On June 20-21 , Coptic Solidarity held its tenth annual conference in Washington, DC. I moderated and participated in a panel titled “Radical Islamic Institutions in Egypt: Can They be Reformed?” My co-panelists were Sheikh Mohamad Tawhidi — more popularly known as the Imam of Peace — a leading Muslim reformer and outspoken critic of […]
“WORLD TAKE NOTE!”: Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
Gatestone Institute Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim president of Nigeria—who reached that position in part thanks to Barack H. Obama—continues to fuel the “genocide” of Christians in his nation, according to Nigerian Christian leaders. Most recently, Father Valentine Obinna, a priest of the Aba diocese of Nigeria, attributed the ongoing slaughter of Christians to the planned […]
“Convert, Marry Me, or Die”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2019
Gatestone Institute Slaughter of Christians Syria: Islamic jihadis gang-raped a 60-year-old Christian woman before stoning her to death. When no one in Yaqoubiya, a small Christian village in Idlib governorate, saw Susan Grigor (or “Gregory”) on July 9, the worried priest sent parishioners to search for her. They eventually found her mangled and bloodied corpse […]
The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs
Note: The following is a book review of The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach. A shorter version was first published by the Middle East Quarterly (Fall 2019, Vol. 26, No. 4). To learn as much as possible of the 21 Coptic Christians martyred for refusing to recant their […]
Ibrahim on Steel on Steel: Christian Persecution, Mexican Border, Political Correctness, and More
I was recently interviewed on Steel on Steel with John Loeffler. “Coptic Christian persecution in Egypt, Islamic terrorists at our southern border, the different perceptions of moderate and radical Muslims, and the political correctness that keeps us from getting at the truth,” were among some of the topics we discussed in the 30-minute interview, which […]
“Tomorrow We Are Coming to Kill You All!” Muslim Persecution of Christians, June 2019
Gatestone Institute Slaughter of Christians Mali: On June 9, Islamic Fulani gunmen massacred 95 Christians—including women and children—during their rampage of a Christian village, which they set ablaze before leaving; several of the slain were burned alive. “About 50 heavily armed men arrived on motorbikes and pickups,” a survivor recalled. “They first surrounded the village […]
The Widespread Muslim Desecration of Christian Graves
Gatestone Institute Although the Islamic persecution of actual, living Christians is certainly more deplorable, Islamic attacks on inanimate Christian symbols are often more indicative of the existential hate borne for the other. Consider, for instance, the phenomenon of Muslims desecrating and destroying Christian cemeteries and their crosses. While the act itself is largely “symbolic”—in that […]
Radio Interview: Ibrahim on Egypt’s Copts under Islam
Al Kresta of Ave Maria Radio interviewed me yesterday on the topic of my recent article, “Systematic Discrimination: Christians Under Egyptian Rule.” We discussed Sharia’s role in Egypt’s Constitution, the political nature of Islam, and more. To hear the 12-minute interview, click here and fast-forward to the one hour and two minute mark (1:02).
When–and Why–Muslim Friends Betray
FrontPage Magazine One of the most troubling aspects of the recent gang-rape and murder of a 60-year-old Christian teacher in Syria was reported on Arabic media as follows (in translation): Her rapists and murderers are from the [jihadi] organization, al-Nusra. Some of them are foreigners but others are from the area. In other words, those […]
Systematic Discrimination: Christians Under Egyptian Rule
FrontPage Magazine Coptic Solidarity (CS), an international human rights organization devoted to ameliorating the plight of Egypt’s indigenous inhabitants—the Christian Copts—recently published a comprehensive report on why the Egyptian government systematically discriminates against its Christian citizens: in a word, shari‘a, or Islamic law. According to CS: The Egyptian Constitution guarantees freedom of religion and criminalized […]