Originally published by Gatestone Institute Reports of Christian persecution by Muslims around the world during the month of October include (but are not limited to) the following accounts. They are listed by form of persecution, and in country alphabetical order, not necessarily according to severity: Church Attacks Canada: Just as happens regularly in Egypt (see below), … [Read more...]
Ayman Zawahiri and Egypt: A Trip Through Time
Investigative Project on Terrorism Around 1985, current al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri fled his homeland of Egypt, presumably never to return. From his early beginnings as a teenage leader of a small jihadi cell devoted to overthrowing Egyptian regimes (first Nasser's then Sadat's) until he merged forces with Osama bin Laden, expanding his objectives to include targeting … [Read more...]
The Jihad on Egypt’s Pharaonic Antiquities
Published on Jihad Watch While Islamic hate for idols is a well documented phenomenon—permeating both the whole of Islamic doctrine and history—the “Arab Spring” has given greater rise to this hate, as it has to all uniquely Islamic phenomena. Soon after Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Morsi became president of Egypt, calls to demolish the Great Pyramids—long seen as the … [Read more...]
Egypt’s Government and Media Conspire against Christian Copts
Published by Gatestone Institute From top to bottom, from the Muslim Brotherhood president to the Muslim Brotherhood-monitored media, the lies concerning Egypt’s Christian minority—whether presidential lies that claim they are cared for, or whether media lies demonizing them—continue unabated. Some recent examples follow: After two Christian boys were earlier arrested for … [Read more...]
Did the Muslim Brotherhood Really Win Egypt’s Presidency?
The one and only positive point that every Western commentator, beginning with Barrack Hussein Obama, have pointed to regarding the victory of an Islamist president in Egypt, is that it was done through democracy—through elections, fair and square. It was the “will of the people,” and so must be respected. Yet, even that, too, is now under question. In fact, last week, … [Read more...]