Coptic Solidarity As a way to exonerate Islam of the violence habitually committed in its name, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb—the grand imam of Al Azhar University—recently engaged in some interesting sophistry. According to published statements on Arabic media, Tayeb said that "It is extremely regrettable that some heads of churches in the United States conduct [homosexual] … [Read more...]
Relax: Islam Only Sometimes Allows Muslims to Enslave, Rape, and Rob Infidels, Says Female Muslim Professor
PJ Media Straining at gnats while swallowing camels is increasingly how Islam’s apologists rationalize away the violence and hate Sharia engenders for the “infidel,” the non-Muslim. Consider the true significance of yet another learned Muslim justifying the enslavement and rape of non-Muslim women. Suad Saleh, a female professor of Islamic doctrine at Al Azhar … [Read more...]
Al Azhar Promotes Abuse of and Discrimination for Christians
Al Azhar Cannot Denounce ISIS of Being Un-Islamic—Even If ISIS Commits “Every Atrocity”
Coptic Solidarity During an open discussion at Cairo University held on December 2, Dr. Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Sheikh and Grand Imam of Al Azhar -- and thus Egypt’s foremost authority on all things Islamic -- was again asked why Al Azhar refuses to issue a formal statement denouncing the Islamic State of lapsing into a state of kufr, that is, of becoming un-Islamic, “infidel.” … [Read more...]
Al Azhar and ISIS: Cause and Effect
Coptic Solidarity Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah Nasr, a scholar of Islamic law and graduate of Egypt’s Al Azhar University—regularly touted as the world’s most prestigious Islamic university—recently exposed his alma mater in a televised interview. After being asked why Al Azhar, which is in the habit of denouncing secular thinkers as un-Islamic, refuses to denounce the … [Read more...]