By Daniel Pipes NRO, The Corner Raymond Ibrahim’s recent piece for CBN, “Why ‘Moderate Islam’ is an Oxymoron,” has prompted questions because it contradicts my views and yet (because he is a fellow at the Middle East Forum) it appears on MEForum.org and was sent to the MEF mailing list. In reply, some comments on the content of his article and the propriety of its appearing … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
Syrian Islamists Kill 80 Christians – Turkey Aids Islamists
Religious Freedom Coalition Eighty Armenian Christians were killed in the Syrian town of Kessab on March 21 by Islamist forces who were supported by Turkey. As a result of this attack, more than 2,000 Armenian Christians fled from their homes when they were looted and their churches destroyed. Following this attack by Islamists, the Syrian government began a counter-attack, … [Read more...]
Muslim Brotherhood Slaughter Christian Woman
On Friday, March 28, in Ain Shams, a suburb of Cairo, rioting Muslim Brotherhood supporters attacked the Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church, including by opening fire on it and setting parked cars aflame. Four people died. One of the slain, a young Coptic woman, was savagely mauled and molested before being murdered—simply because her cross identified … [Read more...]
Coptic Woman ‘Martyred for the Cross’ — ‘Body Torn’
On his Twitter account, Coptic Bishop Raphaeil, who also serves as Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Christian Church, just wrote: Oh how lucky you are, Mary, you who are beloved of Christ. They tore your body because of the Cross. Yet they offered you the greatest service and gave you a name of honor as one who attained the crown of martyrdom. The … [Read more...]
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Attack Church, Four Dead
Update: The complete details of this story appear here Among other forms of "retaliatory terrorism," some 80 Christian churches were attacked in Egypt immediately after the June 30 Revolution, which saw the ousting of Muslim Brotherhood president Morsi. And now that Egypt has sentenced to death hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters for the widespread terror they … [Read more...]