Originally published by the Gatestone Institute Several reports appearing in July indicate that Christian minorities all around the Muslim world—especially women and children—are being abducted, tortured, raped, forced to convert to Islam, and/or enslaved. In Egypt, at least 550 such cases have been documented in the last five years, and have only increased since the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
Egypt’s Salafi Party Objects to Banning Sex Slavery
Published in Jihad Watch Considering that the abduction, enslavement, rape, and trafficking of Coptic Christian girls, especially minors, in Egypt is at an all time high—according to U.S. lawyers, 550 such cases have been documented in the last five years—Egypt's Constituent Assembly to the Constitution met yesterday to consider the inclusion of a new article, #33, in the … [Read more...]
A Disturbing Event
The American Conservative Union Embraces an Islamist Published in FrontPage Magazine The conservative movement appears to be at a crossroads in its approach to the threat of Islamic supremacism—not only abroad but at home. Does the emergence of the Muslim Brotherhood as the dominant force of the "Arab Spring" bode ill for America? Or is the Brotherhood merely another … [Read more...]
Ramadan: Islam’s ‘Holy Month’ of Christian Oppression
Published in Investigative Project on Terrorism The month of Ramadan, which ended earlier this week, proved to be a month of renewed Muslim piety on the one hand, and renewed oppression of non-Muslim minorities on the other. In Nigeria, for example, Islamic militants are living up to the assertion that "Ramadan is a month of jihad and death for Allah," proving that killing … [Read more...]
The Shockingly Rapid Radicalization of Egypt
by Joel Hilliker The Trumpet How radical is the new Egypt? This radical: Critics of the Islamist president are being stripped naked and crucified on trees outside the presidential palace. Not even two years ago, Egypt was an ally of the West, ruled by a man who banned the Muslim Brotherhood and suppressed political Islam. The nation's transformation into an Iranian-aligned … [Read more...]