by James Heiser The New American Over seven years have passed since President Bush declared victory in Iraq, and two months have now passed since Obama declared that same conflict to be over, but for Christians in the Middle East, such talk of victory is hollow. For centuries, Christians living under Muslim domination have endured cycles of persecution and tolerance, but now … [Read more...]
Islamists Accuse Egypt’s Christians of Behaving Like…Islamists?
The persecution of Egypt's Coptic minority is taking an ironic, and dangerous, turn: Islamist leaders are now projecting the worst traits of radical Islam onto Egypt's Christians. A psychological phenomenon first described by Sigmund Freud, "projection" is defined as "the attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other people." As such, consider how the … [Read more...]
Offensive Jihad
The One Incontrovertible Problem with Islam Published in Pajamas Media A recent report titled "Arab Columnists: Stop Talking About Offensive Jihad," alludes to the ultimate problem between Islam and the non-Muslim world: offensive jihad, or jihad al-talab — the Islamic imperative to subjugate the world. The report opens by saying "One dominant theme during Ramadan in the … [Read more...]
Egyptian Christians in danger after allegedly allying with Israel
by Ryan Jones Israel Today Magazine Egypt has parliamentary elections coming up next month and an important presidential election next year. As with similar regimes throughout history, the current rulers of Egypt need a scapegoat to take the voters' attention off its disastrous social and economic policies (after all, rigging elections is so tedious). Unfortunately for … [Read more...]
Persecution of Coptic community downplayed by Fisk
The Wire Raymond Ibrahim's opinion piece for Hudson New York is in marked contrast to Robert Fisk's portrayal of the Palestinians as the most oppressed Christians in the Middle East. Yesterday, Robert Fisk's front-page story in The Independent, 'Exodus: The changing map of the Middle East', discussed the rapidly dwindling number of Christians in the region. Fisk highlighted … [Read more...]