Jihad Watch Random attacks on Egypt's Christian Copts continue growing, including with very little motive -- other than hate, that is. Izzat Ibrahim Izzat, a human rights activist and an official at the Mina branch Word Center for Human Rights, just issued a statement saying that two bearded men, or Salafis -- those Muslims who most try to pattern themselves after Islam' … [Read more...]
Muslim Persecution of Christians: November, 2012
Published by Gatestone Institute Reports of Christian persecution by Muslims around the world during the month of November include (but are not limited to) the following accounts. They are listed by form of persecution, and in country alphabetical order, not necessarily according to severity: Church Attacks Egypt: Following Friday afternoon prayers in northern Cairo, Salafi … [Read more...]
Yemen’s Forgotten Christians
Published on Gatestone Institute When one thinks of Yemen—the impoverished Arab country that begat Osama bin Laden and is cushioned between Saudi Arabia and Somalia, two of the absolute most radical Muslim nations—one seldom thinks of Christians, primarily because they are practically nonexistent in such an inhospitable environment. In fact, most tallies suggest that Yemen’s … [Read more...]
Egyptian Cleric Threatens Christian Copts with Genocide
Published by Gatestone Institute Islamic leaders continue to portray the popular protests against President Morsi and his recently passed Sharia-heavy constitution as products of Egypt's Christians. Recently, Muslim Brotherhood leader Safwat Hegazy said in an open rally, as captured on video: A message to the church of Egypt, from an Egyptian Muslim: I tell the church — by … [Read more...]
Egypt’s Christians: Caught in the Middle
Published by Gatestone Institute While the conflict in Egypt has largely been portrayed as a conflict between secular Egyptians, or “moderate Muslims,” who oppose full-blown Sharia, and the Islamists, led by the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis, who want Taliban-style Sharia to govern the nation, largely missed have been the Christian Copts in the middle, who find themselves … [Read more...]