Twenty-eight killed in Aswan, Upper Egypt In the world’s cradle of civilization in Upper Egypt, the region of the temples, 750 miles below Egypt’s capitol, a deadly racial clash took place between two Muslim tribes this past week. According to reports by Egypt’s news agencies, on April 2 fighting broke out between the Arab-Muslim
Leaving mosque service, Muslims kill Christians: Common pattern in Egypt Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) may be officially and legally designated a terrorist organization and lawfully hunted down, but as of yet the MB is busy with business as usual in Cairo. Egypt’s national newspaper, Al Fagar, reported the most recent incident of MB hoodlums
Egypt’s El-Minya criminal court recommends death penalty for Muslim Brotherhood operatives; EU’s Ashton disapproves, State Dept. Marie Harff riled On Monday, March 24, Egypt’s criminal court sentenced to death 529 members of the Muslim Brotherhood. In less than 48 hours, Judge Saeed Yosef of the court of El-Minya, south of Cairo, weighed the
After personal encounters with various Christian denominations I was prompted to write the following letter. Please feel free to print copies and distribute to churches in your community. Dear Church Leaders Is your church paying homage to Islam? Did your church fall prey to the disinformation campaign spread by Islamic influencers as
Israel is the best country in the Middle East for women's rights and freedoms, the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap survey concluded this week. The survey, which has been conducted since 2006, ranks 110 countries in terms of gender equality and inequality, using a variety of factors including demographic data, socioeconomic figures, and
The My Yesha Shabbat pamphlet, sponsored by the Yesha Council, features an article this week calling Israel "the Land of the Jews" - by none other than a Muslim Sheikh. Sheikh Ahmad Adwan, a Muslim scholar living in Jordan, has published articles in the past dispelling the myth that the Koran designates the Land
The eagle landed in Oz today. Robert Spencer, Ashraf Ramelah, Nonie Darwish and other luminaries in the fight of freedom converged in Melbourne, Australia for SION/Q Society’s First International Symposium on Liberty and Islam. From the airport I headed to a press conference, where Robert and I were interviewed by SBS News (Australia’s PBS). I
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) released a document last week demanding a "protection payment," or "Aqed al-Thima," from the Syrian Christian population, according to Fox News, leading to concerns that the rebel forces have been "mining" Christian communities in the embattled country for gold. The pact was reached with 20
Child kidnappings on the rise in Egypt: Rape and ransom phenomenon sweeping Egypt On February 13, 12 year-old Yosef Hassan Shaker left his home in Abu Teshet, a small town in Upper Egypt, with his elementary school classmate and friend. Together they planned to head to school to see what grade they made on
How Copts in Egypt take the brunt of rampant violence: Everything changed; all remains the same Egyptian Copts have been paying a high price for survival in the land of their ancestry. In the seventh century, Arab-Muslim conquerors of the Roman occupiers of Egypt demanded that Copts (Egyptians) convert to Islam or die. Fortunately,
