Although Western media have reported about the many protests against Charlie Hebdo all around the Islamic world, they have failed to point out that, once again, Muslims are conflating Western behavior with Christianity -- blaming offensive caricatures of Muhammad on Christianity -- without realizing that the satirical magazine habitually pokes fun at Christ and all other … [Read more...]
Sisi Welcomes Evangelical Church
Egyptian President Sisi just issued a decree licensing an Evangelical church, the Church of Welcoming Brothers in Alexandria. Not only is such a move rare, but doubly so, in that evangelicals are often tolerated even less than indigenous Orthodox Christians, such as the Copts -- presumably because they are seen as "outsiders" with too many Western similarities. … [Read more...]
President Sisi Revisits ‘Egypt’s Identity Crisis’
FrontPage Magazine Portuguese Of all the recent calls for reform made by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, perhaps most adamant has been his insistence that all Egyptians—Muslims and Christians—see themselves first and foremost as Egyptians. This came out very clearly when he visited the St. Mark Coptic Cathedral during Christmas Eve mass. Then, he passionately … [Read more...]
The Significance of President El-Sisi’s Greetings
Gatestone Institute On January 6, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi became the first Egyptian president ever to visit the St. Mark Cathedral during Coptic Christmas Eve Mass and offer his good wishes to the nation's Christian minority. Because Islamic law bans wishing non-Muslims well on their religious celebrations, all previous presidents -- Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak, and of course Morsi … [Read more...]
Raymond Ibrahim Interview: Relativism, the Media, and Islam
I was recently the featured guest on the Denice Gary Pandol Show. Click here to listen to the 30-minute interview (begins around the 25:15 mark). Topics include differences between Islam and other religions, MSM misrepresentations, and Saudi beheadings. … [Read more...]