Egypt's Al Azhar University -- seen by many as Sunni Islam's most authoritative voice -- continues to incite enmity for and violence against non-Muslims "infidels." (So much for President Sisi's exhortation before Al Azhar that its sheikhs and ulema reform Islam in a way that makes the Muslim world cease to be "a source of anxiety, danger, killing and destruction for the rest … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2015
Egypt’s Muslim Churchill
Fox News By Raymond Stock As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill’s passing and historic state funeral (on Jan. 24 and 30, 1965), shockingly few have noticed that he has an apparent successor in our time. And that figure is neither European nor American — but a Muslim leader in the Middle East. On Jan. 1, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi— … [Read more...]
The “Spoils of the Nazarenes”
The Islamic State recently opened a market where it sells the possessions it robbed from Christian churches and homes in Mosul -- in accordance with Islamic teachings that permit plunder, or ghanima. Aptly called, the "Spoils of the Nazarenes" (or Nasara, Islam's term for Christians), among other everyday items, the IS store sells televisions, refrigerators, microwave ovens, … [Read more...]
Christmas Slaughter: Muslim Persecution of Christians, December 2014
Gatestone Institute Once again, the month of Christmas witnessed some of the most barbaric attacks on Christians throughout the Islamic world. After Andrew White, an Anglican priest known as the “Vicar of Baghdad,” told of how the Islamic State (IS) “chopped [Christian] children in half; they chopped their heads off,” he offered the following anecdote: IS turned up and … [Read more...]