A video just appeared (see below) further substantiating my recent report, “Sharia-Medicine: Egyptian Clinic Treats People with Camel Urine,” which documents how several Islamic authorities praise the practice of drinking camel urine for good health—based on the advice of Muslim prophet Muhammad—and how in Egypt there is now even a clinic that treats people by giving them camel … [Read more...]
Saudi Grand Mufti: Replace Female ID Pictures with Fingerprints
by Raymond Ibrahim • Oct 7, 2012 at 11:47 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch According to a September 27 Masrawy report, because the face (and eyes) of a woman is deemed a great temptation for Muslim men -- worthy of covering no less than a woman's vagina, at least according to one Egyptian cleric -- the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al Sheikh, … [Read more...]
Egypt’s Christians: Distraught and Displaced
Last week Reuters reported that "Most Christians living near Egypt's border with Israel [in the town of Rafah in Sinai] are fleeing their homes after Islamist militants made death threats and gunmen attacked a Coptic-owned shop." Photos of desecrated churches and Christian property show Arabic graffiti saying things like "don't come back" and "Islam is the truth." All … [Read more...]
‘Sharia-Medicine’
Egyptian Clinic Treats People with Camel Urine Per Prophet's Advice Originally Published in FrontPage Magazine A recent Egyptian TV program showed how Islamic Sharia law's many prescriptions do not merely clash with modern-day concepts like free speech and religious freedom, but even with medicine and science. On September 16, popular TV persona Wael El-Ibrashi hosted Dr. … [Read more...]
Egyptian Evangelical Church Attacked with Stones and Gas Bombs
by Raymond Ibrahim • Sep 28, 2012 at 4:57 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch Coptic woman, sitting in Kasr El-Dobara, ponders. According to Al Masry Al Youm, Kasr El-Dobara, the largest evangelical church in the Middle East, located in Egypt, was recently besieged by "unknown people" hurling "stones and gas bombs. " The first gas bomb thrown at the church … [Read more...]