by Raymond Ibrahim • June 7, 2012 Cross-posted from Originally published by the Gatestone Institute According to the June 5 edition of Youm7, two brothers in a village in Assuit, Egypt, slaughtered their mother, sister, and aunt, "after discovering their sister's actions were contrary to morality." After chaos erupted in the house, including gunfire, local police … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
The Arab Winter, continued
by Douglas Murray The Spectator Back in November I wrote a cover story for The Spectator arguing that the trend in North Africa for those countries which had thrown off their dictators appeared to be more in the direction of Winter than that of Spring. Since then there have been many developments, including the first round of the Egyptian Presidential elections where the field … [Read more...]
More on Slaughtered Convert to Christianity
Published in Jihad Watch I just received an email from the editor of a large website, who posted my story from yesterday about theslaughtered apostate. He writes: The story generated a huge number of commentaries from readers, some of them originating from Muslim Countries. They harshly dispute and deny the veracity of the facts you mention in your paper. Some argue that this … [Read more...]
Graphic Video: Muslims Slaughter Convert to Christianity in Tunisia
Originally published by the Gatestone Institute Liberal talk show host Tawfiq Okasha recently appeared on "Egypt Today" airing a video of Muslims in Tunisia slicing a young man's head off for the crime of apostasy, in this case, the crime of converting to Christianity and refusing to renounce it. The video—be warned, it is immensely graphic—can be seen here(the actual … [Read more...]
Salafi Leader: No Freedom in Islam; Apostates Must be Persecuted
by Raymond Ibrahim • Jun 1, 2012 at 1:54 pm Last month, Sheikh Yassir al-Burhami, a prominent figure in Egypt's Salafi movement—who also hates Christian Copts, hates Mother's Day, and is an advocate of taqiyya—appeared on the Egyptian show Al Hayat Al Youm ("Life Today"), giving his views on the presidential candidates. At one point, the host asked Burhami which of the … [Read more...]