Originally published by the Gatestone Institute What is being dubbed as Egypt's "first sex-slave marriage" took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi was made president. Last Monday, on the Egyptian TV show Al Haqiqa ("the Truth"), journalist Wael al-Ibrashi began the program by airing a video-clip of a man, Abd al-Rauf Awn, "marrying" his "slave." … [Read more...]
Egypt: “Unknown Assailants” Attack and Plunder Christian Youth
by Raymond Ibrahim • July 3, 2012 Cross-posted from Jihad Watch Tuesday, July 3nd, three "unknown assailants" in al-Minya, Egypt, attacked two Coptic Christian youths with knives and robbed them of 1,300 pounds, before fleeing the scene. While this incident may be dismissed as a mere crime inspired by plunder, there is little doubt that the victims were targeted because they … [Read more...]
New ‘Frog Fatwa’: Amphibians Sacrosanct, Croaking Praises Allah
by Raymond Ibrahim • Jul 3, 2012 at 3:16 am Cross-posted from Jihad Watch Following the presidential victory of the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi, the very first fatwa to appearby Egypt's highest fatwa council addresses—not social, political, or economic issues in Egypt—but rather frogs. Specifically, it bans Muslims from hunting and killing frogs to sell to those … [Read more...]
Egypt: Muslims force Christians out of church during prayer, police advise priest to comply
by Raymond Ibrahim • Jun 26, 2012 at 1:35 pm Cross-posted from Jihad Watch According to a story in yesterday's Mideast Christian News, Muslims in the village of Basra in Alexandria, Egypt, surrounded the local Coptic church, St. Lyons, during divine liturgy, "demanding that visiting Copts leave the church before the completion of prayers, and threatening to burn down the … [Read more...]
The Evils of the Muslim Brotherhood
Evidence Keeps Mounting Publishing in Investigative Project on Terrorism Translations of this item: Spanish Ukrainian Egypt's longtime banned Muslim Brotherhood—the parent organization of nearly every subsequent Islamist movement, including al-Qaeda—has just won the nation's presidency, in the name of its candidate, Muhammad Morsi. That apathy reigns in the … [Read more...]