriate […]
Islamic State rocket attack sets Egyptian navy warship ablaze
The JV team continues its busy Ramadan. “ISIS-linked terrorist’s rocket attack sets navy warship ablaze in Mediterranean,” by Chris Hughes, Mirror, July 16, 2015: ISIS forces dramatically blew up a navy ship today in the first sea attack the extremists have launched. They fired a deadly rocket salvo at the Egyptian patrol boat which burst […]
Ramadan in Egypt: Islamic jihadists murder one, injure nine in car bomb blast at Italian Consulate
“Italy is not intimidated,” said Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister Paolo Gentiloni. But Italy is under siege from Islamic jihadists who hold the same beliefs as those who bombed the consulate; they’re entering Europe with the flood of “refugees” from Libya. If Italy is not intimidated, it needs to act quickly. “1 dead, 9 hurt in […]
Islamic State: Destroying Pyramids and the Sphinx a “religious duty”
The Islamic State wants to create rubble and ruins, for these testify to the judgment of Allah on the unbelievers and their works and pomps: “Proceed throughout the earth and observe how was the end of those who denied” (Qur’an 3:137). “ISIS says it is their ‘religious duty’ to destroy Egypt’s pyramids and the Sphinx,” […]