“However, below the back scratching lay a deep and dark underpinning to the relationship between the crescent and the swastika. That was, of course, a hatred of the Jews, and in particular, a desire to see the eradication of Israel.” Indeed so. Islamic Jew-hatred was a useful tool for the Nazis in gaining Muslim recruits, […]
Egypt: Ex-Muslim says Islamic State follows Qur’an, Muhammad
In response, Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee member Sheik Sayyed Zaid doesn’t — at least in this clip — respond to the Qur’an verses that Harqan quotes. Instead, he just claims that the Islamic State is a Jewish plot. “Egyptian Human Rights Activist Ahmad Harqan: ISIS Is Doing what the Prophet Muhammad Did,” MEMRI, n.d.: In an […]
Egypt: Muslim convert to Christianity rots in execution chamber, begins hunger strike
[Via FrontPage Magazine] According to attorney Karam Ghobrial (“Gabriel”), his client, Bishoy Armia Boulous, a Muslim convert to Christianity, remains illegally incarcerated and has “vowed to starve himself to death,” reports MCN. Bishoy, more notoriously known as Mohammed Hegazy, is the first Egyptian ever to try legally to change his religious identity from Muslim to Christian […]
Egypt: Salafi plan to expel Christian Copts
The Islamic State’s expansion has stepped up Salafi aspirations for an Islamic Caliphate in the Middle East—including in Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya—and the expulsion of the Christian populations from their countries of origin. According to the Justice Organization for Development and Human Rights, a Salafi plan exists in Egypt—allegedly backed by the U.S. and certain […]
Egypt: Islamic jihadists burn down four shops owned by Christians
The police said it was a short circuit, but Copts United says “unidentified people” set the shops on fire. There is only one group of “unidentified people” who would have any interest in doing such a thing, and for which police would have sympathy. “4 shops owned by Copts are burned in Mallawy,” by Nader […]
Egypt: Friday protest for “Islamic identity and Sharia”
‘The message is that we will not stop until the State is based on the principles set down by God and Prophet Mohamed.” “Egypt: Friday protest for ‘Islamic identity and sharia,’” ANSA, November 27, 2014 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – CAIRO – Egypt is bracing for another Friday of tension as Islamists and a pro-Morsi […]
Muslim Brotherhood reportedly fabricating sex tapes to stir trouble in Egypt
Mohammed Tawfiq, a former leader of the Construction and Development party, recently asserted that the Muslim Brotherhood—which is banned as a terrorist organization in Egypt, Russia, Syria, and Saudi Arabia—has been using “porn actresses to stir up discord between Muslims and Christians ahead of November 28.” This is the date that Egypt’s Salafis have designated as […]
Egyptian Islamic jihad group swears allegiance to the Islamic State
The caliphate is and always has been a might-makes-right proposition. The longer the Islamic State lasts, the most Muslims around the world will declare their allegiance to it. “Egypt’s Islamist Militant Group Swears Allegiance to IS: Reports,” RIA Novosti, November 4, 2014: MOSCOW, November 4 (RIA Novosti) – Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a powerful Islamist group […]
Islamic State calls for jihad on Egypt, in Cairo itself, specifically targeting Christian Copts
The Islamic State has called on its followers to take the jihad to Egypt, to the heart of Cairo itself. Abu Mus ‘ab al-Maqdisi, a leader in the Islamic State,said in a statement titled “Advice to Egypt’s Mujahidin [jihadis],” published on websites linked to the “caliphate,” that “It is necessary to take the battle to […]
Egypt: Two bombs planted near St. Mina Church in Port Said
Egypt post-Muslim Brotherhood rule clearly continues to have a problem with workplace violence. “Two bombs planted near St. Mina Church in Port Said,” by Nader Shoukry, Copts United, November 6, 2014 (thanks to Maged): Father Timothy Shaker, priest of St. Mina Church in Port Said, said that the two homemade bombs were planted near the […]