by Raymond Ibrahim • Feb 2, 2012 at 1:29 am Cross-posted from Jihad Watch How many are the lies that Egypt's military regime has forwarded concerning its role in attacking and killing Egyptian demonstrators since it usurped power a year ago? There were, for instance, the lies concerning the Maspero massacre, where the military slaughtered Christian Copts who were … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: Context and Continuity
Jan 31, 2012 at 3:29 pm I recently spoke at a conference sponsored by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), held at the Sheraton hotel in Framingham, Massachusetts. Titled "The Persecuted Church: Christian Believers in Peril in the Middle East," Part 1 of my talk, "Context and Continuity," follows. Click for Part 2 and Part 3. … [Read more...]
Jihad: When Elections Fail
Published in Jihad Watch The Obama administration supports "democracy" and "self determination" in the Middle East—two euphemisms that, in the real world, refer to "mob-rule" and "Islamic radicalization," respectively. Yet, asJimmy Carter recently put it: "I don't have any problem with that [an "Islamist victory" in Egypt], and the U.S. government doesn't have any problem with … [Read more...]
The Persecuted Church
by Genevieve Kineke Catholic Lane On January 21st, I attended a terrific conference in Framingham, MA concerning "The Persecuted Church." When I say terrific, I mean the full, riveting, appalling sense of the word. Sponsored by CAMERA, the speakers ranged from young participants of the "Arab Spring" protests to sage professors to political operatives. The event culminated in a … [Read more...]
Boston Event Spotlights Imperiled Middle East Christians
by Matthew May Institute on Religion and Democracy Columnist and author Mark Steyn always gets a well-deserved laugh when he tells audiences that, to the useful idiots in the U.S. media and citizenry, "Allahu Akbar," the calling card of Islamic terrorists the world over, is Arabic for "Nothing to see here!" But as author and scholar Raymond Ibrahim told a forum on violence … [Read more...]