Just in, Sheikh Hazim Abu Ismail, an important figure among Egypt's Islamists, who bridged between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis -- and who was even a former 2012 presidential candidate, before being disqualified -- has been arrested. The report does not indicate why Abu Ismail was arrested. But it is interesting to note that his name -- along with President Morsi … [Read more...]
Copts under the Gun: Religious Freedom in Egypt
National Review Online [Note: the following is an interview that NRO editor Kathryn Lopez conducted with Raymond Ibrahim, first published July 2, 2013 ] As Mohamed Morsi faces the prospect of an imminent military coup, Raymond Ibrahim, the American son of two Egyptian parents and author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians, talks about the situation in … [Read more...]
Egypt: Christians Being Threatened Not to Join Protests
Gatestone Institute Hours before the June 30 protests against Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi and his party, the Muslim Brotherhood, began, the nation’s Christians were, once again, singled out for behaving like citizens who have the right to participate in the protests. In Minya, Upper Egypt, where millions of Christians live, letters addressed to the Copts threatened … [Read more...]
Obama’s Proxy War on Mideast Christians
PJ Media With the recent decision to arm the opposition fighting Syrian President Assad, the United States has effectively declared a proxy war on Syria’s indigenous Christians—a proxy war that was earlier waged on Christians in other Mideast nations, resulting in the abuse, death, and/or mass exodus of Christians. Ironically (if not absurdly) this proxy war on Christians … [Read more...]
‘Obama Supports Terrorism’ — Large Banner in Tahrir Square
Placed hours ago in Tahrir Square in preparation for the mass anti-Brotherhood protests planned beginning June 30 in Egypt, a large banner says in both English and Arabic, "Obama Supports Terrorism." It's hard to dispute this unflattering charge, when one considers that all throughout the Islamic world, Obama offers his support for Islamists and jihadis -- al-Qaeda "rebels" in … [Read more...]