Investigative Project on Terrorism Indonesian News emerged a few weeks ago in Arabic media that yet another fatwa had called on practicing Muslim women to travel to Syria and offer their sexual services to the jihadis fighting to overthrow the secularist Assad government and install Islamic law. Reports attribute the fatwa to Saudi sheikh Muhammad al-'Arifi, who, along with … [Read more...]
Death to Churches Under Islam: A Study of the Coptic Church, Part I
Danish [Editor's note: The following essay was originally published by the Inquisitr, with a comprehensive introduction by Wolff Bachner. It is divided in two parts. Part I follows.] Christians throughout the Islamic world are under attack. Unlike Muslim attacks on Christians, which are regularly confused with a myriad of social factors, the ongoing attacks on Christian … [Read more...]
Islam’s Collective Punishment of Christians
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...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: February, 2013
Originally published by Gatestone Institute Reports of Christian persecution by Muslims around the world during the month of February 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 Egypt: Once again, soon after Friday prayers, a throng … [Read more...]
U.S. Ambassador to Egypt: Drunk, Breaking Sharia Law, and Saying Jews Rule the World?
Jihad Watch The U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, is being accused of some outlandish behavior and remarks. Last week, several Egyptian papers and websites, including Al Dostor, reported that Dia’ al-Din al-Garahi, a human rights lawyer and president of the Justice Center for Freedoms and Media, submitted a complaint to the Attorney General accusing Patterson “of libel … [Read more...]