by Raymond Ibrahim • Jun 26, 2012 at 1:35 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch According to a story in yesterday's Mideast Christian News, Muslims in the village of Basra in Alexandria, Egypt, surrounded the local Coptic church, St. Lyons, during divine liturgy, "demanding that visiting Copts leave the church before the completion of prayers, and threatening to burn down the … [Read more...]
A Tale of Two American Martyrs
Published in FrontPage Magazine Apologists for Islamic persecution of Christians regularly argue that the animosity is not driven by religion, but rather a "sectarian" divide, by any number of "indigenous" factors—poverty, intertribal conflicts, political machinations, etc. Other times, persecuted Christians are portrayed as Zionist agents and rapists, spies and … [Read more...]
More on Slaughtered Convert to Christianity
Published in Jihad Watch I just received an email from the editor of a large website, who posted my story from yesterday about theslaughtered apostate. He writes: The story generated a huge number of commentaries from readers, some of them originating from Muslim Countries. They harshly dispute and deny the veracity of the facts you mention in your paper. Some argue that this … [Read more...]
Graphic Video: Muslims Slaughter Convert to Christianity in Tunisia
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute Liberal talk show host Tawfiq Okasha recently appeared on "Egypt Today" airing a video of Muslims in Tunisia slicing a young man's head off for the crime of apostasy, in this case, the crime of converting to Christianity and refusing to renounce it. The video—be warned, it is immensely graphic—can be seen here(the actual … [Read more...]
Christians Should “Convert, Pay Tribute, or Leave,”
Christians Should "Convert, Pay Tribute, or Leave," Says Muslim Brotherhood Presidential Candidate? Originally published by the Gatestone Institute According to the popular Egyptian website, El Bashayer, Muhammad Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate, just declared that he will "achieve the Islamic conquest (fath) of Egypt for the second time, and make all … [Read more...]