In one of Mosul’s streets, members of the Islamic State tied a man to an electric pole and pasted on his torso a sign that reads: "False Witness." According to Ankawa, eyewitnesses said that IS members had tied the man to an electric pole in the Bab Toub neighborhood in downtown Mosul because he had lied to the Islamic State regarding the ownership of a bottle of cooking gas … [Read more...]
Egypt: Christian Girls Kidnapped, Authorities Indifferent
Yet another young Coptic Christian girl, Sabrine Mushir (right), has been kidnapped in Egypt, from the village of Dalga. Coptic activists are complaining that not a single person from among the authorities and security apparatus has done a single thing to try to find the hapless girl, adding "If this was the daughter of one of the local authorities, she would have been … [Read more...]
Egypt: Church Courtyard Set Aflame Before Christmas Prayers
The courtyard of St. George the Martyr, a partially constructed Catholic church in Hijazh village in Egypt was set on fire by unknown persons on Christmas day (January 7 for Egyptian Christians). Christian worshipers were planning on praying in the church's courtyard -- since the church building had been left unfinished for 23 years due to reasons of security -- and had … [Read more...]
‘Our Daddy is in Heaven’ — Daughters of Christian Family Slaughtered in Libya
More information about the Coptic Christian family -- mother, father, and daughter -- killed in Libya continues to surface. In an interview with the mother's brother, he explained how the murderers broke into the house in the middle of the night. They handcuffed and killed the father. Then they entered the children's bedroom, three girls. The mother was there, cried out, … [Read more...]
Egypt’s Sisi: Islamic “Thinking” Is “Antagonizing the Entire World”
Danish German Speaking before Al-Azhar and the Awqaf Ministry on New Year’s Day, 2015, and in connection to Prophet Muhammad's upcoming birthday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a vocal supporter for a renewed vision of Islam, made what must be his most forceful and impassioned plea to date on the subject. Among other things, Sisi said that the “corpus of … [Read more...]