Press Releases

The prominent human rights organization American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and its Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) program, along with Former Muslims United (FMU) will be hosting the first-ever “Summer Night for Human Rights” Town Hall dedicat

By | 2012-06-08T16:39:10-04:00 June 8th, 2012|Press Releases|

The prominent human rights organization American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) and its Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) program, along with Former Muslims United (FMU) will be hosting the first-ever "Summer Night for Human Rights" Town Hall dedicated to defending the freedom of conscience. Dedicated to Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been sentenced to death in

Copts Flee Egypt

By | 2012-05-26T04:23:35-04:00 May 26th, 2012|Press Releases|

Dear Friends of Voice of the Copts    Voice of the Copts stands behind native Egyptian Christian Copts committed to living in the land of their ancestry where their history traces back to the ancient Pharaohs. Under grave conditions of discrimination, harassment, threats, and sometimes torture and imprisonment, today’s Egyptian Copts have it more difficult

Egypt’s Copts receive another guilty verdict

By | 2012-05-26T03:56:50-04:00 May 26th, 2012|Press Releases|

While the entire world watches and awaits the outcome of Egypt’s presidential election -- the first one of the new “democratic era” of Egypt -- Islamic law or Sharia plays a leading role in the post-Mubarak period.  The Sharia, formerly guaranteed by the 2nd amendment of the Mubarak constitution and the cause of non-Muslim oppression,

R.I.P. David Littman

By | 2012-05-22T12:57:15-04:00 May 22nd, 2012|Press Releases|

It is with great sadness that I must report that my friend David Littman, one of the foremost warriors for human rights of our age, has died today in Switzerland.   Longtime Jihad Watch readers will recall his many reports at this site, recording his numerous valiant efforts to call the attention of the UN's

Top Egyptian cleric denounces Shi’ite mosques

By | 2012-05-21T21:50:19-04:00 May 21st, 2012|Press Releases|

Egypt’s top Islamic cleric on Monday denounced Shi’ite houses of worship in an usual outburst against the Muslim sect, telling Iran’s envoy in Cairo that the husseiniyas promoted “instability.”   Ahmed al-Tayyeb, the imam of the prestigious Sunni Al-Azhar institute, met with the envoy a day after scholars from Al-Azhar and Islamist groups issued a

Mubarak’s last premier polarizes Egypt’s voters

By | 2012-05-17T17:06:55-04:00 May 17th, 2012|Press Releases|

The face of Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister beams down from huge billboards on major highways promising “Egypt for everyone”, but Ahmed Shafiq is polarizing voters ahead of next week’s presidential poll.    For some, his government experience and background as a former air force commander promise an end to the turbulence since Mubarak was

Swiss Leader, Media Watchdog, Coptic Activist Join Board of Stop Islamization of Nations (SION)

By | 2012-01-23T15:17:53-04:00 January 23rd, 2012|Press Releases|

SION's President is the internationally renowned human rights activist Pamela Geller, author of Stop Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance (WND Books). Vice President is the acclaimed author and Islam expert, Robert Spencer, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad (both Regnery).

Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) Calls on UN to Protect Christians of Syria

By | 2012-01-20T14:03:08-04:00 January 20th, 2012|Press Releases|

Stop Islamization of Nations (SION) notes with sorrow the one hundred dead in Syria in the recent and ongoing series of kidnappings and murders of Christians. SION President Pamela Geller said in a statement: "We deplore the manifest lack of respect for human life and the dignity of the human person. We call upon the United Nations Security Council and UN Commission on Human Rights to schedule an immediate meeting to discuss how to protect the Christians of Syria."