Jihad Watch During a recent Arabic program devoted to how religions view marriage, Islamic clerics endeavored to answer the host’s question, “Why does Islam permit exactly four wives, as opposed to only one or more than four? One of these clerics responded by saying that, before Islam, there was no limit to how many wives an Arab man could have. But when Koran 4:3 … [Read more...]
Syria: Captive Women Herded and Sold in Slave Markets
Portuguese Coptic Solidarity The above picture recently appeared on several Arabic social media and websites. Its caption says: "First female slave market in Deir ez-Zur," a Syrian region that is 20 percent Christian and is currently occupied by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Regardless of its origin or authenticity, it’s true significance is that it perfectly … [Read more...]
Egyptian Salafi Sheikh: All Educated Women Are “Unoriginal and Common”
Coptic Solidarity In order to expose the Islamist and Salafi mindset, Egyptian journalists continue posting and commenting on the assertions and observations made by the various clerics during former President Morsi’s one year reign and earlier, when the "radicals" felt especially free to speak their mind. One of these, Sheikh Yusuf al-Huwaini—who earlier justified buying … [Read more...]
Rape in Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood ‘Gets Even’
French Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers recently went on a sexual assault and rape spree in Egypt as a way of “getting even” with those women who dared to celebrate the presidential victory of Abdel Fatteh al-Sisi—the former army chief who overthrew Muslim Brotherhood rule in Egypt. On June 8, when tens of thousands of Egyptians congregated in Tahrir Square to celebrate … [Read more...]
Egypt’s New Government Promotes Anti-Christian Measures?
Overlooked in the midst of all the celebrations in Egypt concerning the presidential victory of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, his predecessor, President Adly Mansour—who very much shares in Sisi’s worldview and politics—made a strange comment about the place of the nation’s Christian minority, the Copts. (Sisi installed Mansour as acting president of Egypt on July 4, 2013, after … [Read more...]