Investigative Project on Terrorism As many of Israel's critics portray it as collectively punishing the Palestinians, overlooked and unsaid is the greater frequency with which Muslims collectively punish the religious minorities living under their authority, often in atrocious ways. Consider Egypt alone. The most recent attacks on Egypt's Copts, culminating in the … [Read more...]
An Islamic Declaration of War on Christianity
FrontPage Magazine While it is easy to confuse the recent jihadi attack on Egypt’s St. Mark Cathedral in Cairo as just more of the usual, this attack has great symbolic significance, and in many ways bodes great evil for Egypt’s millions of Christians. Consider some facts: St. Mark Cathedral—named after the author of the Gospel of the same name who brought Christianity to … [Read more...]
Exposed: President Morsi’s ‘Brotherhoodization’ Plan for Egypt
Red State The Muslim Brotherhood’s former General Guide, Mahdi Akef, the organization’s supreme leader from 2004-2010, declared during an interview published today by the Kuwaiti newspaper, Al Jarida, that the “Brotherhoodization” of Egypt's state organs—which would see the transformation of Egypt into the image of the Muslim Brotherhood—is President Muhammad Morsi’s grand … [Read more...]
President Morsi Smuggling Al-Qaeda Leader Zawahiri to Egypt?
According to a new report from the Arabic-language website Misr al-Gidida (New Egypt), during Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi’s recent visit to Islamabad, Pakistan, he secretly met with Ayman Zawahiri, the leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, and promised to smuggle the Egyptian-born jihadi back home. The Arabic report cites a Pakistani source saying that the … [Read more...]
Emboldened Islamists Condemn Egypt’s Grand Mufti
Whenever Islamists grow in strength and influence, non-Muslims -- and even Muslims not deemed Islamic enough -- bear the brunt. This is the history of Islam. In weakness, it is tolerant and "inclusive," in strength, it is aggressive and demanding of conformity -- just as its prophet's career suggests: when he was in Mecca outnumbered, Muhammad preached tolerance; when he went … [Read more...]