Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an anonymous American teacher in the Muslim world. Following my visit to the damaged Bride of the Sea on Tripoli's harbor, I decided to take a look at the city's Christian Cemetery, which has been attacked and desecrated three times since the fall of Qaddafi in 2011 (the last attack occurring in January … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2014
The Salafi Mindset Returns to Egypt: Mickey and Donald Banned
Dr. Yassir Burhami, vice president of Egypt’s Salafi party, issued a fatwa or Islamic decree last week saying that it is forbidden to hang pictures of “Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse” inside of children’s bedrooms. Burhami added on the website ana salafi (“I am a Salafi”) that “All children toys are thrown on the ground by the child and he hugs it later, and there is no problem … [Read more...]
Tripoli: Islamists Punch Hole Though “Bride of the Sea”
VIE Following the late August take-over of the Tripoli International Airport by the Libya Dawn forces (Misrata-led Islamic militias), some of their core supporters tried once more to destroy the “Bride of the Sea” by firing a rocket into her, VIE contacts on the ground said. The missile badly damaged the statue by punching a hole through the “Bride’s” belly, discoloring her … [Read more...]
Islamic State Rape: ‘Just Another Form of Warfare’?
FrontPage Magazine In light of the ongoing nightmare that is the Islamic State, Foreign Policy, a magazine somewhat reflective of the establishment, has published an article that once again demonstrates why U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East is a disaster: because analysts and policymakers, unable or unwilling to grapple with foreign concepts, opt to articulate them … [Read more...]
Christian Nurses Betrayed by Muslim Colleagues in Pakistan
Editor’s note: The following account was written for RaymondIbrahim.com by an American teacher in the Muslim world. Even though I have been living in the Islamic world for almost three years, the events in this story surprised even me. I guess the idea of being betrayed by a friend or a co-worker with whom I have had a long and cordial relationship is still hard for me to … [Read more...]