American Thinker Why are Egypt's Coptic Christians so apathetic about their persecution? The other night flipping through Arabic satellite stations, I came across a Coptic man who was lividly discussing the "Coptic question." His name was George Sa'ad, and he was speaking on the famous Arabic show, Al-Bayt Baytak, which airs on Al-Masriya ("The Egyptian"). It quickly became … [Read more...]
Land Dispute or Jihad?
The Coptic Monastery Raid Revisited Concerning the recent attack on the Abu Fana Coptic monastery in Egypt, after just watching a graphic video detailing the affair on the Arabic satellite program Hiwar al-Haq—which makes clear that the raid (ghazwa) was far from being motivated by a "land dispute," as the Egyptian authorities insist—I figured I'd do a little translating and … [Read more...]