Coptic Solidarity In a recent article for the Wall Street Journal, Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum, correctly observed that, Few things foster a sense of common humanity as much as the adherents of one religion offering warm holiday wishes to members of another. Yet some people reject this geniality on principle. Islamists—Muslims intent on returning to a … [Read more...]
Introducing Egypt’s New Anti-Christian Grand Mufti
Coptic Solidarity Proof of Egypt’s official endorsement of “radical” policies that promote intolerance for the “other”—in this case, Christians—continues to mount. Recently we saw how Al Azhar and its Grand Imam, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, allowed for the publication and dissemination of a book that called for the destruction of all churches in Egypt. Now, on the recommendation … [Read more...]
Egypt’s Contempt for Christians: Coptic Funeral Held in Alleyway
Coptic Solidarity In what reports described as a “sad scene,” on October 12, two Coptic Christian clergymen officiated over the funeral of their father, who was also a clergyman. What made the scene particularly sad, however, was that the funeral service and prayers over the dead man were conducted in the middle of a public street—not in the Copts’ church, which Egyptian … [Read more...]
Coptic Christian Man Hacked to Pieces and Dumped in Cairo Canal
Coptic Solidarity A Coptic Christian man was recently murdered, hacked to pieces, and dumped into a canal in the Amiriya district of Cairo. On September 29, Mina Musa, 21, left his family home in Minya for a new job in Cairo. He was responding to an advertisement on social media to assist an elderly person in Cairo, for a generous salary, along with broader networking … [Read more...]
Egypt Publishes Book Calling for the Destruction of Churches
Coptic Solidarity Islamic schizophrenia—or merely two-facedness—is making the news again, in Egypt. At a time when President Sisi and the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayeb, are publicly claiming, especially to the West, that Islam does not prohibit the construction of churches, an Arabic language book calling for the destruction of churches was recently exposed … [Read more...]