Islamic supremacists in Egypt continue their relentless scapegoating and victimization of the nation’s Christians, while the world wrings its hands over “Islamophobia.” “Gamaat Islamiya threaten to target Copts after security forces storm Delga,” from MidEast Christian News, September 18: After security forces stormed the village of Delga a couple days ago, and arrested a number […]
Egypt’s new constitution unlikely to remove clause that says “principles of Islamic Sharia are the principal source of legislation”
This might look like a victory for the Islamic supremacists, but it isn’t, actually. This article has been part of the constitution since 1971, i.e., even during the Sadat and Mubarak periods of relative (and undeniably eroding) secularism. Islamic supremacists object to Article Two because it says that the “principles” of Sharia are the “principal” […]
Egypt: Muslims murder two Christians for refusing to pay jizya
The jizya is a tax that non-Muslims must pay as a sign of their subjugation to the Muslims, and it is mandated in the Qur’an: “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, […]
Egypt to charge Muslim Brotherhood leader in murders of seven people during demonstrations
Badie is being tried with involvement in the attacks that followed his speech in July, when one of the people in the crowd complained about the attackers that “they treated us like infidels.” “Egypt to Charge Muslim Brotherhood Leader in Murder,” from Israel National News, September 9 (thanks to Pamela Geller): Egyptian prosecutors announced, Sunday, […]
Brotherhood imposes jizya tribute on Egypt’s Christians
Now that the attacks on Egypt’s Christian churches have subsided, stage two of the jihad “” profiting from the fear and terror caused by stage one “” is setting in: reports are arriving that the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters are forcing the roughly 15,000 Christian Copts of Dalga village in south Minya province to […]
Father of 13-year-old Egyptian boy married off to 10-year-old girl: “You’re never too young for marriage”
Few things are more abundantly attested in Islamic law than the permissibility of child marriage. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage: “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with […]
Egypt: Muslims take over a Christian town
And move immediately to terrorize and subjugate the Christians there. “In South Egypt, Islamists Take Over a Town,” by Hamza Hendawi for the Associated Press, September 6 (thanks to all who sent this in): (DALGA, Egypt) “” The Coptic Orthodox priest would only talk to his visitor after hiding from the watchful eyes of the […]
Video shows two Islamic jihadists firing RPGs at ship transiting Suez Canal
Islamic jihadists emboldened everywhere, in this age of Western pusillanimity, weakness, and confusion. “Video shows two men firing RPGs at ship transiting Suez Canal,” from Reuters, September 5: (Reuters) – A video posted on YouTube and circulated on Thursday shows two men firing rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) at a container ship that was attacked on Saturday […]
Egypt: Christians killed for ransom
[Via RaymondIbrahim.com] Not only are the churches, monasteries, and institutions of Egypt’s Christians under attack by the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters””nearly 100 now have been torched, destroyed, ransacked, etc.””but Christians themselves are under attack all throughout Egypt, with practically zero coverage in Western media. Days ago, for example, Copts held a funeral for Wahid […]
Muslims from all over the world now flocking to Egypt’s Sinai to wage jihad
In al-Zawahiri’s words, “the soldiers of the Quran” have come to the Sinai to “wage the war for the Quran.” “Local, foreign Islamic militants turn Egypt’s Sinai a new front for jihad,” from the Associated Press, September 3: CAIRO — An Egyptian doctor once close to Osama bin Laden is bringing together multiple al-Qaida-inspired militant […]