Imagine if a Jewish rabbi had called upon Israel to annihilate Muslims. The outcry would be intense, international, and prolonged. But there are so many calls these days for genocide of the Jews, this one will receive scant notice. In any case, anything that shows that the Israeli/”Palestinian” conflict is a struggle of civilized man […]
All educated, professional women are “unoriginal and common,” says Egyptian sheikh
In order to expose the Islamist and Salafi mindset, Egyptian journalists continue posting and commenting on the assertions and observations made by the various clerics during former President Morsi’s one year reign and earlier, when the “radicals” felt especially free to speak their mind. One of these, Sheikh Yusuf al-Huwaini—who earlier justified buying and selling captured […]
Egypt’s Christians waging ‘war on Islam,’ says pro-Brotherhood cleric
As if what Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority suffered in the aftermath of the anti-Brotherhood June 30 Revolution — from the coldblooded murders of Copts to the destruction of some 80 churches — Wagdi Ghoneim, a pro-Muslim Brotherhood cleric reportedly living in Qatar is again trying to incite Egypt’s Muslims against the Copts, whom he earlier […]
Egypt: Christian teacher jailed for blasphemy, showed “disgust for Islam”
Disgusted by the idea that Muslims must wage war against Jews and Christians until they pay a special tax and submit to Muslim hegemony (cf. Qur’an 9:29)? Blasphemer! Disgusted by the idea that Muslim warriors can keep captive infidel women as sex slaves (cf. Qur’an 4:3, 4:24, 33:50)? Blasphemer! Disgusted by the idea that a […]
Egypt: Christian gets six years prison for blasphemy
Clearly Islamic law still has a strong influence, even in post-Muslim Brotherhood Egypt. The government has said that it would protect the Christians, but with verdicts like this, it doesn’t look all that much different from the Brotherhood regime. “Egyptian Christian jailed for contempt of religion,” Associated Press, June 24, 2014: LUXOR, Egypt — A […]
Egypt: Convert from Islam to Christianity gets five years prison
He was “‘disturbing the peace by broadcasting false information’ after documenting political unrest in Egypt brought on by numerous Muslim extremist attacks on Christians.” In other words, even in post-Muslim Brotherhood Egypt, to publicize Muslim persecution of Christians is verboten. In Islamic law, if dhimmis complained about their second-class status, they would lose their “protection” […]
The Muslim Brotherhood ‘Retaliates’ with Rape
Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers recently went on a sexual assault and rape spree in Egypt as a way of “getting even” with those women who dared to celebrate the presidential victory of Abdel Fatteh al-Sisi—the former army chief who overthrew Muslim Brotherhood rule in Egypt. On June 8, when tens of thousands of Egyptians congregated in […]
Egypt: Christian teacher gets six months jail for insulting Islam
The Muslim Brotherhood may be out of power, but clearly numerous Egyptians share their sensibilities. This case is reminiscent of the many blasphemy cases in Pakistan that were clearly exercises in harassing and intimidating that country’s non-Muslims. The al-Sisi government would do well to quash such prosecutions, but if it did, it might end up […]
Egypt: Muslims torch Christian-owned shops hours before trial of Christian for blasphemy and contempt of Islam
Shhh! Do not speak of this! “Talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims.” — Robert McManus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Worcester, Massachusetts, February 8, 2013 “Islamists torch Christian-owned shops in southern Egypt,” […]
Egypt: Christian beaten, nearly blinded in prison for ‘contempt of religion’
An Egyptian human rights organization is calling for a complete investigation of the case of Cyril Shawqi Ghattas, a 29-year-old Coptic Christian man who was imprisoned on the accusation of blasphemy, or “contempt of religion” (against Islam). Among other irregularities, human rights activists say that the Copt was both denied a lawyer, which is illegal, […]