The bomber could have been both a Muslim Brotherhood supporter and a supporter of the Islamic State. Although rivals, the two have the same outlook and goals, and the bomber was from one or the other, as I explained here. “Islamic State claims responsibility for Egypt church bombing that killed 25,” Associated Press, December 13, […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Muslims Bomb Cairo Coptic Cathedral
“What have they done to deserve this?” They were Christians. My latest in FrontPage: As the Divine Liturgy was ending Sunday morning at St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, there was, in the words of one man who was there, a “shattering explosion like nothing I had ever heard before.” The latest reports indicate […]
Jihad bombing near Pyramids, 6 Egyptian police killed
Back in June, the Islamic State threatened to destroy the Pyramids. And in July 2015, the Islamic State’s caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said that destroying the monuments was a “religious duty.” “Cairo blast near pyramids kills 6 Egyptian police,” Associated Press, December 9, 2016: CAIRO — An explosion on a main Cairo thoroughfare killed six […]
“Hitler” clothing store causes stir in Cairo
Hitler is popular in Egypt. Mein Kampf is a perennial bestseller. What is odd, and good news, is that “a number of Egyptians visiting the area have openly rebuked him and spit at the store in protest. At least one tried to forcibly remove the Hitler sign.” “‘Hitler’ Clothing Store Causes Stir in Cairo,” Israel […]
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 […]
Egypt: Groom fractures bride’s skull at his mother’s request
“Men are the managers of the affairs of women for that God has preferred in bounty one of them over another, and for that they have expended of their property. Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God’s guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and […]