Originally published by Gatestone Institute under the title, “Egypt: New Attacks on Christians.” In a chronically familiar scene, angry, rioting Muslims in Egypt burned down around 80 Christian homes on June 17. In the words of one of the victims, Moses Zarif, On Friday afternoon, after noon prayers, a large number of Muslims gathered in the front of the new house of my … [Read more...]
Egypt: Copts Attacked, Expelled Because of Muhammad Cartoon
On Sunday, May 24, in the village of Kafr Darwish, just south of Cairo, a Muslim mob attacked Coptic Christian homes, including by hurling stones and Molotov explosives at them. More than 10 homes were torched and damaged. This latest bout of Muslim persecution of Christians was prompted by a familiar narrative: one of the Coptic villagers, Ayman Youssef, was accused of … [Read more...]
Niger: Muslims Slaughter Christians, Try to Burn Them Alive in Churches Over European Muhammad Cartoons
More details on the “collective punishment” of Niger’s Christians in response to Charlie Hebdo Muhammad cartoons recently appeared. According to a nun who escaped the violence, forty churches were torched and ten people slaughtered. She further added that “the intention was to torch all the churches with us inside them on Christmas Day and thus burn us alive!” This never … [Read more...]
Islamic State Cites “Grievances” in Slaughter of 21 Copts
Coptic Solidarity Islamic jihadis never fail to find an excuse to slaughter innocent Christians. For example, as discussed here, secular Western actions that have nothing to do with Christianity are often enough to provoke Muslims to blame, locate, and attack Christian minorities in their midst as way of "retribution." Now, as shown in a new video, the Islamic State branch … [Read more...]
Islamic State: “Great Reward” for Killing Coptic Christians
The following excerpt from the Islamic State captures well the perverse logic that its many members and even more sympathizers operate on. It recently appeared in an Islamic State report explaining why the jihadis already did -- or soon will -- execute 21 Coptic Christian workers abducted in (post-"Arab Spring") Libya. The justification begins by positioning the 2010 Islamic … [Read more...]